The turkeys have become big enough that they were set free from their captivity. They roam through the pastures, and garden and surprisingly enough not too often in the yard. It has been a tad on the warm side here lately so I thought it was sort of funny to see turkeys turn duck the other evening…
Durkeys...
Sitting on the sheep waterer...
We all thought it is was too funny to see the turkeys wading around in the stock tank like the ducks do in their pool. After they left I peeked in the tank and they ended up leaving lots of little durkey droppings in the water…not so funny. So after cleaning the tank and refilling it I was sort of worried about them returning and making another big mess but so far there hasn’t been any more durkey mess in the stock tank. Yeah!
Right now we have an abundance of grass hoppers and both the turkeys and ducks seem to be keen on eating them.
The Toulouse's out on pasture...
The geese have also proved to be good watch dogs, tending to the little ducks they grew up with. So far we have not lost a single duck to predators.
Toulouse goose guarding the Indian Runner ducks...
Last year it was a bad year for ducks around here. We ended up loosing 3/4the of our flock in two nights to the fox. The lone duck buddied up with the hens and eventually she turned up missing one day too.
The little kids do not like the geese anymore…at all! The geese are nearly big enough to look them straight in the eye with a glaring little look that scares them to death. Which makes the kids run and then the geese let loose and chase after them. They don’t seem to bother any of us bigger people yet. They even sorta bug me out when they start the stare down but it seems if you hold your ground and just keep going about your business they just leave you alone. Hehe! We’ll see…
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