Posted by Dave H (MI) on February 03, 2016 at 12:52:36 from (50.108.86.148):
Our old tom Narragansett turkey died today. Came here when he was just a poult. A gift to my oldest daughter when she was a preteen. She is 25 now so we roughly know him to be over a dozen years old. This turkey was exhibited at the Michigan State Fair for the last several years it was in existence. He won champion turkey every year but one. The year he lost his daughter beat him. I have told people he must have been the most photographed bird in Michigan for a while. Several times over the years I sat and counted the number of people who took his picture over a period of time at the fair. Came out to a huge total over the term of the exhibit. You never saw this bird but what he looked like he does in the picture. If there was a human around, he was on display.
His name was Candle because the skin on his head and neck looked like melting wax. He had one last egg he managed to fertilize last year, the others were clear. Survived by four sons and two "wives". He woke me up WAY to early many a morning so I never thought I would say it...but...
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