At last the turkey eggs have arrived. These are Spanish Black Turkey eggs. A very old heritage turkey. In fact one of the oldest.
The eggs came in the post and even though I ordered eight the very nice man sent me nine. So we have one more chance of getting it right. 
I also included the three freshest of the peafowl eggs. (Pania was gently directed back to the Peacock Palace after making a bee line for Our Johns vegetable garden yesterday morning. Peahens have long memories . We have made new laying boxes for them in the Palace because she will have to wait until the plants are a bit bigger before she is released again).
Aunty Del pulls faces at milking time hoping to attract a little more of the attention. 
I stalked Tima hoping to show you pictures of her burgeoning belly. But every time I turned she turned as well.
Not a show of getting her side on for the camera yesterday. Tane has gone over to join the goats for the duration. He is deeply unimpressed. But Tima has been growling at him a lot the last few days, trying to run him off so I need to pay attention to that. He is sleeping outside and she is in the sun-room in the barn. Her farrowing pen in there is almost finished. Just one more moveable wall and we are ready.
Poppy is postively svelte like in comparison. But she is not due until late June/early July so there is no reason to expect any changes in her belly yet. And like the Lady who knows Pigs said – it was such a dubious breeding there may only be one or two piglets in there anyway.
There she is again. Still hiding her bulges .
Here is Lady Astor licking her mineral block. Any other self respecting cow would reach in but Lady has to climb in. Very elegant. Often she is to be found just standing like this chewing her cud and looking around the boot. It is quite a comfortable position for a cow – helps her to burp. And with all this green forage I am sure she is in need of a good burp every now and then.
As the grass comes into full swing so is her cream. We are getting lots of heavy golden cream. I am making ice cream again today. Rhubarb and raisin ice-cream today.
Here we go again. Mark June 6th on your calendars.
Have a lovely day.
celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
50 responses to “The Turkey Project”
Rhubarb and raisin ice creams, can we have the recipe. I just read where pigs are smarter than dogs. Do you find that to be true?
Have you read Orwell’s Animal Farm? You’ll find the answer there!
None of my pigs are smarter than a dog.. though Sheila is pretty clever.
I told this to john and he said Tima might be brighter than Boo though.. ha ha ha
Each photo is more amusing and special than the next. ReCycler says Tima’s legs are getting shorter. Hilarious take! And Lady A may think she’s a goat. I guess burps isn’t the only thing cows emit. Hats off to Our John for lifting Lady’s tail on a regular basis.
Especially on a diet of good green grass.. though she does not make a mess in the milking shed.. thankfully
Sounds like lots of heavy golden cream, means the ice cream is half made before you start. Enjoy.
Poor Tima – no privacy on the Farmy: you tell ’em to stop following you about! Lady A, where are your table manners? Do you see Miss C with her feet on the table?
Good luck with all the eggs.
love,
ViV x
Lady Astor in the boot, love it!
Burping? Legs disappearing (Tima), and legs appearing (L. Astor), “dubious breeding”, and face pulling during milking?? It sounds like the best circus around! I want to know Tima’s secret for hiding bulges… but I’d be even more interested in a trick for getting rid of wrinkles!
Tima is dealing with paparazzi attention in good grace akin to Wills & Kate. And there’s near as much interest in the photos of Tima & Tane’s progeny I think.
I’m not sure I’d want to be in close proximity to Lady A’s burps even if she is a lady 😊
I am so bad at waiting for babies to be born.. I will believe it when I see it!.. c
Agree with Ella that Tima just feels this is ‘private time’: she’ll show us her svelte side when it is thus again 🙂 ! Wiils & Kate could buzz off to their Norfolk home to have time alone with their beautiful progeny . . . Tima can but play ‘hard to get’! Can’t wait to see the result of the ‘turkey experiment’!!!
Lovely. Ni Ni eha mama, off to bed for me! c
Ni Ni beautiful lady! Sleep well!!
I do hope the turkeys hatch. I can’t wait to see! Is it possible to candle the eggs?
YES. I will wait until day 14.. so we see something worth seeing.. 12 more to go!
How exciting – am doing the Turkey Trot!!
Oh, Aunty Del, you will get your share of the attention soon enough. Tima knows the camera adds ten pounds, so she’s not letting you get those belly shots.