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Published: 2012-01-15 18:17:48 +0000 UTC; Views: 1968; Favourites: 19; Downloads: 10
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Description Tinsels nearly fully grown. His chest tuft still has a way to go but his snood is nice and long now!



It's amazing when he really gets going, his head changes from white to royal blue to crimson in seconds, sometimes it kinda goes green or yellow, sometimes he has stripes... He's amazing.

With regards to my most recent journal: I don't care what the neighbours say about him, I couldn't eat him despite being originally bought as Christmas dinner!
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Comments: 34

BPurg [2012-07-06 18:58:49 +0000 UTC]

If he was one of those aloof, antisocial birds (or just an out right jerk) I could see eating him. But he sounds really sweet and friendly.

As long as he's healthy and not one of those that are breed to more or less die of heart failure if not eaten (American mass market turkeys are breed that way), may he live long and healthy life.

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Magweno In reply to BPurg [2012-07-10 11:07:08 +0000 UTC]

Ah regrettably he turned on us and got really vicious so he's in the freezer now.

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BPurg In reply to Magweno [2012-07-10 14:10:53 +0000 UTC]

Ah. Well, it's a lot easier to kill and eat something if it's attacking you IMOP.

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Mad-March [2012-01-22 17:41:40 +0000 UTC]

eAe turkeys change color?!?
Man I'd never be able to buy a live animal intending to eat it LOL

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Magweno In reply to Mad-March [2012-01-23 15:24:32 +0000 UTC]

Lmao! Yea, he's like a techno turkey

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justkeepdrawing [2012-01-17 17:17:45 +0000 UTC]

Turkeys have such amazing heads! They're so ugly but not really at the same time, if you know what I mean.

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Magweno In reply to justkeepdrawing [2012-01-17 21:26:50 +0000 UTC]

Yes I do! A little girl about 3 or 4 stopped at the garden fence today and looked so intently at Tinsel I ended up picking him up and taking him over to show her, I asked if she liked him and she said "yes but he's very ugly", which made me wonder what she liked about him if she thought he was ugly. He just has such a great personality!

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justkeepdrawing In reply to Magweno [2012-01-17 22:08:45 +0000 UTC]

Well, ugly things can be likable too. I mean, take a deer for example. If you look at all the seperate parts it's a weird animal, yet it's so lovable! And the same goes for turkeys! They're ugly, but not repulsive. :3

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kookybat [2012-01-17 00:51:12 +0000 UTC]

Tinsel is looking very delicious today! Just kidding haha he looks great!! I didn't know their heads changed colors like that!

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Magweno In reply to kookybat [2012-01-17 21:27:04 +0000 UTC]

Haha mmm wrinkles... Me neither! It's fascinating to watch

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ExcessiveExpression [2012-01-16 22:04:18 +0000 UTC]

Oh gosh he's so ugly and I love him! <3 You're lucky. I wish I had a coop so I could keep game birds. It's one of the major downsides of living in the city... no room for outdoor pets. :c

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Magweno In reply to ExcessiveExpression [2012-01-17 21:30:24 +0000 UTC]

I spent four years in the city and now I can't stop buying new animals haha now that I live in a house with a garden...

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ExcessiveExpression In reply to Magweno [2012-01-18 18:38:48 +0000 UTC]

My boyfriend and I thought seriously about living in a small house in the country that we found for rent at one point, but after about five minutes of me asking if I could have chickens/peacocks/quail/geese he decided we had better stay in the city. If I ever had room for a coop and a garden, I would never have money again. Ahaha

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Magweno In reply to ExcessiveExpression [2012-01-18 19:22:10 +0000 UTC]

Oh but chickens peacocks quail and geese are the reason I EARN money! It used to be so I could make more but now it's so I can keep more pets and keep them happy. That's such a shame you decided not to do it, Mum keeps saying we need to move to a bigger plot so we can have more animals about. But I guess you have more important things than chickens on your mind right now...! A baby is way cooler than chicks.

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ExcessiveExpression In reply to Magweno [2012-01-18 21:30:02 +0000 UTC]

I used to be very much that way! I still keep my snakes, but yeah... the baby has forced me to keep things small for a while.
Your mom is right! You could use an extra acre or two, by the sounds of it.

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Tacotia2256 [2012-01-16 06:38:03 +0000 UTC]

Instead of having a turkey I have chickens!!! x3 but he's adorable!

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Magweno In reply to Tacotia2256 [2012-01-16 13:10:38 +0000 UTC]

I have chickens too, the guy who sold me the eggs threw in a turkey egg for free

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Tacotia2256 In reply to Magweno [2012-01-16 18:44:45 +0000 UTC]

oh! XD well since we bought 3 eggs, we could get a free big red hen, but we didn't want it..... or at least my dad didn't.....

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BabyBgirlVolte [2012-01-16 03:15:13 +0000 UTC]

Turkeys are weird.

I like him!! He's gorgeous. XD

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Magweno In reply to BabyBgirlVolte [2012-01-16 20:25:34 +0000 UTC]

They are, totally bizarre!

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cloistering [2012-01-16 00:21:41 +0000 UTC]

He is getting ever more beautiful, thank you for sharing the development of this amazingly elaborate creature!

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Magweno In reply to cloistering [2012-01-16 20:25:20 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome, I love showing off my turkey hahaha

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cloistering In reply to Magweno [2012-01-16 23:39:53 +0000 UTC]

Looking forward to future updates

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DawnSentinel [2012-01-15 23:53:00 +0000 UTC]

We have wild ones out here. They remind me of little dinosaurs

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Magweno In reply to DawnSentinel [2012-01-16 20:24:57 +0000 UTC]

YES! He SOO reminds me of a dinosaur! Turkeys are so cool.

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NinaBolenArt [2012-01-15 20:09:01 +0000 UTC]

Oh he's so handsome & striking. If the neighbors have an issue he can have a good home in texas LOL Good to know you couldn't eat him ^_^

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Magweno In reply to NinaBolenArt [2012-01-16 20:21:26 +0000 UTC]

Haha! He is lovely. And so funny, today he tried some tea - didn't like it. He was eating ice all day as well because the water froze and had a great time, but then he started shivering because he must have had a chill in his crop. Stupid bird lol

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NinaBolenArt In reply to Magweno [2012-01-16 20:33:53 +0000 UTC]

lol

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NecktiePom [2012-01-15 18:45:20 +0000 UTC]

turkey , bronze Turkey? <3 I think these birds look so much better not food lol and he looks like he is wearing a cloak lol snood hood :'D

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Magweno In reply to NecktiePom [2012-01-16 20:20:27 +0000 UTC]

Haha yea he does! Yes he's a bronze double-breasted (I think). If he keeps growing I might have to eat him because of it being cruel to keep him alive (like keeping a broiler alive past a year, they'd just chafe). But I don't know! We'll see how he goes.

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Khrests [2012-01-15 18:21:39 +0000 UTC]

He's so handsome! <3
Look at those eyes, that is just lovely. I know people can get very attached to turkeys. xD I've never been around one, but from what I'm told they can have very distinct personalities.

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Magweno In reply to Khrests [2012-01-16 13:11:41 +0000 UTC]

That's why I couldn't eat him, he follows me around like a dog and has really distinctive calls. Proud to say I can speak turkey..

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Aydenna [2012-01-15 18:19:22 +0000 UTC]

Why do your neighbors have such a problem :L

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Magweno In reply to Aydenna [2012-01-16 13:11:08 +0000 UTC]

Cuz they suck :/

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