Nowadays Turkey

Greetings everyone!
Hope you're enjoying the weekend already 🙌

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The last time I saw a turkey was when I was still in the village living with my parents. Back then, turkeys were seen roaming around the village just like native fowl. We would often see them, and they didn't mean anything to us other than being normal fowl. The only thing that made a difference to us was their aggressiveness. Whenever they sighted someone, they would become angry and start chasing the person around with their wings spread so high.

I don't know if it's the particular breed we had back then, because I think things have changed a lot comparing to what we have now.
Those days, one of the things we use to scare children away from doing a particular thing is the name "Tolotolo" which means turkey.

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Last year, during the Christmas season, I didn't travel home, so I had the opportunity to move around the town to say hello to some families and, of course, to eat enough food too.

I got to my boss's house and saw three turkeys roaming around the compound. At first, I was surprised because I didn't know they had turkeys all this while.
Also, I walked (hesitantly) close to the turkeys, and they didn't react or run away. I was surprised because ordinarily, the turkeys I know would put on their armor and charge at me with their sound, with their feathers springing up as if they want to fly.

"Sir, are these real turkeys?" I asked my boss, who was a bit far from the spot.

"Yes, they're real turkeys! Why do you ask?" He replied.

"Haaa! I doubt if they're real because the turkeys I know don't allow people to get close." I said as we both laughed.

Since they didn't react, I took the opportunity to walk even closer, which they struggled to run away from their spot inside the cage. It seems they were being overfed with the manner at which inside the cage.

This may sound funny to you and you may probably say I'm just making up stories. Maybe there are new breeds of turkeys that are not aggressive, just like the way we have in dogs, but you don't need to blame me because I haven't been going out or visiting poultry farms.

If you have a poultry farm, please come and bail me😅

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In the compound, there are different cages for fowl, dogs, goats, and these turkeys. My boss is really trying by rearing all these, especially when it comes to providing their feeds because I'm so certain that the feed for chickens cannot be the same as that for turkeys. Oh! I didn't ask him, so I don't really know if they're the same.

I have been to the compound just once or twice this year, and I went there in a hurry, so I didn't have time to check to see how big they were or if they're still there or if they've been sold out.

Next times I'm going to find out and make a post about it.

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