Growing is Good

Here are some updated pictures of some of our critters. If you compare to the pictures in my previous post, you will see just how much they have grown.



15 Chantecler Chickens (still chicks)



5 Bourbon Red Turkeys (still poults)



4 Pilgrim Geese (all ganders)



22 Crossbred Heritage Turkeys (still poults)



These are the newest members of our group. We got 8 Bourbon Red poults June 20th. We noticed that one was acting differently from the rest; moving in circles, head twitching etc. It seemed to indicate a brain injury of some kind and we were worried about this little one. We took them all out in the backyard for the first time and this one had a really hard time. He was running in circles, peeping and falling over. I held him close, which seemed to settle him, but we were worried what would happen when we moved them out to the larger group later on. As farmers it would make sense to take this damaged bird out of our group but we just couldn't bring ourselves to it. Nature decided for us and when we woke this morning we discovered s/he had passed away. We were saddened but relieved we would not need to watch him continue to struggle and likely starve (not that we would have let it get that far).

On a happier note, we picked up our two Tamworth Piglets. I still need to get some pictures of the girls and will follow up with a post at that time.