After we had the turkeys a few days we noticed they were not getting through a lot of water. We made excuses.. the hens drink more of course, but there are more of them and they are laying.. a couple of young turkeys wont get through much. We decided perhaps the level had gone down a bit. Then we felt sure they were not drinking.
I went back to the first picture I took of them – and there in the background is the water feeder.. showing exactly the same level, and by then it had been a week!
Aghast, we went to see them, and himself splashed about in the water. You could see them having a light bulb sort of moment… and they rushed over and drank and drank. Thick birds, did not recognise water when they saw it.. and we showed it to them…. I was worried we would lose them already.
Not, as they say, the sharpest tools in the box…
On the plus side, they’re clearly going to provide you with mountains of blogging material 🙂
No! I can’t believe that they are so stupid!
What about the myth that animals can smell water – or is it really a myth. hmmm. Not much room for a brain up top then?