#poults

[uphillfarmers]

deeply emotional over this juvenile turkey deciding to assume the role of parent for the even younger poults at bedtime

[birds-and-the-birds]

just had a flood of baby turkeys scurry across the yard

[fauxmoonhare]

Looking at me with those big ol eyes

[critter-catcher]

This turkey decided to stop by with her poults! Looks like she's got about 9 or 10!

[thesingingbullfrog]

Poults

[merosmenagerie]

It’s been a couple of days full of babies…….

By order of pictures:

Call ducks: Kipper, Guppy, Minnow

Turkey Poults #1: Coelo, Velo

Turkey Poults #2: Achillo, Deino

Barbu d’Anvers chick: Eru

2 Polish chicks

Baby pigeon: Ark Royal the voorburg

[continent-of-wild-endeavor]

Turkey gang

[hclib]

Turkey Babys

Poults galore at the Christensen turkey breeding facility in Edina in 1946. Here, Mrs. Christensen demonstrates use of the turkey incubator. Eggs are moved every few hours to mimic the movement of eggs in a hen's nest. Mr. C.J. Christensen unveils newly hatched turkey chicks. They are then put into boxes for delivery to farms (like perhaps this one) where they will be raised to adulthood. Thousands of poults were bred each year at the Christensen facility.

Photos P18509-P18511 from the Minneapolis Newspaper Photographs Collection in the Hennepin County Library Digital Collections.

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