A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

[memphis]

She looks simply chic in that saddle! Love it!

 

[R2elk]

If I did manage to get there, I've got a nice big tent if there's a place to pitch it. I'd likely not bring poults, though.

There is plenty of room to pitch a tent. Poultry would not be welcome guests due to biosecurity even as lax as it is here.

 

[memphis]

What happened to her tail?

 

[Molpet]

Hen was still sitting on a nest on the fence line at dark... I went to shag her off ... I am still in one piece, lost a little blood... but the egg carton I had with not so much... had to use a board to get her off and headed to the coop.

 

[R2elk]

Hen was still sitting on a nest on the fence line at dark... I went to shag her off ... I am still in one piece, lost a little blood... but the egg carton I had with not so much... had to use a board to get her off and headed to the coop.

If I need to get a hen that is sitting on a nest, back to the run, I just pick her up, stuff her into my armpit and hold her legs with the same hand while keeping her wings against her body with my arm. They get really frustrated when they can't fight back. Of course I always have on long sleeves which is a little protection.

 

[duluthralphie]

Hen was still sitting on a nest on the fence line at dark... I went to shag her off ... I am still in one piece, lost a little blood... but the egg carton I had with not so much... had to use a board to get her off and headed to the coop.

Now that your experienced, you can come and take my hen off her nest. She has been there nearly 4 months... and still threatens me when I get close.

 

[memphis]

Saw a new commercial with the animated turkey. Shes camping....and wearing the cutest puffer vest & knitted hat. She's also wearing little hiking boots. The boots are totally bogus...even Daisy wouldn't wear them...but she would totally rock a puffer vest!!

 

[memphis]

Ok R2elk....no poults allowed. And I can understand that Daisy & Annie, the city girls, might have a detramental influence on your country girls. LOL! My two can probably learn from your flock!!
I'm just keeping my fingers crossed that all those eggs hatch!

 

[memphis]

What the heck? Just saw the snow prediction for the upper plains. Ralphie...are you guys really expecting a bunch of snow?

 

[OneMountainAcres]

Sorry I've been MIA for a few days. I just haven't really felt like talking much. Our dog, Sparkles, unexpectedly passed away on us on Thursday. She was fine 2 days before, playing with me and arguing with me for "her" chair in the living room, then Wednesday evening she started throwing up here and there. She had a lot of issues so for her to have an episode like that didn't raise any red flags. Thursday afternoon, she laid down to take a nap, like she always did and just never woke up. She was only 7 years old but an English bulldog mix. I know that their average lifespan is only 8 years old and that they're prone to just drop like that but we were not prepared.

We were able to bury her along with the ashes of our other two dogs that she spent her life with. Dreamy passed about 2 years ago from cancer. Rocky started going downhill afterwards so we held on to Dreamy's ashes to bury them together. We had to put Rocky down around November. He was almost 15 and old age caught up to him. At that point the ground was frozen. I guess Sparkles wanted to make sure that they were all together. This house feels so empty now. We haven't been without a dog in about 16 years.

Dreamy and Sparkles

Rocky