Clarabelle

Friendliest little turkey I have ever owned.

all around me as I did chores.

 

 

Always first at the gate to get her bread treats.

 

 

 

Growing her one little tail feather new out of her tail

 

 

Proudly displaying that one feather on Monday night

 

 

Keith, last night, exhausted ... at 9:30, after having gone down in the pasture with the spotlight to try to find Clarabelle in the dark and the high weeds

 

 

 

Where I found her today.  To her left is a place where the fox has been coming in and out regularly... he has dug under the fence, and there is a little path, you can just make it out on the left in the dappled sunlight, and Clara's poor little body, what's left of it, on the right.  My poor little Turkette.

 

Keith tried so hard last night, and we knew it was an 80-20 chance she would make it through the night.  I remember her going down there alone... and thinking... "Why is she looking for a place to lay so late?" ... but both Turkettes stayed out at night several times safely.  I remember thinking "Oh no, she's not here" when I went out at dark to finish locking up. 

 

We'll miss her. 

 

 

 

 

Whew

I know everyone is sick about hearing of the heat, since you are all going through it yourselves.  So, here's what's going on besides heat stuff....

Hey, we're just hangin' out here watching the world go by!

Wait!  What's that over there?

Let's all go see!

(And that's just how they act... like little kids!)

Here is Annabelle the Turkette in the corner of the barn tonight.  It was actually dark, and the flash lit up the corner.  She was on a turkey egg and three hen's eggs.  I'm not sure if the turkey egg was hers or Clara's, since I let Clarabelle out this morning.  We just went out and checked, and Anna is still in the barn, so we locked the henyard up and I'm praying nothing smells or sees her tonight.  (Yes, I worry more with Tony out of the pasture).

Speaking of the llamas... they are doing fine in their new home with Renee and Brian.  Renee is much cuddlier with them than I was, and has been kicked by Tony already, so she is straightening him out in short shrift.  They have been sheared and had their feet trimmed, and have fans for their comfort during this hot summer, though they are about 200 miles farther east and north from us.

And work is continuing apace on the new henhouse.  Keith thinks I'll be able to call the fencing company in about two weeks... once the fence is up the final things will go in... nest boxes, roosts... and a brooder cage to use in the spring.  We'll also need an isolation box too, our nursing cage has come in handy so many times in the big henhouse. 

BTW... have the reading lists disappeared off your blogs?  My reading list of blogs to which I subscribe seems to be gone from my blog... not the featured blogs, but the many, many blogs I like to try to keep up with... they just seem to have vanished!