The sun rose yesterday behind a thick, grey blanket of clouds...
clouds that were still heavy with rain.
We had decided that in spite of continued rain...
yesterday was to be moving day.
We've been planning to re-arrange the housing for all of our birds
for weeks now.
We have fewer chickens than we used to, so it was time to move all of the chickens
into one yard... the biggest yard that has a chicken coop on each end.
We moved the few chickens that lived in "West World".
This coop is our western-most coop that was our original turkey house... 8 years ago...
and was home to just a handful of chickens.
Consolidating all of the chickens meant that we could now move the turkeys
back into their old coop, freeing up the coop closest to the barn
to use for the guineas.
Once the chickens were moved, we housecleaned "West World" and got it ready for the turkeys.
Then we housecleaned the coop closest to the barn and got it ready for the guineas.
This coop is without nesting boxes and has plenty of room for roosting.
Guineas tend to lay their eggs "wherever".
The chickens will remain in their yard for a week or so,
until they all realize that these two houses are their forever homes.
Moving the guineas was the hardest part of the day...
these youngsters are quite wild and wildly protested us taking them from their first home.
We persisted, and after dividing them into two loads,
successfully installed them into their new home...
Birdbrain University... aptly misspelled,
because it is, of course, Birdbrain U.!
The guineas will stay within the confines of their yard and house
until several weeks pass and they identify this as home.
Eventually we will begin to allow them out for free-ranging
and insect-eating.
But for now... school is in session!
Wouldn't you know it:
for years we have been trying to train the turkeys to go back to their house
each evening.
Each evening we end up having to lead them there.
Of course, yesterday, when we were going to move them to a new house,
they finally went home by themselves.
"Not tonight, guys... tonight we are going to a new home!"
I suppose this is how one confuses a turkey!
I accompanied Hubbs on some errands yesterday morning
and had a little time to myself...
so I visited one of my favorite places... an old barn with primitive and antique shops.
The displays were amazing...
And I came home with this happy fellow...
Happy Autumn, friends!!
(Yes, I know...this garden is in need of a good weeding!)
Yikes!
Have a wonderful weekend.
We will be spending our weekend with our "Littles"...
the two-legged littles, that is!
We have lots of fun Autumn activities planned...
we'll share them with you on Monday.
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Have a fun weekend.
Charlotte in Va.
Do you use the guinea eggs or just leave them be?
Enjoy your time with the wee ones.
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!
The old barn shop looks like a fun place..Love your purchase and what you have done with it.
Birdbrain U !! HAHAHA..Enjoy your "littles" weekend..
You are so good to all your friends on the farm. I love coming here. Have a terrific weekend with your littles and look forward to seeing you all on Monday!
I follow you on the sidebar of my blog so I don't miss any posts. xo Diana
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