Our newest love....

.... Is a turkey poult! My daughter and I were visiting Pops last week when my daughter saw a little Ridley Bronze turkey poult, the sonm of his Tom, who we just love. Well she carried it around the whole time we were there and Pops kindly gave him to her. (Thanks so much Pops!) Well, this little guy has stolen our hearts! He sleeps wrapped up in my hair if I am sitting down or on my daughter if she is watching TV. He is otherwise quite happy being toted around on a shoulder. What a personality

Are you saying it's a male and you have him as a pet? If so, that's so great.

Pops thinks it is a tom just from the way it acts, my tom need to be touched by everyone and he in now about 55 pounds, Hey Susan can I have him back?

congrats on your turkey poult just a warning they are addicting our son started out with one tom early this spring now with what he has bought (with the help on the bank of mom and dad) by fall he will be pushing 50 he also has a tame poult about 2 months old who thinks he is human not a turkey

I sold my flock of 40 or so last year and only kept eggs from 6 different birds and then selected 4 hens and one tom, and now I have 5 turkeys that think they are people, very distinct personalities and they love every one

That's so great. I didn't know owning just a tom was an option. I could get into that. But not this year. Pet turkey(s) are definitely on my list though to have within the next couple of years.

I have three toms that live at a friends place all are very tame but they have never been inside a building ever, but all love people no other turkeys there.

So great to know as at this point I'm really just drawn to their personalities and beauty. Don't know if I want to get into more than one. But what do you do for them for companionship?

Right now, his main residence is with some chicks who are are older than him, but much smaller! As soon as Pops has 2 female poults ready, they will join him. I think everyone needs a few of "their own kind". Yes, they will be kept as pets. My only concern is that he doesn't decide our shoulders are the place to be when he's an adult

My daughter raised 2 bronze poults up from day olds, they both ended up being boys. They were the "watch dogs" of our place. When a vehicle would come into the yard they would saunter down the hill to greet the people, of course it is amazing how many people are afraid of birds, never mind giant bronze turkeys. We eventually found a young female and had to sell one of the boys to another pet home, but "yolker" lived on as a huge pet and his mate "Bubbles" gradually tamed down as well.
Turkeys when raised up as pets do become very gentle, we have not yet had an aggressive tom.
Even at 50+ lbs Yolker loved to be snuggled by my daughter, she would dress him up and he would just stand there and strutt his stuff. LOL

Hidden River wrote:My daughter raised 2 bronze poults up from day olds, they both ended up being boys. They were the "watch dogs" of our place. When a vehicle would come into the yard they would saunter down the hill to greet the people, of course it is amazing how many people are afraid of birds, never mind giant bronze turkeys. We eventually found a young female and had to sell one of the boys to another pet home, but "yolker" lived on as a huge pet and his mate "Bubbles" gradually tamed down as well.
Turkeys when raised up as pets do become very gentle, we have not yet had an aggressive tom.
Even at 50+ lbs Yolker loved to be snuggled by my daughter, she would dress him up and he would just stand there and strutt his stuff. LOL

That sounds like the ones I have