Mice beware: Mousers on duty...

[bearpaw]

We had this group of 8 jakes that stick together, the last few days it's only been 7, I'm not yet sure if one died or if he is staying with some of the hens now.

Yesterday my wife was watching the 7 jakes. One of them caught a mouse and pretty quick they were all throwing it in the air and playing with it. Pretty soon one of them threw it in the air and on the way down he opened his mouth and the mouse disappeared. Later on she saw them find a bigger mole, they played with it a while and then pecked it apart and consumed it too.

I didn't know that turkeys were mousers... 

[Butchmeathook]

Turkeyzilla!!!

[kyle78]

When I was a kid we raised chickens and they would go nuts over mice. Whenever we would catch a mouse my brother and I would toss it to them and watch them tear them apart. They were better mousers then any cat that I had. When one chicken had the mouse the others would chase it to try to get from them.

[Skyvalhunter]

Thats the ultimate rodent remover

[bearpaw]

I took this photo pretty early this morning, sorry my camera didn't do so well, the master mousers just come off the roost early in the twilight. Now there are 5 of them trying to act like toms. 

[Moose22]

With no cats at my residence, might explain why I do not have a mouse problem. I like it.

[bearmanric]

Thats cool guess a better make a couple Sqeakers for my hunt in Colville. I've seen a few Toms run across the Road by your house heading back to camp. useaully as i just leave Town. Rick

[KFhunter]

I love watching them get into their skirmish lines in the fall after the grass hoppers - one turkey will get ahead of the line and will catch hell from the others haha