cdenny21

In Memory of Wilbur

Posted by cdenny21 about 4 months, 3 weeks ago.

Wilbur is our pet turkey. He may not be long for this world. He keeps drowning himself in the lawn sprinkler. See why they call them bronze turkeys? He has a pretty bronze color.

3 Comments

  • cdenny21
    cdenny21 said:
    (4 months, 1 week ago)

    Unfortunately, Wilbur died. We are not sure if it was the upper respiratory infection he got from playing in the sprinkler, or if he was mislabeled as a Heritage Bronze when he was really a Broad Breasted Bronze. The BBBs have a short life expectancy of under a year.

    To make sure this doesn't happen again, we are attempting to incubate true Heritage Bronze eggs. We miss Wilbur so much that is our hope to hatch out another turkey similar to him in personality. He was so laid back. He didn't ever attack anyone or peck at anyone. He just hung out with us in the yard.

    Turkeys can live for many years, so we hope our investment in this clutch of eggs turns out to be a good one!

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  • guy
    guy said:
    (4 months ago)

    This pic is featured in the Natuba TopFive!
    Go to the blog to check it out! http://blog.natuba.com/
    Sorry, he was alive when the video was made.

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  • cdenny21
    cdenny21 said:
    (4 months ago)

    It's not a problem. My neighbor is still very upset about her horse, so it was kind of cool to see them in the video. Our eggs are still in the incubator, so hopefully we will hatch another cool turkey. It took me months to train Wilbur, but it can be done again.

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