I picked the Christmas Turkeys up a week ago today an they are really, really cute. Surprisingly so, considering how odd fully grown turkeys look. As a novice Turkey keeper, I have spent quite a lot of time looking at them, wondering if what they are doing is what baby turkeys are meant to do. Anyway, they seem to be growing and their wing feathers are coming through.
We also have the two ponies, Thistle and Quito. They seem to have settled in well and get along fine. Luke and Claudia have improved with their riding in just a few days and they will be excellent practice pupils for me! Patience, deep breaths, patience and a bit more patience so far seem to be the key skills. Claudia rides just like a Thellwell's child - bottom bouncing inches out of the saddle with every stride, legs and arms flapping madly trying to get the round little pony to go even faster. Luke is rather more cautious and poor Cassia is just pleased to be able to ride either of them. Russell thinks she needs her pown pony, but I'm not so sure - two ponies seem enough at the moment. We are a bit rough and ready, no muck heap, water or flooring in the stables mean a lot of mannual work in carrying bedding, water and waste to and from the stables.
Quito is 13.2 hh and so I can ride him once a week to keep him schooled.
I'll post a picture of the field shelter next time.
Elsewhere on the "farm" the meat chickens are big and desperately need an enclsure on the field. I am letting them free range in the garden for now. The Quail house is finished (hurray) and Russell is starting on the Turkey house (woohoo). We are busy though, the light evenings mean we can work outside until after 9. This is "start up" mode, which basically means long hours, with no real clue what you are doing, for no profit whatsoever. But hey, life is for living and there is only rubbish on tv at the moment in the evenings anyway.
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