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Old 05-18-2010 | 07:27 AM
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I would follow pygmy's advice, but keeping the chick was not advisable. When I was a youth I ran into a hen with young poults probably a week or two old and I caught one and took it to an old friend of mine that was an avid turkey hnter and a poultry farmer. he gave me hell and told me to let it go where I found it. I said I was afraid it would die now, and he told me that if it did it was my own dumb fault and to leave alone in the future. I learned a hard lesson, but i did as he said and turned it loose where i had caught it although the hen and the other poults were long gone. Its never a good idea to intervene in mother nature. She really does know best. If you desire wild turkeys for raising you can buy very close strains nearly anywhere that look just like the wild ones. In PA, possessing wild turkeys, or their eggs is a violation of the law, just like any other wildlife.
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