Thanksgiving Birds

Well, we decided we'd had enough of the turkeys, so we did them all in the Sunday before Thanksgiving. We had 11 adults and 5 of our own poults that were hatched on the farm. In all, there were 4 toms and 12 hens averaging around 11 lbs each. Our two adult toms were 17 lbs, and our smallest hen was 8 lbs, which is average for Naragansetts.

Here are some photos of the toms in early November.

While these birds were great fun to watch, they did take a lot of work and management that we felt we didn't have the time for. Hopefully they'll be back on the farm in the future - their meat is superior to any other turkey we've tasted!

Fall Update

I finally got a picture of Penny who didn't make it into the last post. Here are Penny and Grant in November.

Gus is doing well on the farm. He loves the chickens - especially when they get out!

Here are three of the non-breeding Shetland sheep. Back to front are Mocha, Crystal, and Kyra. Hopefully next year they'll be part of the breeding flock.

A close-up of Mocha's fleece. It's so crimpy and dense!

Here's the non-breeding flock - all six of them.