Bush Turkey Payback -

After the bush turkey demolished my garden, I figured it was time for payback. Bush turkeys make their nests by scratching leaves and twigs and bark together into a huge compost pile. When it heats up (as composts do) the female will lay her eggs in the mound. The male then protects the nest from predators and regulates the heat until the chicks hatch. Then the compost just becomes part of the forest unless it becomes part of my garden.
Next year it will make a new one from scratch, but in the same spot as always. The pile just gets bigger and bigger over time.
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[@flowerfolkfarm3553]

Hi Weedy! Gotta love nature and the way Bush turkeys are so integral to keeping the forest floor composted! Beautiful cycle! Hope that compost goes awesome in your garden 🪴 💐

[@joj1252]

Who needs the gym when you have a garden 😂

[@TheWeedyGarden]

Exactly

[@SLC09]

I was scared to watch the full upload because I thought your payback was actually composting the bush turkey 😅 Thank you so much for sharing with us 🌿

[@TheWeedyGarden]

lol

[@Lifegrowsonandon]

Using their nests to make better veggies for them to eat to then build better nests, the circle of life!

[@TheWeedyGarden]

funny 😅

[@jeannamcgregor9967]

And it's already got bush turkey poop mixed in...perfect!

[@carolexo7269]

I'm sure the Bush Turkeys are happy to share with you! 💚

[@TheWeedyGarden]

They don’t actually need it anymore

[@cazinaus4917]

you really showed them 😆

[@vivekvelusamy9194]

Those buckets handle would be painful in the hills. Good work Nature boy.

[@hajrazolj1531]

Love the bush turkey payback!

[@peggyhelblingsgardenwhatyo7920]

I thought you were going to say you were taking the eggs 🥚

[@MerwinARTist]

I was wondering if this was going to be an Auzzie Thanksgiving! Guess there's more than one way to pay them back! lol 😂

[@TheWeedyGarden]

lol

[@jasonnodwell6801]

Revenge is a dish best served cold… and with food grown in good compost!

[@liammtb7036]

i got my pet rabbit to eat from one spot and poo in that area as well, he makes me compost balls for my plants and i feed him weeds he does this all day

[@jasminelouisefarrall]

Beautiful compost Weedy 🥰

[@emmasommer3544]

❤

[@aaronhopkins6697]

Weedy, i noticed something. You like me, ten years ago the bucket would have been full when we got back up the hill. I know what you are going to say, but hear me out. You have a great method of carrying two buckets , but when you filled them up at the turkey nest, you must have tripped and spilled some or you just had to lighten the load. Because they were a bit lighter when you got to the garden.

[@hossenfeffer8383]

Next time you go down there to steal bush Turkey compost, expect to see some bush Turkey TEDDIES!!! Staring you down with cold dead eyes …

[@TheWeedyGarden]

lol

[@Loogiemistress]

The original gardeners 😊

[@ArkyMassey]

i thought you where collecting eggs!

[@ronkain8905]

No way! How bad!

[@LorraineG123]

Good use of local produce, handy neighbours, doing a bit of work for your.

[@christoering8139]

Great idea

[@CybertronicBurgers]

Saw a video recently where a gardener used a mirror to scare off his bush turkey, apparently they’re quite territorial!

[@TheWeedyGarden]

It doesn’t work in my garden with these ones because I tried but they still dig 😢

[@downundervlogs]

Finders keepers ....

[@TheWeedyGarden]

lol

[@StephyGrowsWeed]

Bush turkey and brush turkey are 2 different things? I find both 😆

[@TheWeedyGarden]

same animal. different name.

[@ivysummers5649]

Bush chook

[@udeemax]

nice way to get back at them 😉

[@HelenRullesteg]

But are the turkeys breeding now or was that an abandoned or old nest?

[@TheWeedyGarden]

They are making a new nest as I write

[@troyh5955]

LMAO. The weedy gardener strikes back. 😂. Are they still hanging around or have they moved on with the young?

[@TheWeedyGarden]

they are still here @$&£%#¥£¥=*😢

[@troyh5955]

Oh man, I can only imagine your frustration. Are they living on private property? Or is it maybe just natural bushland? (Not a natural reserve)

[@Herhighness211]

What’s a bush turkey? Is that just a wild Turkey?

[@squideau]

Australian native bird that looks slightly similar to a turkey. They can fly short distances and have a reputation for destroying gardens. They are extremely prolific. We have at least 20 that live in our backyard in Sydney. Despite being a bit of a pest and in abundant supply they are a protected species

[@lieberzeitvoa]

Hey weedy, what about plant them some of the food closer to their nest or right in it so they won't come to you. They might make a new nest further from your place. I guess you will have to fence your land.

[@TheWeedyGarden]

Fences don’t stop them because they fly and it’s too much hastle to do plant food for them. I have resorted to mesh laid on the ground at planting. i can then easily remove it again at harvest

[@bradleygrendon7854]

use a wheelbarrow to carry it all weedy

[@TheWeedyGarden]

Too hard to push it uphill Bradley

[@EyeSeeThruYou]

Did the Bush turkey give her permission?

[@TheWeedyGarden]

No HE didn’t!

[@EyeSeeThruYou]

@@TheWeedyGarden 😲😳😱

[@squideau]

The male turkeys are the ones that build the nest and protect the eggs. Once they hatch they are on their own

[@ACD2189]

I wonder if a solar powered, motion detector water sprinkler would deter the turkeys.

[@TheWeedyGarden]

You got a spare one?

[@fillfinish7302]

Isn't this considered stealing from hard working citizens ?

[@TheWeedyGarden]

They stole from me first. I’m just getting even

[@ripme6616]

Get a dog

[@TheWeedyGarden]

We will