Monday, April 25, 2011

A Dinosaur Egg for Easter

On Easter, one of our Easter Egg'ers (so correctly named) laid the largest egg I have ever seen! The poor thing had a bloody and sore rear end, not shocking after seeing such large egg come out of such a small chicken. She has not done it again and I am sure she is relieved about that!

Just so you understand the size, I have placed a regular, full sized egg next to this one:

Monday, April 18, 2011

The Turkeys Are Now Free-Ranged (kinda)...

The Turkeys are now out side, free in the open air. The are not technically free ranged just quite yet, but they are outside in the seven foot fenced pen on the side of the house until they are big enough to be released out into the larger pen.

Here is their epic journey in pictures...


Where are we?


Look at that high fence! And what are those things over there?!?!?!


The chickens are thinking "What the heck are those?!?!?!?!?!?!"


Ok, I think we will come out now!