Animals
- Herding Turkeys
Our two bourbon red turkeys, Tom and Chuck, spend their dayspatrolling the farm.For the most part they hang out with the chickens most of the day. However, if there is any other activity going on,you can find them in the middle of it. Every afternoon...
- Who's Who.... Part 4
It seems that everyone that visits the farm is amazed by our turkeys,Tom and Chuck. These two handsome fellows are Bourbon Reds,a heritage breed of turkey.Originally we had ordered 4 just-hatched turkey poults. Only three lived...Tom, Chuck, and Edith....
- Turkey Troubles
It seems our turkeys are the topic of discussion this week.Yesterday's post told the story of our unsuccessful attempt at hatching turkey eggs.Today's post could end with either a happy or a sad ending also. It seems our female Bourbon Red turkey,...
- It's In The Air....
March winds have arrived...albeit a tiny bit premature,but nonetheless, there's something new in the air. You can just feel it... The gentle stirring of the earth....a peaceful hum....an energy... quiet vibrations of renewed life...finding their...
- 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...
Animals
The Adventures of Tom, Chuck, and Edith
Oh, the fun of free-ranging turkeys!
Tom, Chuck, and Edith are getting bolder each day...
venturing farther and farther from their house.
Each afternoon, around 3, I open the door to their yard and
allow them to roam the farm for the rest of the evening.
They show up in the darnedest places.
What we are learning, though, is that they seem to enjoy
human company and invariably end up close to wherever we may be.
Two evenings ago they visited Becky in her garage.
Yesterday afternoon, they accompanied me as I cleaned horse manure
from one of the goat yards.
As you can see, they have no fear of the dogs, and vice versa.
Edith spends her time looking for bugs.
Tom and Chuck continue the same behaviors that they practice
in their yard.... male posturing, designed to impress Edith....
She is obviously unimpressed, and would rather turn her attentions
towards insects!
Then last evening, as I was weeding the strawberry patch,
look who showed up to keep me company.....
All three of them, TomTom (one of the barn kitties) and
Sam and Oakley hung out with me until dusk.
Then we herded the turkeys back to their house like a parade...
me in the lead calling to them,
Hubbs following the turkeys,
and three guineas following Hubbs, squawking.
What a sight that must have been.
The beauty of living in the country is:
that no matter how ridiculous you are,
no one witnesses it.
And no post is complete without the cute baby/baby goat picture of the day!
"Hi, Jane. Can I have some of your food?"
Can you believe how quickly my world turned green?
All we needed was a few sunny days after all that rain.
I sure hope it's sunny and green wherever you are, too!
- Herding Turkeys
Our two bourbon red turkeys, Tom and Chuck, spend their dayspatrolling the farm.For the most part they hang out with the chickens most of the day. However, if there is any other activity going on,you can find them in the middle of it. Every afternoon...
- Who's Who.... Part 4
It seems that everyone that visits the farm is amazed by our turkeys,Tom and Chuck. These two handsome fellows are Bourbon Reds,a heritage breed of turkey.Originally we had ordered 4 just-hatched turkey poults. Only three lived...Tom, Chuck, and Edith....
- Turkey Troubles
It seems our turkeys are the topic of discussion this week.Yesterday's post told the story of our unsuccessful attempt at hatching turkey eggs.Today's post could end with either a happy or a sad ending also. It seems our female Bourbon Red turkey,...
- It's In The Air....
March winds have arrived...albeit a tiny bit premature,but nonetheless, there's something new in the air. You can just feel it... The gentle stirring of the earth....a peaceful hum....an energy... quiet vibrations of renewed life...finding their...
- 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...