Lindsey May
Hatching
- Sep 1, 2017
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Hello! I have three turkeys (my first time raising). One's a palm (my only female), and one of each a dappled gray and a mottled black (both males)...all from the same hatching, and they are about 3 and a half months old now.
In the last week or so, it appears almost as if my girl and my alpha "paired up". They stick together, and sometimes my third is close by, but he's not making much effort to hang with his buddies which is very unusual. I don't notice any outright aggression between him and the other two birds, but that doesn't mean it does not happen when I'm not around. In the last two days or so I've been finding him by his lonesome, often laying out in the yard (sometimes sunning himself, sometimes in the shade). My other two are very social and bouncy (they talk back when I talk to them), but this guy just seems quiet and almost depressed.
I'm trying to figure out if he's just feeling unwell, or if this is common behavior when the lady has chosen a mate... Naturally, if it is the latter... I'd love to get him a buddy. Then the question becomes....is another female or is a male a better option? Would a female fall in with the alpha? Or is another male a better companion bird for him?
Thanks a bunch, any advice helps... it saddens me to see my birds like this.
Lindsey
In the last week or so, it appears almost as if my girl and my alpha "paired up". They stick together, and sometimes my third is close by, but he's not making much effort to hang with his buddies which is very unusual. I don't notice any outright aggression between him and the other two birds, but that doesn't mean it does not happen when I'm not around. In the last two days or so I've been finding him by his lonesome, often laying out in the yard (sometimes sunning himself, sometimes in the shade). My other two are very social and bouncy (they talk back when I talk to them), but this guy just seems quiet and almost depressed.
I'm trying to figure out if he's just feeling unwell, or if this is common behavior when the lady has chosen a mate... Naturally, if it is the latter... I'd love to get him a buddy. Then the question becomes....is another female or is a male a better option? Would a female fall in with the alpha? Or is another male a better companion bird for him?
Thanks a bunch, any advice helps... it saddens me to see my birds like this.
Lindsey