Dave & Chuck the Freak talk about man in the UK who has developed an unusual bond with a turkey that is now his pet. He takes it everywhere with him, even the grocery store. However, we are disturbed by the way he rubs the turkey's neck and once you see it, you'll understand why.
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00:00A 56-year-old guy in England is in the news today
00:10because of his two-year-old pet turkey named Trouble
00:14that follows him everywhere.
00:18Well...
00:19He saved her life as a chick two years ago,
00:23and she imprinted on him.
00:25Oh, yeah.
00:25So now he takes her everywhere he goes, even the dentist.
00:33Here's him telling a bit of his story here.
00:39That's my mom.
00:41My name's Dave.
00:43This is T2, Trouble Version 2,
00:47who imprinted on me as a chick.
00:51I didn't take a lot of persuading to keep her, to be honest, though.
00:56Stop it.
00:57And she's just become a really big part of my life.
00:59Apart from work, she goes everywhere with me.
01:01She rides around in the car, goes shopping,
01:04so she waits in the car for me
01:05and enjoys getting out of the car and eating scotch egg.
01:11Much to the amusement of a lot of people.
01:13And she's brilliant at breaking down barriers.
01:15You speak to people you would never speak to before.
01:17Most people were just absolutely amazed.
01:20I've heard a lot of people say,
01:21I don't think I could ever eat turkey.
01:22I've got a few turkeys.
01:24I keep them just for their eggs.
01:26And normally I try and keep a couple of eggs in the car
01:29so that I can give them to people to try.
01:31Mum was sitting on 12 eggs and the first two hatched.
01:34And unfortunately the chicks got wet, got cold.
01:37It must have happened in very early hours of the morning.
01:40They perished, so I set up a brooder with a heat lamp.
01:44She was the first one out.
01:45I don't like this.
01:46All the other chicks survived.
01:47What do you not like about this?
01:49He's really stroking that turkey, if you know what I mean.
01:51No, Chuck, come on.
01:53He's just comforting.
01:54Lisa, are you not picking up anything weird here?
01:56Well, it's just turkeys.
01:57It's just an odd choice to have as a companion.
02:01I feel like he's cozy.
02:03It's a little bit off.
02:05Something's wrong with him.
02:07You guys are ridiculous.
02:08Definitely single for sure.
02:09Oh, he's a million percent single.
02:12He carries around eggs to give to people so they can try them.
02:16Try a turkey egg.
02:17Try a turkey egg.
02:19Who wants to try a turkey egg?
02:23These are hard of a poor man.
02:24It's just he saved the turkey's life and now it loves him.
02:27I know, but he really neck strokes that turkey like it's going out of style.
02:31Stop it.
02:31I don't enjoy it.
02:32The other ten, all the ten chicks alive, all the other nine went back under the mum,
02:38but this one kept coming back out to me and without a lot of persuading,
02:41I sort of kept her and then put her back in the brooder and started taking her home
02:46and the adventure started there.
02:49Brilliant entertainment.
02:50Sometimes in a week, she'll peck your ankle.
02:52Stop it.
02:53She's got her routines, the things she likes.
02:56She's clever enough to know when to get out of the car and when not to get out of the car,
02:59like at different places we go.
03:01She recognises where we are.
03:03I think if people could realise how intelligent animals are,
03:09you know, not just turkeys, but her definitely,
03:11but maybe we could treat them a little bit better with more respect sometimes
03:15and not just look at them as a dinner.
03:18I know I still eat meat, but it has changed my opinion of things.
03:24The brilliant thing is the joy she brings to people, you know,
03:27that do see her, you know, from children that have never seen an animal.
03:31I love the bit that she can just make people smile,
03:34and I think that's, you know, the most special thing about it.
03:37It is unfortunate that the neck does resemble scrotum.
03:41It sure does.
03:42It looks like he's stroking it.
03:45He really knows how to play with a ball sack.
03:48That guy can touch my sack.
03:49A dog would be good for some people, and a cat would be good for other people.
03:52I do think that the bones you can get with different animals,
03:58if you treat them well and whatever it is, fantastic.
04:02So, yeah, certainly underrated as an animal that you can, you know, bond with.
04:09I mean, I've never seen a turkey like this.
04:14Never.
04:14Sitting in his shopping cart while he's shopping?
04:17I've never seen them like that.
04:19Because they usually have turkey family that they're with.
04:22Exactly.
04:22Hanging out with and walking around all the time.
04:25But the turkey poop is the worst.
04:27Like, smell-wise?
04:28The whole thing.
04:29I don't know.
04:30It's been on my patio before.
04:31Yeah, see, I haven't really dealt with it.
04:32Oh, yeah.
04:33Yeah, it's pretty gross.
04:34So, how much is it different from, like, what the goose poop situation is?
04:39It's totally different.
04:39Oh, it's totally different, huh?
04:42What's it like?
04:43I've had turkeys around the house, but I don't know that I've ever encountered a turkey turkey.
04:46Let's hook it up here, I guess.
04:47Is it like more of a liquid?
04:50Yeah.
04:50Ooh.
04:52Turkey poop, everything you've wanted to know.
04:55Because goose poop, I feel like, can be dealt with.
04:58Oh.
04:59Unless the turkey that was around my house had just bad diarrhea or something.
05:02Yeah, you might add.
05:03Maybe that's a problem.
05:04More like mucus.
05:05Yeah, there you go.
05:05That's it.
05:06There it is.
05:07Mucus poop?
05:08Disgusting.
05:08Yep.
05:09Jesus, God.
05:10Oh, God.
05:11It smells really bad.
05:12It's just, it's the worst.
05:13Wow.
05:14That's, uh, you're not selling it.
05:17No, they're not meant to be pets.
05:19No.
05:19No, they're not.
05:20Because I feel like this guy's house is...
05:22Maybe the turkey sits on the toilet like this one.
05:24I think that's Photoshop, Dave.
05:27Just hopeful.
05:28Yeah.
05:28Maybe he strained it.
05:30Who knows?
05:30But you are creeped out by him, John.
05:32I am.
05:33I'm incredibly creepy.
05:34He was gently caressing the scrotum's thumb on the neck.
05:37Just for too much.
05:39Yeah.
05:39Too long.
05:41His thumb strokes.
05:44Don't enjoy him.
05:45Look at that face.
05:45I don't enjoy him.
05:46There's no mention of a partner.
05:48Oh, there's no, no.
05:49Lisa was a thousand percent partner.
05:52Oh, man.
05:53That's what, it was a nice story.
05:55You had to make it weird, though.
05:56I don't know if I was the one.
05:58I think he was the one.
06:01He's like, oh, I'm rising turkey.
06:03Touching him on his head.
06:06Playing with his neck.
06:07Oh, man.
06:10It is disturbing how he does it.
06:11I like it.
06:12It really is.
06:12At one point, he grabbed it.
06:15Gave it a full neck jerk.
06:18Yeah.
06:20Oh, and he kisses it, too.
06:22Oh, boy.
06:23That's not the first thing he's had.
06:25Is he rubbing it too much?
06:26Because why is it so much pinker than the rest of the turkey's neck?
06:30I mean, that might be a good point.
06:32He does love playing with that skin.
06:33He does.
06:34He has to stop.
06:35Okay.
06:35I don't like it.
06:36I wasn't looking at that part, I guess, first time around.
06:40Now I am.
06:40He likes to pinch the foreskin.
06:42Okay.
06:43All right.
06:43Now I'm grossed out.
06:45Thanks a lot.
06:46Ruin everything.
06:46Ruin everything.