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[Lucky Pittman <lucky.pittman@murraystate.edu>]

At 02:23 PM 4/30/2004 -0500, Doreen wrote:
> My
> question, and I do have one, is will turkeys do damage to the fruit
> trees?  Obviously, I have to put up a higher fence around the veggie
> garden.  But, my concern is the
> trees.

Doreen,
Sometime in the past, on this list, there's been someone(Del?, Joe?) who related experiences with an older orchardist who specifically kept 'wild-strain' turkeys in his orchard, as he indicated that they were exceptional 'mousers' , capturing and consuming mice & voles - and the caveat was that they HAD to be true wild-strain turkeys - the plain old whites & bronzes just didn't seem to have that instinct.

Lucky Pittman
USDA Zone 6
Hopkinsville, KY