I’m glad it wasn’t worse. When I started reading it, I was afraid you were going to say all your pens were in a shambles.Thanks, just have a bit more work to do than I was planning on this spring but hate to see so many of my beautiful pines now looking like Charlie Browns Christmas tree. But everything else made it through it ok so could have been worse
Thank youI’m glad it wasn’t worse. When I started reading it, I was afraid you were going to say all your pens were in a shambles.
The pens did get some damage, but they weren't as bad as it could have been some branches on fencing and netting but all repairable. I let down the center poles of netting before it got too bad letting pressure off netting and fence post which always helps but still snapped a 4x4 post. Just glad to see birds all doing well yesterday and started cleaning up but woke up this morning to about an inch of snow so that will slow the cleanup a bit. Did you get any of the ice or damage/power outages there?
Good idea! That’s a good feature to have.
No, not at all. We’ve had beautiful sunny weather. It rained all day Wednesday, but no bad weather since. We must be just below the line or something.
I am starting a new thread in hopes we get everyone together on one thread for turkeys instead of several "turkey talk" threads.
If I fail, so be it.
Rules here are simple..
1. have fun
2. BYOB
3. at some point mention turkeys. if it goes a tad of topic, who cares.
I currently have a dozen, I think, eggs in the incubator they should hatch May 1. I hope.
I have one turkey Ethel and her mate JJ free ranging. She has a nest, but who knows where. ( these two are red slates)
I have been thinking of buying a tracking device to hang on her neck to find her eggs. Amazon has some for 12 bucks.
I have 4 blues in a pen and am collecting eggs from the 3 hens, I am getting 1-3 a day, I have yet to figure out their timing, but they are young'uns.
The Tom and 2 hens are self blue the other hen is a splash, which means I should be free of blacks this year.
I am a little worried about the free ranging turkeys, They are roosting on the fence for the blues, I have game bird netting covering the blues, I worry the reds will fall off the fence or step on the netting and get caught,,dumb birds...
Finally just to show something on the start of the thread... I offer you my little video I took yesterday of the worlds dumbest rooster and the worlds dumbest tom..
The rooster actually started this after fighting with my other rooster who refused to put up with his nonsense. I should mention no birds were hurt in the filming of this. At the end when you hear me say that's enough, I broke them up and shut the gate. They are both too dumb to know they could have flown over the gate to fight again..
BTW my drink of choice tonight is water on the rocks....
I had a Merlin in November with a Collared Dove as big as it.
