Our turkey is 8 1/2 years old, but he can still strut his stuff!
Wonderful Winter
2 hours ago
This is the third blog for our little farm in Skagit county. Because of problems with blogger, our newest blog is at http://schoonoverfarm.wordpress.com/ Our web page is at http://www.schoonoverfarm.com and older versions of the blog are at http://schoonoverfarm.com/blog.html & http://www.schoonoverfarm.com/farmblog
6 comments:
gorgeous!
Happy Thanksgiving!
Wow, he is old and still looking good. How long do turkeys live anyway? You must be taking good care of him. Happy Thanksgiving!
Jackie
Per Wikipedia, the average lifespan of a domesticated turkey is 10 years. He no longer can fly and roost, and the geese beat him up so now he is living in the pheasant/peafowl pen. He seems to be doing OK in there- he has shelter, space, and all the food he can eat.
What a beautiful bird! I love turkeys. I didn't know they got that old.
Thanks Becky. He is pretty and seems to know it. His feathers really turned bronze in the sun ( which we do not have this time of year). We will see what his lifespan is.
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