Turkey Tuesdays: Let’s build 3

Mr P-J has been working very hard on the turkey enclosure and it is finally finished! With a bit of help from Binty and Little P we now have netting across the top of the area, just in case the turkeys decide to have a bit of a flap. Much like some aircraft, turkeys are…

Turkey Tuesdays: Let’s build 2

We have been busy little bees since the last Turkey update! The feathery fiends continue to grow and have now discovered that they can jump up onto the kitchen windowsill to watch daily goings on. The enclosure is coming on well. We have found a shed, put in posts and started the wiring, over a…

Turkey Tuesdays: Getting dirty

The twerks are now spending more time outside and less time in the kitchen, which is a bit of a relief. Being greeted by chirps is lovely, but these little feathery beasties are the worst roommates ever. They stay up late into the night chatting, spread their food everywhere and even poo on the floor.…

Turkey Tuesdays: Eating machines

We've had a lot going on in the world of the twerks over the past couple of weeks and they have been growing at a rate of knots.  What were once small, fluffy chicks that lived in a heat lamp under the kitchen are now young birds that are intent on bringing destruction upon our…

Turkey Tuesdays: Ups and downs

The twerks have had their ups and downs recently.  Luckily, there are more ups than downs but it doesn't make the downs any better.  There is an old adage, "Where there is livestock there is dead stock", and it is very true. Sadly, this was the case with Gobbles.  Despite the antibiotics and the fact…

Turkey Tuesdays: Gobbles’ adventure

It didn't take long for Gobbles to get bored of her box and start shouting.  We found that she would sit in the corner and get comfortable, then be unwilling to move to get food or drink.  So, we did what any rational people would do: took her to work to make sure she ate…

Turkey Tuesdays: Gobbles

When we first got the chickadees we joked about one being called 'Gobbles', as per the South Park episode.  Well, it turns out we do have a Gobbles on our hands. Initially we thought that s/he had a slipped tendon and while we put her on box rest away from the others (they are very…

Turkey Tuesdays: Egg time!

In our first turkey post we showed a picture of the chickadees dozing under the heat-lamp having just eaten half an egg.  Well, they have grown somewhat and 'eating half an egg' has turned into some feverish piranha-like egg devouring frenzy.  You'd think they were never fed... We've had a lot of people say that turkeys…

Turkey Tuesdays: Curious Chickadees

One of the great things about technology is that we can share so many different formats of things: text...pictures...videos of turkey chicks... Here we have the chickadees at about a week old, they've never seen a mobile phone before, let a lone been videoed by one. https://youtu.be/cWhbUj6vB-c

Learning to twerk

About a month ago we decided that it would be a good idea to rear some turkeys for Christmas.  We did our usual research and found a 'local' (well, next county over) breeder who was selling Norfolk Black turkey chicks. We didn't set out to get Norfolk Blacks, all we really wanted were some chicks…