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The Wild Turkeys of Village Street
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June 12, 2011
The first chick sighting |
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The next generation of turkeys
– a brood of about 18 chicks
– arrived in tow with two of the hens this
morning. After helping themselves to breakfast of cracked corn and
sunflower seeds in the side yard, they
ambled and scurried out to the front lot and roosted on Chip Ahoy's trailer, empty
since we launched the boat yesterday. We locked the cats up in the
kitchen until the hens and poults moved on, which didn't go over well with Gilly
and Ozzie (aka "Slick").
It was interesting to watch some of
the chicks flutter up atop the hens and hug on, while the momma turkeys opened
their wings to shelter the other young'uns. I guess this is where the
phrase "taking them under wing" originated. (Jun. 12, 2011) |
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June 17, 2011
They're back . . . got'ta love it |
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August 4, 2011
The poults are growing fast |
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The brood arrived again today, and they're sure looking
like young turkeys now, no longer chicks. They're still accompanied by
two hens who watch over and herd them like nannies as they wander around
the neighborhood, one hen in the lead, the other trailing behind to care
for stragglers. Of the eighteen poults that first visited only one seems
to be missing. We're sure going to have a lot of turkeys around this
winter. (Aug. 4, 2011) |
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