Seeing the friendship between wild animals and caring humans is wonderful. Animals bring out the best in us.

I ended up with a wild turkey as a pet when I was growing up. We found him when he was just a few weeks old and was just walking around our yard up in Pennsylvania, he was out there for a good 7 or 8 hours before we realized he was on his own. Named him Charles and he would follow me around like a dog, even waited for me to get home from school and came running to the bus. Ahh memories lol. Had him all the way up until the day he died of old age.

With the home prices at this time, I’m going to start wandering into peoples backyard and hope someone will build me a house 😂 Peppers and her family are adorable!

Animals have wonderful instincts. She chose to love them both. Their hearts are pure with kindness,love, compassion. They are truly blessed.

Having & respecting animal friends makes the world a beautiful place

We had a couple of pet turkeys. They were absolutely fearless and very intelligent. They would walk across the street and completely intimidate the neighbor's two Dobermans. The turkeys would puff up and strut, and the Dobies would cower. The neighbor would bring the turkeys home--- he'd pick one up and the other would follow. "Your birds are scaring my dogs again." I think Ben Franklin wanted the turkey to be our national symbol.

That has to be the cutest thing I've ever seen!! Especially Pepper micromanaging the building of her palace!! 😂😂😂

Pepper got tired of the wild pack and chose a very cool and loving family to call her own. And Pepper's Palace is such a sweet coupe. She has everything a turkey child could ever want. She chose the right family - including grandma. ❤️🦃

typical dad project "I'm just gonna build a small and practical coop, with some cheap leftover material, nothing fancy, max 3 hours and it's done." Ends with a complete fullsize house :D Next time get some ducks, then you can name it "Duckingham Palace" :D

It's astounding to me how intelligent these birds are! Not just that, but they are curious and affectionate too. Great video. Thanks for sharing.

People don't give turkeys enough credit.They are A LOT more intelligent than many know! Loved Pepper's story. Thanks for sharing.

Having a relationship with animals brings us to a happy place.

some people don’t realize birds form strong bonds just like dogs or cats. i hope one day i get to experience something like this!

When you respect an animal, you have a friend

You can always see a true animal lover when they love any animal no matter what

I think Pepper knows she's special. I've had turtles, guinea pigs, gold fish, a rabbit, a dog and I'm on my first cat pair and I regret not having cat pairs when I first had cats. All of them and my two cats now are special. To have a pet to me is like breathing. I need them to survive.

She's beautiful and knows exactly who she needed to befriend to have the best domesticated/wild life ever. She's spoiled and loved. Lucky Turkey! 😁🥰😍😘

So totally cool. I love when animals trust you and interact and become your "flock". So sweet.

Oh my god she is awesome. Pepper is lucky to have found such a loving and caring parents and grandmother. You are lucky to have Pepper she really is special. X

This is a model of a loving home for humans and animals. So lovely to see.

This man really built her a turkey condo 😭🤩

Thanks for helping This old veteran to smile this morning

We had a pet turkey, he was a amazing pet. Lots of great stories. Extremely protective of our property. Good old Tom. He ended up at a turkey farm as a breeder of hundreds of female turkeys.

Pepper is so adorable and very precious. Turkeys would never, ever have to worry about me because I am a vegan, and seeing Pepper has me wanting to buy some land and rescue turkeys plus other animals.

Bird's are so underrated, Such Smart Animals. I love, Them! 🦃🧡

I will never have another Thanksgiving turkey for as long as I live and I absolutely mean that too. Thank you for sharing your all's story.

She's absolutely beautiful in the most gawky, awkward,majestic way possible.

That a wild bird just randomly chooses a couple is pretty amazing in and of itself.

You guys are so cool taking care of pepper!!!

A turkey becoming family, never thought this would be so cute

I'm so happy I came across this page years back. With how the world is going at this point and how everybody is at each other's throats this page just restores my faith in humanity

I’m so grateful pepper found incredible humans to be her family!!! She’s so loved.

Turkeys can be so sweet and intelligent!! 🦃❤

Adorable.....

I love these stories. You built her a tiny home, you could add some friends with all that room. I like how she was micro managing you. She's so smart and grateful. Animals have cool personalities.

Pepper's so intelligent and cute. Animals teach us love, compassion, friendship and gratitude. Well done.

Turkeys have the best personalities ever! This makes my heart happy! ❤️

Aww

It's like pepper is a past pet in another life the way they interact!! And her palace is SO well done!!!

Wild animals have feelings too. 🥰 Pepper is so cute 😍👍👍👍👍☺️ THANK you for giving her a loving home.

Pepper makes a great construction ins-_peck_-tor, lol! 🔍🦃👷‍♀️

Until one has loved an animal a part of one's soul remains unawakened

She is beautiful. I am so happy she has such a loving family!

Oh my God!!! I love how your family loves Pepper! She likes to ride in the car and look out the window, too!

What kind people. So compassionate and caring. Thank you!

I am so happy that she is your wonderful friend, and not thanksgiving dinner. Amazing family, YOU ARE! And I Love all of you💕

Pepper is so sweet. Love the new home you built for her. So glad you found each other! Animals are amazing.❤️

OMG I love these most awesome, wonderful people! Pepper is adorable, so cute and smart.

Aww, sweet gurl! Thank you to this family for taking such great care of a wild creature that needs them!

I had a boss like Pepper, bloody micromanagement

Obvious how much you both care and love your wild friend - the labor of Love building it’s home… the affection is mutual felt. You are wonderful people 🙂❤️!

Such sweet people! And Pepper, too!❤

Peace. Both of you are as amazing as she is! That's love! That's kindness and generosity. Her vulnerability has given you strength. Thank you for sharing your amazing familly friendships. Am pleased to see such a gentle, beautiful creature is recognized for the life within her. Peace.

💞💞 Man, daddy built her a wonderful house .. I'd want to live there

This is ABSOLUTELY Precious... What kind, loving hearts you both have 🦃🦃🦃

People ask, how did our ancestors tamed wild animals? Here it is the answer, a somehow middle ground is found for both and there you go.

Beautiful. Thank you for seeing this little lady’s heart and being her true family. Thank you for protecting her so she can continue to learn and live her best life with her loving family. Love to all of you from California. You have all touched my heart.

The flannel on her perch is too much! Pepper is indeed living her best life!

What a heartwarming story. How lucky you all are.

This is really cute. Kinda changed my mind about turkeys....didn't realize they had such lively personalities. (I'm already a vegetarian though.)

Beautiful 🦃 Reminds me of the movie ‘My Life as a Turkey’ featuring biologist Joe Hutto, who raised 13 wild turkeys! A powerful, moving movie.

What an absolute sweetie. Love how doting and curious she is, beautiful bond.

Pepper is one lucky turkey, and so cute! She really is quite inquisitive!!

Wow, that is special!

Lovely story. I love how they treat this birdie ❤️ May she live a long and happy life!

I absolutely love this story it is so precious.

They're such great parents! That shed (palace) they built for Pepper is so cool! They mentioned wild animals in their neighborhood, it's nice that they built her a house, I'm just surprised that they didn't let her life in their house...Pepper is obviously a big part of the family! I hope they have many happy years together...

This is one of best animal stories!! I love this sweet turkey!! 😍 Love you Pepper!! 🥰

I love this

Bless you Lisa and Jim for the amazing generosity 🙏🏽💐🙏🏽 May your lives be filled with all the blessings in the world. What a beautiful family 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 Pepper is truly blessed👏

The best video ever, turkeys are brilliant birds and since keeping my own I haven't been able to contemplate eating one. They are not only smart but wonderful parents, even dad is hands/wings on with the chicks and you are right - they want to be involved with everything that happens on the homestead. All the best to Pepper, Lisa and Jim

What a pretty and amazing girl pepper is. I was worrying about the predators. Hoping she is kept safe, but it looks like mom and dad has that taken care of. Thanks for being special.

God bless you for your love and care for Pepper. She picked her peeps ♥️

Amazing what a difference it makes when you choose a friend vs. turning them into food, eh? Wonderful story.

I love this story and I absolutely love Pepper! She made my day. 😍😍😍

I’ve always said if Humans have a super power it’s being able to communicate and connect on a deep level with so many different species.

I find it amazing how so many types of animals are being seen as pets. They are wonderful

Her waiting by the door, peering in. So cute! 💜💜💜

Pepper picked the right family. That coop was amazing!

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We use to have a group of wild turkeys who hung around our land. Even came to are porch & would sometimes come & eat our outside barn cats food. They would only come a few feet though. Some even sit by the cats which was very tame & only eat mice.

Thanks for letting us 'meet' Pepper. I love animals so much and I feel my life is more enriched knowing Pepper exists and watching what a special girl she is. She's your turkey 'daughter'. Family is so much more fun when you have animal 'kids'. When my parents were living my cats as an adult were my parents' grand son and grand daughter even though they were single cats at the time. My mother hated cats but she gave in bought me my first cat and loved her because she was mine and my second cat she loved him. I had gold fish and turtles as a kid and I knew they were treated like family when they passed and they had little funerals and dad would say the eulogy and he was very serious. It wasn't a joke at all. And my brother couldn't get a pet until we read animal care books and knew that the responsibility was totally on us. Mom had her second canary. Her first she had after she got married. Bingy passed before my brother and I were born so we never knew him. Mom never got another canary after Lovey died whom I was close to. It was so hard on mom when her canaries passed of old age she never got a third. So to see a turkey so much loved reminds me of home. Pets were family. They were kids to my folks and siblings to my brother and I. It's alien to me that pets aren't treated as family and spoiled no matter what they are.

I love these unexpected companionship-videos between either *previously wild animals* or *unusual animal-human combos!* Also. this family seemed great and fun caretakers that made the odd relationships even more enjoyable to watch..

It’s so sweet

Never thought I'd say it, from what I'm learning about wild animals, the vegetarians may have been right all along !

That was absolutely beautiful and amazing thanks for sharing she is an amazing turkey and y'all are blessed to have her as a friend keep her safe God bless y'all

Seeing this turkey being alive and happy is life fuel. He's a precious, happy little soul. I wish more turkeys could be happy and living more similar to this lucky guy! ❤🙏

need more positive stories such as this one..omgee, and Peppers house..great job.

She really loves the humans she chose and they love her too ❤ This is a good one

Making this turkey a part of their family is a beautiful thing. Pepper certainly lucked out when she showed up at their home. It is now Pepper's home. She behaves better than some human kids in the car. Her new daddy even built her very own coop. They are giving Pepper so much love and she has returned that love. What a wonderful story. Long live Pepper.

Wow, wow, wow!! How frigging cool is this friendship? Totally enthralled with this video, absolutely amazing. Proving how connected life can be in all forms. It would also seem that Ms.Pepper is a great judge of character and found the right family to share her spectacular gift with. Thanks for sharing this unusual love story. ❤❤❤❤

This is so heart warming ❤️

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Love really does change every living thing. Care is PROOF love is present.

Love how they built her a safe hideaway for nighttime so she's not totally exposed to predators. So much love here ❤️

WHAT WONDERFUL PEOPLE TO HAVE PEPPER PART OF THEIR FAMILY ❤❤ THEY RESTORE MY FAITH IN HUMAN NATURE!

What an awesome story and such a pretty bird.

No idea what the beginning of her story is or how she ended up in y’all’s yard all alone, but I’m glad the rest of her story has a happy ending and they’re giving her the best life she could possibly ask for!

Pepper spices everything up !! Sweet little spice girl !! ANIMALS ARE AWSOME...& MAKE OUR LIVES BETTER !! ♡☆♡

She IS an amazing one~💞 Thank you for sharing this video~🤗