A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

[OneMountainAcres]

My girls have slowed down too and the ones who weren't laying yet, still aren't. May hasn't laid an egg that I know of since I broke her broody attempt. I think the Palms are the only ones giving me anything right now and it's not very much...one or two a day, if that :/ I have found a couple broken eggs. It looks like someone is still munching on eggs but I haven't found the culprit yet :/ It's not every egg though, which is strange.

Even my chickens seemed to have slowed down on the laying. Since they've been free ranging in the nice weather, I'm down to 2-4 eggs a day from them. I have found one nest outside but it's in the shed right under their regular nest boxes and one hen has been laying in a hole in the tarp that's around the coop (wierd). Other than that, I haven't been able to find any more secret nests anywhere.

 

[JRNash]

I've got a couple pecking eggs, its normally the young ones who haven't figured out exactly why they are in the nest box,but since they're there they might as well try and eat something

 

[JRNash]

Noticed yesterday that someone has been sneaking into my stock pond. Rifle is loaded and I'm waiting. Law of averages says sooner or later I WILL catch them.

 

[JRNash]

I can't abide a thief or incursions.

 

[OneMountainAcres]

I think Romeo is a bit frustrated. He escaped the pen today (because I didn't shut the door) and keeps trying to have his way with my boots along with repeated "tap dancing" sessions lol. I think Adam may be hogging all the ladies!

 

[Molpet]

Noticed yesterday that someone has been sneaking into my stock pond. Rifle is loaded and I'm waiting. Law of averages says sooner or later I WILL catch them.

blue heron are the usual suspect here...if it's not another 2 legged varmit

 

[JRNash]

Had another toad egg,but I wasn't paying attention and it got mixed with the other eggs

 

[feedman77]

I'm up to getting 5 chicken eggs a day. 3 of the hens I know for sure are laying are giving an egg every other day.

I'm happy the girls are starting earlier than last year. It was March 5th last year before I got a chicken egg.

Saw another successful mating in the Bourbon pen. With the correct tom this time.

I'm trying to rush my hens so I can get incubator fired up. But I got my first turkey egg from my blue slates around the 20th of march. Palms on the 28th. Bourbons pulled up the rear at around the 12th of april.

My narris this year are new to me so I don't know when they'll start.

This wonderful weather has trees budding. My grass in the yard is greening up. A few flowers have popped up. But I guess I should enjoy it. Because they are calling for a freeze and snow this weekend.

I put my 5 week old ccl babies outside in pens. They have a mound of straw and a secluded area to get out of the weather. They have enjoyed outside so far sunbathing, dirtbathing, and roaming room.

 

[feedman77]

If I can get him to strut and stand still so I can get a pic. My tom I have in the royal palm pen has a big double beard.

I had another tom in there but this one was strutting and I saw the double so he's getting the honors this spring.

But I have seen the beard trimming behavior from a bourbon hen in the adjacent pen. If he struts next to fence where she can reach it she nibbles some off. Guess she likes well groomed.

 

[JRNash]

Lol