Fowl Things

So the turkeys are messing with me.  Plainly they get a kick out of flying over the fence, then standing around by the gate and calling loudly so I run out and let them in.   Over, and over, and over again.

Kurt added a board to the top of the fence near the gate so they can just jump up onto it and from there just jump back in.  We parked the wheelbarrow with some wood suggestively close.  And added a ramp.  Oh, that's working well!

 While they are roaming around, they have a great time - checking out the roof of the woodshed and pole barn, followed by a little greenhouse trashing.

 The gentlemen turkeys are gobbling these days and doing that poofy display thing which is kind of neat to see.

Enough of turkeys.

Thursday I found a little surprise in the coop!

This hen has been setting for a while but I was expecting the chicks on Saturday, not Thursday!  I actually have two other broody hens but I am ruthlessly taking their eggs away daily.  This is not the time of year to be having chicks.  I did let this one though because we have a thing (event) coming up where it will be nice to have some little ones to show folks. More on that next week.

No futzing with the incubator, fretting if the power goes out, trying to manage the humidity, making sure the turner is working and getting the temperature just right.  This hen does it all, and better.  Mother Nature knows best.

Until next time, be well friends!