Pet Turkeys
I thought I had two pet turkeys. Life never turns out as you expect it to. The two turkeys that survived from the five we hatched out last year were […]
I thought I had two pet turkeys. Life never turns out as you expect it to. The two turkeys that survived from the five we hatched out last year were […]
The difference between our turkeys and many commercial ones is that ours reproduce naturally. There has been a lot of turkey love round here recently. And after the sitting fiasco […]
Ducklings hatching and turkeys sitting on eggs; lots of tomato seedlings planted and pricked out; rhubarb coming up and leeks being eaten; the bees being checked and the pigs growing. […]
Spring is here – one of our turkeys is already sitting on a clutch of eggs. Do you see that pile of fencing in the background? There is a gap […]
Happy digging pigs, duck eggs in the incubator, a sneak peak into chicken-flower practice, the first purple sprouting broccoli, three lambs off to ‘university’ and wonderful Kainaat qualifying and winning […]
This morning was bright, frosty and cold – last night was the coldest night of the winter so far. The animals were covered in frost Except the pigs who slept […]
Sheep, and pigs, hens and eggs, sunrises – and of course fossil finding. Custard the cat, walking in Somerset, naughty lambs eating cabbages, lovely Juniper socks, turkeys and naked necks […]
It starts with some eggs and chicks hatching in May, continues with a bunch of naughty adolescent turkeys and ends with dead turkeys in December. Our turkeys live a natural, […]
Not so many words today ….. just some photos of feeding the pigs and turkeys in the morning. I try and feed the pigs veggies from the garden. They like […]
We killed 4 old turkeys on Sunday. As they were a bit old I didn’t want to roast them so I cut the meat from the carcass and minced it. […]