{"id":13967,"date":"2023-10-12T07:06:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-12T13:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/?p=13967"},"modified":"2023-09-25T12:22:43","modified_gmt":"2023-09-25T18:22:43","slug":"man-takes-his-turkey-everywhere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/man-takes-his-turkey-everywhere\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Takes His Turkey Everywhere"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodnewsnetwork.org\/author\/geri\/\">Good News Network<\/a> | Sep 24, 2023 | Turkey | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Shield Insurance Blog\">Shield Insurance Blog<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Man Takes His Turkey Everywhere: Inseparable Companions Even In the Pub and Sleeping at Home (Watch)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Turkey owner goes everywhere with his inseparable companion - even to the pub and the dentist | SWNS\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sqkRW_zkuQc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Animal lover Dave Brooker goes everywhere with his beloved pet turkey that has followed him everywhere from the pub to the dentist since she was born two years ago on his farm in England.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He named the chick Trouble Version Two\u2014or, T2 for short.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The unlikely duo\u2019s story began when the turkey\u2019s mother was sitting on a dozen eggs and the weather turned foul (no pun intended). The first two that hatched died, so he set up a heated brooder to get the turkeys strong enough to go back under their mum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>T2 was the first one out, and I fed her for 10 or 11 hours. She was on her own, with me checking on her, and must have thought I was her parent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The others all went back under the mother quite easily, but not T2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEver since, she literally goes everywhere with me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Locals in Maidstone, Kent are often baffled as they see the 56-year-old sitting alongside T2 in his car when they stop at traffic lights, or when he feeds her a favorite snack\u2014the sausage meat from a scotch egg\u2014in the middle of a parking lot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She can often be seen casually sitting in the White Horse pub with a packet of chips and very well-behaved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAt the pub, she sits on her blanket and stays there. Unlike most dogs who would run around, you sit her down with a pack of cheese &amp; onion crisps and she\u2019s happy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although some people find their undeniable bond a little unorthodox, the pair are inseparable and even sleep in the same room together at their home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s like my child,\u201d Brooker admitted. \u201cShe\u2019s good company and entertaining\u2014sometimes I even think she\u2019s part human.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve got a video of her walking on the bar as a little chick,\u201d said Brooker, who also owns three horses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The only time the pair are separated is when Brooker goes to work as an online order picker for Tesco.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodnewsnetwork.org\/man-takes-his-turkey-everywhere-inseparable-companions-even-in-the-pub-and-sleeping-at-home-watch\/#\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodnewsnetwork.org\/man-takes-his-turkey-everywhere-inseparable-companions-even-in-the-pub-and-sleeping-at-home-watch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Good News Network\">Visit the Good News Network for the full story<\/a>&#8230; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">More Blogs by Shield Insurance Agency<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/what-happens-if-your-vehicle-is-totaled-understanding-the-auto-insurance-claims-process\/\">What Happens If Your Vehicle Is Totaled, Understanding the Auto Insurance Claims Process<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/why-now-is-a-smart-time-for-michigan-businesses-to-review-liability-coverage-before-spring-foot-traffic-increases\/\">Why Now Is a Smart Time for Michigan Businesses to Review Liability Coverage Before Spring Foot Traffic Increases<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/snowstorms-and-roof-damage-is-your-michigan-home-covered\/\">Snowstorms and Roof Damage: Is Your Michigan Home Covered?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/do-you-need-recreational-insurance-for-your-snowmobile-in-michigan\/\">Do You Need Recreational Insurance for Your Snowmobile in Michigan?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/the-importance-of-giving-back-during-the-holiday-season\/\">The Importance of Giving Back During the Holiday Season<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Animal lover Dave Brooker goes everywhere with his beloved pet turkey from the pub to the dentist since she was born two years ago on his farm in England.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13968,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[62,2692],"class_list":["post-13967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-shield-blog","tag-shield-insurance-agency","tag-turkey","post_format-post-format-video"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13967"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13967\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13969,"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13967\/revisions\/13969"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}