Turkey in the Straw

Feller living across the street from the apartments has a problem. One of his turkeys is nesting in our pampas grass. He called me out and led me to it. All I could see in the grass was a bit of black feathers and two eggs protruding from beneath it. He was worried the ground crew might weed eat the bird, which I assured him I would not let happen. He said he could incubate the eggs, but, for a reason he can't figure, all the turkeys he has incubated have died at a young age. He suspects maybe something the mother does for them in the first days activates the immune system. So, I think he has concluded he will move her.

Some years back, the same feller owned a great white turkey. I reminded him of it mentioning that is had gotten a habit of chasing the mail carrier's truck every day. He told me that turkey lived about 15years.