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got home from the store last night and the turkeys had taken over my dads deck

wait a minute, there is only 3, spent the next 20 minutes looking for the 4th one, finally found him, not quite sure how he got up there

one of the turkeys is a little confused, I think she thinks she's a mother

so my wife felt bad for the turkeys yesterday and let them out again, the tom is starting to get big

so I told her she is going to chase them to get them back in the coop, she said don't worry, they'll find somewhere to roost, 20 minutes later she said see, their roosting on your 4 wheeler

5 minutes later one hopped up on the seat and crapped on it

so I figured it was time to build them a real roost, so we still had those wooden spools

so i rolled them down to the yard and nailed some 2x4's between the spools for roosting and put a ladder on the end in case they needed it

my wife says it looks like a stagecoach

they took to it pretty fast

hopefully it will keep them from wandering at night

3 nights in a row and the birds are taking right to it

still need to figure a way to keep them wandering in the morning though, thinking about putting a gate between the cabin deck and our side shed