We finally had a little break in the weather,.. upper 80's instead of upper 90's... which was a welcome change. I thought I would let the turkeys out to see what they would do with some open spaces. Turns out instead of wanting to roam the 4 acre field they felt more comfortable sticking around the human folks. They spent hours roaming about the yard, hanging out with us while we sipped a cup of coffee out in the yard Sunday morning. Later, when we were inside they came knocking at the front door, I guess wanting us to come back outside to play! 
It all seemed real cute, later we saw them perching on our cars,... later we discovered those big claws can put some big scratches on the hood of your car!! Oh, well... that is one good thing about having an 18 yo car!
We recieved our 56 meaties (colored rangers) they are currently stinking up our screened in porch in the wading pool brooder... which needs to be cleaned out daily and woodchips replaced... that many chicks produce a lot of chick poop, which will hopefully enrich our garden next year. I am sure I will have picts of them after I get them out in the chicken tractor in another week or so.
We are looking forward to the cooler weather. It will make it so much more enjoyable doing things outside. We are anticipating a new metal barn roof in a few weeks, and building the chicken coop soon after that. I found a local saw mill that will cut the rough cut siding for our barn at a decent price. The problem with that is we may end up having to dry stack dry it for several months before we can hang it. Sounds like a spring project. Though it will go up on the coop this fall?
ha! 80-deg. weather! Would love some of that down here, Uncle Mike!
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