Well someone seems to have an "I know everything" attitude. It may be poorly written, but definitely not fake. They weren't necessarily hiding behind the bush, there was a shady area and they were lying down. The man was not hitting them with the broom, read the story more carefully. He was waving it around in the air. Oh, and I think Turkeys, not Turkies, Can distinguish a threat from a hunter, and the normality of a Mailman. They're not chickens, and run 100% of the time. They are Turkeys. Animals can sense these things.