Turkeys!!!

[Hilary B]

Mine are very noisy, the stag gobbles at every bit of noise, though agree with Hilary B - a fully grown stag can look pretty scary, I don't have many people asking to go in my pen!

If you are keeping them on a lottie though you will need a seriously high fence to contain them - one year mine decided to roost on a neighbouring barn that was being re-roofed, four were perched on the roof rafters. We had to leave them there hoping that they would still be alive the next morning. Even wing clipping doesn't seem to stop them much, there is always one that manages to perch somewhere out of reach!

The friend from whom I bought my first breeding turkeys had kept them in a covered run, but occasionally the roof (of fruit-cage netting) got dislodged, she had an apple tree in her front garden, and got people coming in to tell her she had white 'vultures' in her apple tree!
She sold me the trio and a big incubator when she was giving up the whole thing. She also sold me the Cochin cockerel I called Cuddles, and his 2 ladies (they were supposed to be 'blue', but turned out mostly white with a few blue and a few black patches), and the buff Cochin pair Mr and Mrs Cochin.
Mrs Cochin was the best broody ever. You only had to show her a few eggs and she would sit and hatch them!