The turkeys are really getting friendlier. They are so inquisitive.
I seriously love these turkeys.
Oh, and guess what? We’ve had almost an inch of rain today, and the turkeys have been outside in it on a regular basis. And they didn’t drown! Where did that old wives tale come from?
Remember the outside sink I posted about a couple of days earlier? Bernie’s been busy on it.
He even installed the towel rack I asked for – on the INSIDE of the door. Which is exactly where I wanted it. It keep pups and chickens from grabbing my wash clothes/towels and running with them. Don’t ask me why I asked for that 
He installed plumbing so it drains outside the cabinet.
And he even built a “lid” to put over the sink when I’m not using it.
*sigh* I do love my man.
The hen I promised Charlotte has hatched out her chicks in Bernie’s boat. I’ve counted 7 so far. They hide under mama when I come around. I think there are more. This little broody is a good mama. Charlotte’s coming for them tomorrow.
And, even though it’s incredibly ugly, the turkeys are totally digging the snow fence we covered the turkey run with to allow them to come outside.
They’ll be confined there until we know they will tuck themselves up inside the coop each night. Bernie has already enamored himself with them. After a day of sitting on the steps with them, they’ve completely decided they love him. Who could blame them? Certainly not me
I mentioned that I’m keeping the turkeys in their coop for a couple of weeks until they learn to think of it as their new home. There are a couple of small windows in the coop, but the turkeys really can’t see out of them. I wanted them to be able to look outside and begin to get comfortable with some of the things they’ll be seeing on a daily basis. So this morning, we made a little wire insert so we can open the coop door and the wire will allow the turkeys to look outside and get some fresh air.
They seemed to like it.
Bernie sat and watched them a while.
You can see the goats over his shoulder below. The turkeys look out into the goat yard from their door.
When we finished with the wire window, we started working on a frame for a backyard sink and cabinet.
It’ll be closed in so I can store the things I use to clean animal feeders and waterers. Bernie is about sick to death of me using the air conditioner unit as my “table”.
We ran out of scraps, so we stopped for the day. One more piece of OSB should finish it up.
I haven’t shown pictures of the pups lately, so I took a few when we went down on our mail run earlier.
They have gotten so big.
They love the daily mail run – even when it’s Sunday and there is no mail to get.
Sweet pups.
Wow – two posts in as many days! Maybe I’ll get back on track with this blog after all
Bernie’s been busy constructing some new living quarters.
It’s right next to the goat barn.
The goats have been very curious about who their new neighbors are going to be.
Today they moved in. But before I introduce you to them, I need to brag on Bernie’s wonderful workmanship. He made a split door – so the bottom can open while the top stays closed.
Do you know who the new neighbors are now? Neighbors that will get big enough to need a door bottom to fit through, of course! Meet the new kids.
Two hens and a tom – courtesy of Angie. These are Bronze Turkeys.
They are confined to their coop for a couple of weeks so they learn where home is. They were a little leery of me when I first went out sit with them for a few minutes.
But in just a few minutes they were walking all around me and eating and drinking.
There’s always one in every crowd, and this girl was dancing in the food dish in no time at all.
She was the life of the party, and no one seemed to mind.
But the hanging feeder gets installed tomorrow……
I just love their eyes.
And look at this sweet face.
A big thanks to Angie for these awesome birds. She promised me we would love them. I just didn’t think it could happen so quickly!
