Animals
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Yesterday's sunrise was the best part of the day.... A glorious red sun rose above the horizon and painted the sky shades of pink.And then it dawned on me...that little saying I heard so much as a child: Red sun at night, sailors' delight.Red...
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Babies...at play. It's what they do best! I don't think Tyler will have any fear issues when it comes to animals! Nothing shy about these guys. We've had an awful lot of rain lately.In between showers, we try to get all the "kids" outside...
- The Great Turkey Debate
The great turkey debate is actually two separate issues.The first debate is over the sex of turkey #3. It is quite obvious that we have one "Tom",as he spends quite a good deal of time strutting his stuff. Of all the turkeys, he has the longest snood...
- In Four Short Months.....
We have gone from this.... to this.... Of the four bourbon red turkey poults that I brought homeat the end of April,three remain and are thriving nicely.(One died in infancy.) As just hatched babies, they were very curiousand extremely friendly.They remain...
- And Then There Were Five
It seems that so much of our life on the farm revolves around our feathered friends...and trying to keep them alive. This week I noticed that our guinea troup is dwindling. We now have only five of our lovely, tick-eating "farm alarms" remaining. This...
Animals
Still Cute....
But not (I fear) for long!!!
Here are my three turkey babies...
Four weeks ago I started with four poults.
One died on the third day.
The remaining three are thriving.
They have grown lots of feathers are able to fly up to this
ledge about 3 feet off the ground to roost at night.
Here is what they looked like one month ago....
It will be fun to watch these guys grow.
They have no names as of yet...
we don't know the sexes.
All in due time.
As Hubbs had previously thought, though,
we will not be naming them
Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter.
No, I cannot see us eating these cuties....
So, more critters earning their keep
only through the "cute" factor.
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Yesterday's sunrise was the best part of the day.... A glorious red sun rose above the horizon and painted the sky shades of pink.And then it dawned on me...that little saying I heard so much as a child: Red sun at night, sailors' delight.Red...
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Babies...at play. It's what they do best! I don't think Tyler will have any fear issues when it comes to animals! Nothing shy about these guys. We've had an awful lot of rain lately.In between showers, we try to get all the "kids" outside...
- The Great Turkey Debate
The great turkey debate is actually two separate issues.The first debate is over the sex of turkey #3. It is quite obvious that we have one "Tom",as he spends quite a good deal of time strutting his stuff. Of all the turkeys, he has the longest snood...
- In Four Short Months.....
We have gone from this.... to this.... Of the four bourbon red turkey poults that I brought homeat the end of April,three remain and are thriving nicely.(One died in infancy.) As just hatched babies, they were very curiousand extremely friendly.They remain...
- And Then There Were Five
It seems that so much of our life on the farm revolves around our feathered friends...and trying to keep them alive. This week I noticed that our guinea troup is dwindling. We now have only five of our lovely, tick-eating "farm alarms" remaining. This...