Tommy!
Tommy is a Royal Palm Turkey!
Isn’t he beautiful?
Tommy is also a rescue turkey.
He isn’t my turkey, he belongs to Shannon. Our oldest daughter that has the two Rottweilers and Princess Houston the Mountain Cur.
Shannon also volunteer’s (with me) at the Animal Shelter as a dog walker. Although, she has been known to be a kennel cleaner and a vet runner. She likes to be there to just love on the dogs and cats so winds up doing many other things. (She does have a full-time job, just to let you know)
But this is a tale about Tommy.
One day, when Shannon and Buddy were driving around in the countryside they saw a sign that said turkeys for sale. Not ever having a turkey (or three) they thought a cool thing would be to get a live turkey.
There were many turkey’s , you could pick out what you wanted, pay for it and go. As they were looking around they saw Tommy and two hens in a very tiny, itty-bitty wire cage. It was so tiny they were stacked in there together–hen, tom, hen. The feathers were wore off of Tom and his chest was bare of all feathers, the hens were scrawny.
When asked why these three were in such a tiny pen, they were told there wasn’t enough room for all of the turkey’s so he had them in this pen until he could make room for more birds.
So….for a price– the cage and two hens and Tommy came to live in animal heaven with the three dogs, two cats, 8 hens and just found rooster-Jethro.
Sadly the hens didn’t make it. But Tommy did!
What a wonderful turkey he is. I have been around very mean turkey’s, but Tommy isn’t one of those kind. We all pick him up, carry him around, the little kids pet him, and he even walks over into the onion fields and drums from the workers over there.
We do have to go get him and bring him home because Tommy is never destined to be on someone’s table.
So, as you can see, he is now a completely healed and a very magnificent bird!
Linda
Life on a Colorado Farm 
Very Cool!
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He is lovely! We so enjoyed our tame turkey, Lucy, until the varmints got her. Hope he lives a good, long life.
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That is one gorgeous turkey.. wow!!!!! Hope Tommy never ends up on anyone’s dining room table!!!!!! He’s a beauty.
Hugs,
Betsy
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He is lovely and I know where Shannon gets her animal luv!
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Tommy is a handsome turkey and that was a really good story. It touched my heart I could just see the turkeys are squeezed in one cage. I would have bought all of the turkeys also. Ellen from Gerogia
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What a handsome boy! I think he knows it too. Turkeys can be so much fun. And, they aren’t nearly as stupid as some folks think.
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He’s gorgeous and so sad the hens did not survive.
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He is gorgeous!
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Isn’t he just a magnificient specimen………and a lovely story too.
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Wow! He is beautiful! Sounds like he is very adventurous too…wandering all over the place.
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Oh Linda… he’s Beautiful!! How much does he weigh? I had one years ago (Brown) and he was so sweet – I loved him so much.
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Shannon’s a wonderful Woman… good job Mom and Dad 😉
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Mine are all beautiful BROWNS yours is Pretty 🙂
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He is magnificent. I read a very sad story about someone (they caught them) stealing and killing a family’s pet turkey just before Thanksgiving.
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this world needs people like you and shannon!! thank you for what you do!!
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That bird would do well at a poultry show, I haven’t seen one that nice in a long time.
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Well, in my sheltered life I have never seen these turkeys. They certainly are handsome.
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Wow!! He is one handsome fella!! It would be a joy to have him around. So glad Shannon and Buddy rescued him…sorry the hens didn’t make it, tho. Thanks for letting us meet him, Linda.
Blessings to you and Shannon!
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He’s a sexy boy! I purchased a turkey chick a couple years ago. I didn’t know if it was a tom or a hen. I named it Hilfiger. HA! I swear I’m nuts!
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Hi Linda! I’m a journalism grad student at CU Boulder and I’m writing a story about farms in Colorado. If you would be interested in being interviewed I would love to talk to you! Thanks. Tommy is mega cool.
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he is very handsome..good save! My Dad had a pet Turkey once..her best friend was a Sheltie..they walked everywhere together:)
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Tommy is a lucky turkey, indeed!
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Bless you all XXXX
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What a beauty! Good move, Shannon!
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What a beautiful bird!! Shannon is my hero!
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He is stunning! Wish the hens could have made it! What a wonderful pet to have! I look forward to seeing how Fuzzy and Boomer get along with him!
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Beautiful bird, now I know where the term too pretty to eat comes from..:-))
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That is one handsome turkey!! Enjoyed once again getting caught up on your blog!!
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