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They are just taking dust baths. These baths are critical to the health and safety of the turkeys. They dig out a small wallow, then… Read More »Why Do Wild Turkeys Dig Holes In The Ground?

Pet turkeys are very friendly and social Turkeys are social animals and will become very attached to their people! We have an ongoing joke that… Read More »Are Turkey Friendly To Humans?

The male has plenty of eggs to incubate. He works hard to drive away predators such as Lace Monitors, dingoes, snakes, feral pigs and dogs… Read More »Do Scrub Turkeys Keep Snakes Away?

Coyotes, fox, and great-horned owls also occasionally kill adults, especially nesting hens, but are not nearly as effective. Yet, in all four, turkeys only make… Read More »Will Foxes Eat Turkeys?

Bobcats are opportunistic predators, feeding on poultry, sheep, goats, house cats, small dogs, exotic birds and game animals, and, rarely, calves. Bobcats can easily kill… Read More »Do Bobcats Eat Turkeys?

Turkeys in the wild sleep in trees at night, while domesticated ones sleep in brooders. Turkeys sleep by tucking their head around their neck and… Read More »Do Turkeys Sleep Standing Up?

December is early winter in Turkey, and while temperatures are at their coldest (along with January and February), travelers from many parts of North America… Read More »Is Turkey Too Cold In December?