Turkey Behavior - Simple Tips To Understand Their Behaviors When Rearing Turkeys

Some children want a dog or a cat to be their
playmate everyday. But some consider rare
animals to be their pets. Many of you may find
it unusual to have a turkey pet. In fact,
the son of Abraham Lincoln kept a turkey as the
first White house turkey pet because of its
social turkey behavior.But for your
information, since decades ago, turkeys have
been kept as pets. 

Farm Sanctuary, one of the animal welfare
groups, testified that turkeys are intelligent
and very sociable animals. They can be compared
to dogs when it comes to companionship and
reliability. Former US President George W. Bush
once noted in his 2001 National Thanksgiving
Presentation speech that keeping turkeys as pets
is an old and still existing tradition of the
generation and recommended to continue it.

There are two kinds of turkeys according to
their breed and turkey behavior. One is the wild
turkey and the other is the domestic turkey.
Domestic turkeys are the ones born and living in
a commercial poultry farm wherein they are only
intended for Thanksgiving dinner. They are fed
with pellets and other commercialized artificial
feeds. Domestic turkeys do not have the ability
to fly since they are only kept in cages and
given food and warmth everyday without letting
them exercise their wings. They are not known
for any intelligence capabilities, unlike wild
turkeys.

Do not be frightened in keeping wild turkeys as
pets because of their name. It's for their
turkey behavior that some consider them as pets.
They are called wild turkeys because they are
born in the wild and live in a natural way
without restraint on what to eat and do. They
can fly since they are born free. Some believe
that they are smarter than the domestic ones,
and that is why many prefer them as pets.

It is also best if you will keep a male and a
female turkey in order to keep your turkeys
happy and lively. The usual turkey behavior of a
wild male turkey is the loud cackling and
clucking sounds. They are also gobbling and
fluffing their feathers when they want to mate a
female turkey. They will spread out their wings
while gobbling tremendously for the female to
notice them. You will also observe that they
will run to and fro. It is an additional
attraction strategy to get the female. These are
common indications that the female turkey or the
hen is ready to mate. You will then identify who
is the dominant tom and who is not. Commonly, the
dominant male turkey will be the first to mate,
while the others will just try to get a mate
when the dominant one is not around or looking.

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If you feel you still require guidance on turkey
behavior, consulting existing turkey owners and
farmers will certainly be a big help. Find out
more about raising turkeys correctly here:
http://www.howtoraiseturkeys.com

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