Turkeys are a Boy's Best Friend

The boys always enjoy a trip to visit the Cedar Acres Farm turkeys.  

Every since they were really little, our boys have been in love with turkeys.  In this video, a very small Seamus is playing with his favourite outdoor toy - Ian's turkey decoy.

Uncle Kyle's turkeys are always a crowd pleaser.  Perhaps this is because my "crowd" is made up of two turkey-loving toddlers.

 

The boys love to sing to the turkeys.

They love to follow them around.

Liam is trying to pet this massive tom. 
The tom is not particularly interested in Liam's affections.

And most of all, Liam and Seamus are thrilled that Uncle Kyle will catch a turkey for them to pet.

Turkey love.

"Catch" is a bit of a misnomer. 
This hen was in no hurry to get off Uncle Kyle's knee.
Talk about some love for your farmer.

In contrast to Liam and Seamus, I am more interested in the cows.

However, the boys are immune to the cows' cuteness - they are all about the turkeys.  We even brought a turkey, the frozen kind, home as a Christmas gift.  Frozen turkeys are not so good for petting, unless you want to get Salmonella poisoning and end up in the Children's Hospital on Boxing Day.  Wait....we have already done that and have no desire for a repeat.  This unfortunate turkey-related experience led to the adoption of one very important farm rule: it does not matter how much you love them, no petting turkeys without feathers.