Turkey Owner Goes Everywhere With His Inseparable Companion - Even to the Pub and the Dentist - video Dailymotion

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Credit: SWNS  Don't mention Christmas but one turkey might just avoid the oven this year after becoming best friends with his owner.  Animal lover Dave Brooker goes everywhere with his beloved pet turkey Trouble Version Two - or T2 for short - who is like a child to him and has followed him everywhere from the pub to the dentist since she was born two years ago.   Locals in Maidstone, Kent, are often baffled as they see the 56-year-old sat alongside T2 in his car when they stop at traffic lights, or when he feeds her her favourite snack - the meat from a scotch egg - in the middle of a Tesco's car park.

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00:05 My name's Dave. This is T2, Trouble Version 2,

00:09 who imprinted on me as a chick.

00:11 I didn't take a lot of persuading to keep her, to be honest though.

00:14 And she's just become a really big part of my life.

00:17 Apart from work, she goes everywhere with me.

00:19 She rides around in the car, goes shopping, so she waits in the car for me.

00:23 And enjoys getting out of the car and eating Scotch egg,

00:26 much to the amusement of a lot of people.

00:28 [Music]

00:29 And she's brilliant at breaking down barriers.

00:31 You speak to people you would never speak to before.

00:33 Most people were just absolutely amazed.

00:37 I've had a lot of people say, "I don't think I could ever eat turkey again."

00:40 I've got a few turkeys. I keep them just for their eggs.

00:42 And normally I try and keep a couple of eggs in the car

00:44 so that I can give them to people to try.

00:46 Mum was sitting on 12 eggs and the first two hatched.

00:49 And unfortunately the chicks got wet, got cold.

00:52 Must have happened in very early hours in the morning.

00:55 They perished, so I set up a brooder with a heat lamp.

00:59 And she was the first one out.

01:01 All the other chicks survived. Managed to keep all the other 10 alive.

01:05 All the other nine went back under the mum, but this one kept coming back out to me.

01:09 And without a lot of persuading, I sort of kept her

01:12 and then put her back in the brooder and started taking her home.

01:15 And the adventure started there.

01:17 Brilliant at entertainment. Sometimes annoying.

01:20 She'll peck your ankles.

01:21 She's got a routine, so like, the things she likes.

01:24 She's clever enough to know when to get out the car and when not to get out the car.

01:27 Like, at different places we go.

01:30 She recognises where we are.

01:32 I think if people could realise how much, how intelligent animals are,

01:36 you know, not just turkeys, but her definitely,

01:39 but maybe we could treat them a little bit better, with more respect sometimes,

01:43 and not just look at them as a dinner.

01:46 I know I still eat meat, but it has changed my opinion of things.

01:52 The brilliant thing is the joy she brings to people, you know, that do see her,

01:56 you know, from children that have never seen an animal.

01:59 I love the bit that she can just make people smile.

02:02 And I think that's, you know, the most special thing about her, you know.

02:06 Whereas a dog would be good for some people, and a cat would be good for other people.

02:10 I do think that the bond you can get with different animals,

02:14 if you treat them well and whatever, is fantastic.

02:18 So, yeah, certainly underrated as an animal that you can, you know, bond with.

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Turkey Owner Goes Everywhere With His Inseparable Companion - Even to the Pub and the Dentist

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