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Post by ferdzy on May 19, 2018 7:48:30 GMT -5
We have a wild turkey nesting right next to our garden! I'm kind of excited to see it, but I'm nervous about my babies... by which I mean my VEGETABLES! Does anyone have any experience co-existing (or not) with nearby wild turkeys? If so, please tell me about it.   |
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Post by philagardener on May 19, 2018 11:50:26 GMT -5
The males can be territorial - and are known to attack USPS delivery folks www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmDgpZSC2VEbut you have Canada Post  (I think they should be good neighbors otherwise, but have no direct experience!) |
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Post by philagardener on May 19, 2018 11:50:55 GMT -5
The males can be territorial - and are known to attack USPS delivery folks www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmDgpZSC2VEbut you have Canada Post (I think they should be good neighbors otherwise, but have no direct experience! Personally, I'd love to have them in my yard!) |
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Post by walt on May 19, 2018 12:39:02 GMT -5
Never in my yard or garden, but in experimental plots when I was a pro. Those turkeys were just moving through usually and did no damage. Nesting could be different.
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Post by ferdzy on May 21, 2018 12:32:01 GMT -5
Thanks.
Eggs are now gone. So did they hatch, or were they eaten? Googling shows that hatchlings are moved to a new site within 24 hours so could be that they have hatched. NO sign of eggshells, or anything. I guess in a couple of weeks I will know if there are baby turkeys around or not.
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Post by reed on May 22, 2018 7:15:46 GMT -5
We have a lot of wild turkeys but they have never been an issue in the garden. One time several years ago a hen made a nest under a wild rose just outside the garden. I guess cause she was sitting I could get pretty close to her, she must have thought if she didn't move I wouldn't see her. I gave her some cracked corn and apparently she got up and ate it cause it was always gone the next day.
I was thinking I would try to raise some semi-tame wild turkeys for Thanksgiving and Christmas but one day she was gone but there were egg shells in the nest. I didn't know they moved on hatching but now it makes sense, especially since she knew, that I knew where she was.
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Post by RpR on May 23, 2023 11:12:34 GMT -5
My home town is infested with the darn vermin.
They are crossed between wild and domestic.
Tech. you cannot kill them but , for me, that will probably soon change.
They have destroyed my corn planting for the past three years, and you can get within six feet of them easily , they are not afraid of people.
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Post by flowerbug on May 28, 2023 9:04:24 GMT -5
luckily the wild ones stay away here. there is also a hunting season for them.
a good fence would be required.
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