Singing Turkey Farmer Gives Kids The Straight Poop: ‘Don’t Eat Cow Pies’

Singing Turkey Farmer Gives Kids The Straight Poop: ‘Don’t Eat Cow Pies’



HIGHLAND COUNTY, Va. (Wireless Flash) – Who ever says that music doesn’t have a message hasn’t met singing turkey farmer Buck Howdy. The tuneful turkey farmer from Highland County, Virginia, performs western- style music for kids but only so he can pass on an important life lesson: “Don’t eat cow pies.” Howdy’s taking his crappy message even further. He wants kids to know “not to pick up, step in or go near a cow pie. They’re pretty nasty things.” Currently, Howdy sings about the hazards of cow pies on his debut CD, Skidaddle, but most of his time is taken up by raising 3000 baby turkeys before Thanksgiving. The two jobs might not seem to have much in common but Howdy says baby turkeys and little kids are “both excitable.”

Wed 05-08-02