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Nov 19, 2006

Baby Turk-turk

This turklette wants to know if your Thanksgiving gravy recipe is up to snuff.

Well, is it?

PUNK!?

Baby Turkey
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Posted by Meg on November 19, 2006 in Birds | Permalink

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So cute! Please don't eat him!: stina; | Nov 19, 2006 at 06:09 PM

Oh no... how can I eat a turkey now???: Renee; | Nov 19, 2006 at 06:14 PM

Don't worry turklette, my potatoes and veggies will be gravy and turk-product free. After all, turkeys are for trying not to hit on winding country roads, not for eating!: julia2; | Nov 19, 2006 at 06:14 PM

LOL, Julia: Meg; | Nov 19, 2006 at 06:16 PM

Please have a compassionate, animal-free Thanksgiving. xoxo: Val; | Nov 19, 2006 at 06:27 PM

Awww! I call my dog Turk-Turk sometimes cause when you scratch the side of his tummy a certain way when he's laying down he stretches out his leg and it looks like a turkey drumstick. hehe! Therefore I bestowed on him the name Turk-Turk. Anyway, this baby turk-turk is oh so very cuuuuute. I want to pet the speckles on his wee little head!: pookiepuff; | Nov 19, 2006 at 06:35 PM

Aww i never realised baby turkeys were so cute.: GreenEyedHawk; | Nov 19, 2006 at 06:47 PM

wow, i have never been happier to be vegan. i'm glad we won't be chowing down on a pile of cute like that this week.: katie g; | Nov 19, 2006 at 06:57 PM

Ok this is going to make me unpopular. But I don't think it's fair to say "have a compassionate and animal free thanksgiving". I happen to make it a point to have a very compassionate thanksgiving every year, I help deliver turkeys to families that otherwise couldn't afford them...(which I suppose in and of it self makes in uncompassionate?). If you are a vegitarian that's fine, and good for you. But, some of us do eat meat...it doesn't really make someone a bad or uncompassionate person. People are animals, and are omnivors..some of us choose to eat meat. Granted, the arguement can be made that if you arn't careful where you get your meat (I for one, am) you could be propigating inhumane treatment of animals...but I digress. Eating meat doesn't mean you don't love animals. *scurries off soapbox* But dang, that's a cute turkey. Sorry for the interruption.: constance; | Nov 19, 2006 at 07:01 PM

Here's my favorite Thanksgiving Day joke. Ready? Chicken-Licken, Ducky-Lucky and Goosey-Loosey all wish you a "Happy Thanksgiving". Turkey-Lurkey says "Go to Hell".: I'm here all week; | Nov 19, 2006 at 07:09 PM

hee! Is that a wild turklette?: lurkertype; | Nov 19, 2006 at 07:20 PM

Well *I* laughed, ImHereAllWeek.: Theo; | Nov 19, 2006 at 07:21 PM

Ha! I laughed, too. When we were kids, one summer my brother raised broiler chickens as a 4H project. He traded five chicks for one turkey chick, whom we named Gordon. Gordon was a great pet, but at some point he was, um, a great dinner for someone other than us. We don't eat what we name. Farmers can be very sentimental.: AmyH; | Nov 19, 2006 at 07:33 PM

Or at least we don't eat the animals we get emotionally attached to. All of the cows are registered, hence named. Not a necessary clarification, but I feel better now.: AmyH; | Nov 19, 2006 at 07:34 PM

Just remember, turkey-nuffinghams, the turkeys are getting some of their own back on those of us who live out on the east coast. I moved to Boston and I still can't get away from the beasts.... http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6504117 And to think, just yesterday I asked a friend who grew up in Japan if she'd ever seen a turkey. Her eyes got huge and she said, "Do you have those in upstate New York?" I'm afriad I laughed in her face.: MegW; | Nov 19, 2006 at 07:45 PM

I'm here all week - *I* laughed! We have a flock of about 16 turkeys who routinely strut through our property in the fall. Fine, except at 4:30am. Give the turkeys a good headstart then, let the dog out.: pyrit; | Nov 19, 2006 at 07:56 PM

I also like the "Go to hell" joke. And the Bloom County strip where Milo gets evicted from Thanksgiving dinner for saying grace that includes: "....A turkey which was no doubt a lively, intelligent bird...a social being...capable of actual affection...nuzzling its young with almost human-like compassion. Anyway. It's dead and we're gonna eat it. Please give our respects to its family....": Laurie C; | Nov 19, 2006 at 07:59 PM

cute, but I'm still eating me some turkey on Thurs :) pyrit - we once had an enormous flock walking through our yard at 6am. I lost count up near 70. I'm not even exaggerating.: anon; | Nov 19, 2006 at 08:00 PM

hey! who's choking the turkey???: phel; | Nov 19, 2006 at 08:02 PM

Mom tried to cook a wild turkey a few years ago, but left it in the oven a bit too long due to a cow emergency down at the barn. When she pulled the turk out of the oven, it was so dry, it snapped apart like a balloon when she stuck a fork in it.: AmyH; | Nov 19, 2006 at 08:04 PM

We have turkeys in the parking lot where I work... what they're doing in the middle of urban Tulsa I don't know... but they're mean suckers. They'll chase you to your car given half a chance. While I'm not a vegan myself, I try to make at least 2 vegan dishes for my holiday meals so if a friend drops by my table is lifestyle friendly.: MamaDawn; | Nov 19, 2006 at 08:33 PM

By the way, a friend of mine grew up on a turkey farm and they really are as stupid as you hear... and they really can drown in a rainstorm from looking up to see where the water comes from and forgetting to look back down.: MamaDawn; | Nov 19, 2006 at 08:35 PM

As a side note to all turkey-eaters: I love Thanksgiving because everyone else in my family gets stuffed with turkey and drowses for a couple of hours, leaving me (with my dislike of fowl-tastes) to do whatever I want at their expenses. Beautiful, beautiful tryptophan...: MegW; | Nov 19, 2006 at 08:40 PM

I should also say, we do not mind the turkeys roaming through our yard. I throw corn out for them in the winter. My dog now has something to say: "TURRRKEEEYS!!!TURRRKEEEYS!!!": pyrit; | Nov 19, 2006 at 08:45 PM

ewww....it's ugly...turkey's scare me so much! bah! i don't like him...: moths_are_scary; | Nov 19, 2006 at 08:58 PM

We used to have a boarder when I was little, and he once cooked a turkey that was so bad the dog wouldn't even eat it. How did he accomplish this, you ask? By microwaving it until it bounced.....no lie.: Maggie; | Nov 19, 2006 at 09:00 PM

Thanksgiving? What be this t-h-anks-gi-v-ing? Huh? Oh the turkey slaughter day. Oh ya. Let's all give thanks for all the trukeys killed so we can give thanks for the turkies we could kill and eat. YAY! Slaughter turkeies, slaughter turkies, slaughter turkies..... so we can give thanks! Oh the irony.: Derik; | Nov 19, 2006 at 09:06 PM

For Lions fans, the tryptophan is necessary to help us cope with the generations-old tradition of watching lousy football on Thanksgiving.: AmyH; | Nov 19, 2006 at 09:07 PM

Goo-goo all you want, soy-freaks. He's mine, and I'm introducing him to my fryer. ;): Robert; | Nov 19, 2006 at 09:11 PM

Oh no... you've ruined Thanksgiving for me.: mch; | Nov 19, 2006 at 09:15 PM

I don't find turkey to be all that tasty anyway, so I avoid it if I can. I love me some chicken though. So does my pet bird, the cannibal. He'll eat whatever meat I'm eating. I knew a girl who'd had a pet turkey growing up, and not for eating. She said that it would run to see her whenever she got home. Except it was probably more like a waddle-flap than a run. Oh the guilt. He looks unbelievably soft.: poyo; | Nov 19, 2006 at 09:27 PM

we even have a gravy song. I get the descant....Gravy...gravy. My friend's grandmother once told her that if she could make gravy she could always catch a man. My friend asked her grandmother if she had to put a bowl out on the sidewalk and get a really big box.: ka9q's wife; | Nov 19, 2006 at 09:33 PM

Derik, you sound like an idiot. And your spelling is appalling, too. There is no irony in being thankful for the food God gave you to eat.: AuntieMame; | Nov 19, 2006 at 09:43 PM

I had pet chickens as a child. They are the most wonderful little cuties and I used to chase them around the yard and pounce on them for a cuddle (just like I do with my kittens now). I was pretty distressed when they became dinner. In the freezer with their names written on the foil wrap... I guess it is pretty hypocritical for us animal lovers to eat meat. But the world is a pretty damn hypocritical place. It's depressing to think of all the things that have to die so we can live, from displaced habitats to third world sweatshops to smooshed spiders and harvested plants, global warming, trash, heavy metals from our computers leaching into the soil... We can't help that we live at the expense of everything else. We all just have to pick what we think is most important to us and fight for that. And try not to get all pissy when your neighbor doesn't pick the same thing. /my soapbox: mleiv; | Nov 19, 2006 at 09:44 PM

This will be my second meat-free Thanksgiving - what better time to celebrate the baby turkey cuteness? Trying Quorn turkey-like roast this year... We'll see how well that goes over. I'm a little skeptical, but hopeful that it will at least come close to the deliciousness of bird. Defensive non-veggers - we're not all sitting in harsh judgment of your fowl-eating. To tell you to have a compassionate, animal-free Thanksgiving is, in my case anyway (can't speak for Val), sort of like wishing you a Merry Christmas. We all celebrate holidays differently, and hope the best of our own experiences for others. I don't know how you celebrate, and I really do hope you'll have a Thanksgiving that's both compassionate and meat-free, but it's not a command by any means, and it doesn't assume you're a nasty person if you do something else, one or the other, or don't celebrate it at all, or... whatever. People wish me some variety of a Merry Christmas all the time, and I try not to get defensive about it, even though I know that to half of them, my non-Christianity means I'm going to hell(how's that for judgment?). The other half don't, and genuinely mean to share their joy. And... in sharing in the cute, who doesn't feel a little joy at a fuzzy headed baby turkey?: artschild; | Nov 19, 2006 at 10:22 PM

awww! turkeh! my uncle is raising turkeys for the first time this year... modeling his operation after Joel Salatin's in Virginia. He's going to bring us one for Xmas, which is great because I'm trying not to eat meat unless it's humanely raised. :) I have some great pics of him and the turkeys, if I ever get around to scanning them.: caitlin; | Nov 19, 2006 at 10:44 PM

That cute little turk-ette isn't dumb at all. She's all, OK, I can't get out of this vise this year, but just you wait! I'll hatch an escape plan before it's too late! It's kind of a determined, long-range-planning, psychological "ehn!": viola; | Nov 19, 2006 at 10:46 PM

Baby turkeys are cool. My best friend growing up lived on a turkey farm, and whenever we got bored we'd go into the giant barns where THOUSANDS of these little guys were running around. But you had to always keep walking when you were in there, because they were so curious that they would trample each other to death trying to come over to see you if you stood still in one place for too long! "Peep peep, what's that?!" *BABY TURKEY STAMPEDE* I had tofurky (tofu-turkey) with rich mushroom gravy for thanksgiving a few weeks ago. And sauce from farm-fresh cranberries! Haha, now i'm hungry!: kitty; | Nov 19, 2006 at 10:55 PM

Baby Turkeys = Cute. Adult Tukeys (esp. Toms) = Ugly as Sin. Sorry, but that's just how I see it. BBCHRS: April; | Nov 19, 2006 at 11:22 PM

April is right. The little red thing that hangs down over their beak moves and looks like a red, hairy, nasty, little penis.: E; | Nov 19, 2006 at 11:32 PM

That wee turkey is so cute I could just gobble gobble it up! Count me among the thankful, Thanksgiving meat eaters...Turkey & roast beef!! & mashed potatoes & corn & stuffing & pumpkin pie & black olives & deviled eggs and, and, and... Yummsville! Makes my mouth water just thinking about it all!: Netherland Dwarf rabbit, owner!!♥♥♥♥♥♥♥; | Nov 20, 2006 at 12:55 AM

Lol all of ya! He is SO cute and if all goes well he will have a wonderful food filled life which will end quickly and painlessly and he will be happily pecking bugs across the rainbow bridge with all my past critters while we chow down on his arse. The thing I just LOVE about all the wild turkeys in everyone's yard...doesn't it show how good humans can be when they try? Wild turkeys were almost unheard of a decade or two ago....now the dudes are rampant! Yeah!!! Sorry for the seemingly heartless chow down remark, but..well....it's kinda true. Lol to I'm here all week, and to AmyH, "cow emergency"!!! Hee!!!: Lauri; | Nov 20, 2006 at 03:25 AM

Baby turklets are indeed incredibly cute. I lived on a farm last year which received a shipment of about 20 of them in a little cardboard box from out West. They thrived and became healthy large turkeys, at which point...I won't say what happened to them. But we did save the little blind runty one!: A thinker; | Nov 20, 2006 at 05:40 AM

My only goal this T-Day is to sneak a little health into my family's meal. Namely, I'm bringing two small farm-raised, undrugged, un-caged turkey carcasses to the dinner, to combat my mother's desire for 30-pound, hormone-laden Frankenturkeys. Oh, and I'm the middle of the roader. I don't eat mammals. Just seems too creepy. But I loves me some poultry.: Redzilla; | Nov 20, 2006 at 06:12 AM

Frankenturkey! Redz, you slay me!: Laurie C; | Nov 20, 2006 at 07:25 AM

I knew the moment I say this post that the vegetarians would be posting their commentroversy here...Anyway, I eat turkeys, and chickens, cows, and pigs, too. I just don't eat baby animals, because I feel that they should make it to adulthood before they make it to my dinner plate. Anyway, turkeys are DUMB. Wild turkeys often visited my backyard growing up and they are stupid birds.: Becky; | Nov 20, 2006 at 07:31 AM

Bring on the mashed potatoes and gravy! That little bugger will look realy cute plumped, plucked, basted and breast up on a platter!!!!!: steveo; | Nov 20, 2006 at 07:42 AM

E: Bwahahahahaha.... I rolled around laughing for a few minutes at your comment about the red thing looking like a nasty little penis. That's a... very creative way to put it. This little turklet does make me feel a little guilty about eating turkeys this Thanksgiving... BUT I've really come to terms about being an omnivore. Also watching a ton of Animal Planet totally puts my eating habits into perspective. For you non-vegan vegetarians out there, a great meat-substitute is a puree'd base of firm tofu (2 blocks) and egg (7) thickened by bread crumbs (into a ground beef consistancy), which you can blend with lots of soy sauce, garlic powder, onion power, and oregano (and whatever other spices is appropriate for the dish). Then shape it into whatever "meat" it's supposed to subtitute and cook like normal. It has a very meat-like taste and texture and absorbs flavours really well. I invented it for the vegetarians in my house.: Monica; | Nov 20, 2006 at 07:53 AM

"Anyway, turkeys are DUMB" Just to play devil's advocate here, not necessarily to further the whole meat-eater veggie thing, but by your logic wouldn't this make mentally handicapped people less than people? If an organisms worth is defined by our subjective definition of intelligence where does a human fall that has less cognitive ability that a dog? Should we kill and eat that person? Just because we consider something to be "dumb" is no justification for determining its value. Yes, yes I know commentroversy and what not, but the truth of the matter is you have to look at cute baby animals and realize that they are no different than the adults they become. Age does not decrease the value of somethings life. If you love something as a piglet, chick, or calf, it should be loved as a pig, chicken, or cow. If you think a baby chicken is so cute then go look at all the wonderful pictures of the trashcans filled with dead male chicks because they are not economically valuable. I dont mean to politicize cuteness but think through it every once in a while, and you might end up somewhere unpleasent.: fancyclaps; | Nov 20, 2006 at 07:56 AM

Turklet disapproves of Thanksgiving. I think we're having steak this year, so no feelings of guilt for me. Though I am actually a bit bummed we're not having the traditional Thanksgiving meal. Ah well.: NebraskaErin; | Nov 20, 2006 at 08:07 AM

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