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WW, They might be good fliers but I couldn't imagine them having the skills to flick all the mulch over a 4 foot high fence. :)

What's a jive turkey?? :confused: Are you talkin' John Travolta, dude?

WW, Last year I didn't see it around during the day so I assumed it came at night. This bird is very active during the day. We haven't got a lot of the birds around here so I am not too concerned. I could always put up some chicken (or turkey) wire fence around the main vege patch if it became...

I'm a bit of a softie when it comes to animals, Lizzie. Being a dad myself, I understand the stresses of looking after younguns. ;) This turkey doesn't need any additional challenge against its coming baby. My life is blessed compared with his. So what if I can't have mulch on my veges for a...

The Turkey is back!! Well nearly 1 year on and the bugger is back.:eek: Nested very quickly and conveniently while we were away for 10 days a few weeks ago. Alll the mulch is again been scratched up off the garden and paths and deposited under the same jackfruit tree. Haven't got the heart...

Tell me about it! :D The problem with having a vege garden in a dry spell is that your patch becomes the most desirable attraction for all sorts of life since it has been watered and fertilised regularly. The moist and fertile soil attracts worms and insects which attract bandicoots and now...

Thanks folks. We don't have and don't want a dog (no fence and near highway + don't want to be tied down with the responsibility) but it would be a great solution for sure - though the bird visits only in the night. Sunny I will try Ric. Thanks :) Prop, I said humane approach but should have...

We have a brush turkey who has scratched up all the mulched vege patch and garden paths and created a huge mound for a nest. :eek: Just went to all the trouble to put newspaper and cardboard down prior to mulching. It was all looking beautiful until the uninvited turkey moved in. :mad: Anyone...