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I think Tito was kind of stuck for what to do next, so I suggested an activity. Please click the Tito link for more posts about Tito. (I think this is her last year.)

Date: 2007-03-26 06:09 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] aemiis-zoo.livejournal.com
Awww ... tell Tito I said "hi". I wonder if she found any tasty morsels. You think this is her last year, how old is she? I will be sad if she dies. Of course almost everything makes me sad right now.

Date: 2007-03-26 06:20 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] urbpan.livejournal.com
Tito is five this spring. [livejournal.com profile] rinalia works at a farm animal rescue, and she said that broad-breasted white turkeys usually die (of heart failure) at around 5.

Tito has bad arthritis, as well. I'm worried that she'll be unable to stand or walk soon, and I'll have to bring her to be euthanized.

Date: 2007-03-26 07:32 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fledchen.livejournal.com
I'm glad she was able to find something with which to entertain herself. :)

Date: 2007-03-26 07:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] g-weir.livejournal.com
I thought only male turkeys had the brush feathers on thier breasts.

--G

Date: 2007-03-26 08:02 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] urbpan.livejournal.com
Apparently (I'm just learning now) that it is unusual for a hen to have a beard, but not unheard of. Tito is even more special, now!

Date: 2007-03-26 08:15 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] aemiis-zoo.livejournal.com
I was going to comment on the beard too, but didn't want to seem like a redneck! =P

Date: 2007-03-26 08:20 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] urbpan.livejournal.com
That was how she ended up with a male name: she started showing all these male characteristics (snood, beard, etc) before she ended all doubt by laying an egg!

Date: 2007-03-26 08:23 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] aemiis-zoo.livejournal.com
That's almost exactly opposite of what happened with my turtle, "Shelly", now known as Sheldon.

Date: 2007-03-26 08:24 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] aemiis-zoo.livejournal.com
I am not really sure if that makes sense, but I hope you know what I am trying to say. Case of mistaken gender identity...

Date: 2007-03-27 12:07 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] copperwolf.livejournal.com
"I think Tito was kind of stuck for what to do next, so I suggested an activity."

That the turkey might have been at a loss for what to do, and that she took your suggestion, are fascinating ideas.

Why wasn't she scratching in the grass on her own to begin with?

Date: 2007-03-27 12:13 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] urbpan.livejournal.com
She was, for a bit, and then I set the camera down and she just sort of froze there for a few minutes. I cut a full minute off the beginning of the video!

Date: 2007-03-27 12:31 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bellelvsbeast.livejournal.com
Aw she is super cute! :)

Date: 2007-03-27 04:27 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] perspicuity.livejournal.com
aw, such a dignified older lady :)

i hope she doesn't wax or bleach her beard :)

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