Y'all have been chatty while I have been away! It took me forever to catch up.
Ralph- We JUST got Palisade Peaches up here in Northern Colorado. Well, I take that back. There was a very sketchy looking character on the side of the road near the grocery store that was selling "Palisade Peaches". I did stop, but they were rock hard and didn't smell like peaches. I believe it was a ruse of some sort. He was also stationed in the parking lot of a honey place where the owner is currently in lock up for arson, so I chose not to give him any business.
I just waited until the grocery store had them. I will gladly ship you some if you need more for your healthy smoothies.
All the pictures of turkeys and Creamettes are great!
Sorry to hear of the losses. We had a hen (chicken) drop dead from her roosting spot. No idea why, she was just over a year old.
Dinner is pushing his luck these days. I am not so sure he will make it to November. He has become quite the barnyard bully.
Like Ralph said, "don't trust the Tom"...
He hasn't actually attacked anyone, but he got pretty bold with me when I tried to get him to chill out and leave Banshee (the other tom) alone. He used to de-puff and calm down when I petted him or walked up and told him to stop. This time he was dancing at me and stomping and making a hissing sound of some sort. He is in solitary confinement as of now.
We added a couple of younger chickens to the flock (since the fox ate most of the girls). A couple of Ameraucanas. No eggs yet. And my 4 other hens stopped laying too. Not a single egg in over a week. I don't know what is going on.
My garden has been going bananas. I have been so busy canning and sweating to death in the heat of the kitchen, I have been unable to keep up with my favorite poultry peeps!
That and being an unpaid chauffer to the small people in my home. Soccer season kills me every time.