| Some children want a dog or a cat to be their | | | | intelligence capabilities, unlike wild turkeys. |
| playmate everyday. But some consider rare | | | | Do not be frightened in keeping wild turkeys as |
| animals to be their pets. Many of you may find it | | | | pets because of their name. It's for their turkey |
| unusual to have a turkey pet. But for your | | | | behavior that some consider them as pets. They |
| information, since decades ago, turkeys have | | | | are called wild turkeys because they are born in |
| been kept as pets. In fact, the son of Abraham | | | | the wild and live in a natural way without restraint |
| Lincoln kept a turkey as the first White house | | | | on what to eat and do. They can fly since they |
| turkey pet because of its social turkey behavior. | | | | are born free. Some believe that they are |
| Farm Sanctuary, one of the animal welfare | | | | smarter than the domestic ones, and that is why |
| groups, testified that turkeys are intelligent and | | | | many prefer them as pets. |
| very sociable animals. They can be compared to | | | | It is also best if you will keep a male and a |
| dogs when it comes to companionship and | | | | female turkey in order to keep your turkeys |
| reliability. Former US President George W. Bush | | | | happy and lively. The usual turkey behavior of a |
| once noted in his 2001 National Thanksgiving | | | | wild male turkey is the loud cackling and clucking |
| Presentation speech that keeping turkeys as pets | | | | sounds. They are also gobbling and fluffing their |
| is an old and still existing tradition of the | | | | feathers when they want to mate a female |
| generation and recommended to continue it. | | | | turkey. They will spread out their wings while |
| There are two kinds of turkeys according to their | | | | gobbling tremendously for the female to notice |
| breed and turkey behavior. One is the wild turkey | | | | them. You will also observe that they will run to |
| and the other is the domestic turkey. Domestic | | | | and fro. It is an additional attraction strategy to |
| turkeys are the ones born and living in a | | | | get the female. These are common indications |
| commercial poultry farm wherein they are only | | | | that the female turkey or the hen is ready to |
| intended for Thanksgiving dinner. They are fed | | | | mate. You will then identify who is the dominant |
| with pellets and other commercialized artificial | | | | tom and who is not. Commonly, the dominant |
| feeds. Domestic turkeys do not have the ability | | | | male turkey will be the first to mate, while the |
| to fly since they are only kept in cages and given | | | | others will just try to get a mate when the |
| food and warmth everyday without letting them | | | | dominant one is not around or looking. |
| exercise their wings. They are not known for any | | | | |