Oh, of course it has its ups and downs but today was a lovely life, with my hard working friends and badly behaved piglets.
At the table I asked what the favourite parts of their days were. Megan said it was feeding the baby cow and Hugo said (predictably) Mowing. I made my first batch of Crepe batter today – Hugo tested it – asked to see my recipe and adjusted the Litre of milk to a litre and then a little bit. But it passed the test! We have discovered that Megan likes to do the dishes more than she likes to Trim in the garden. Works for ME!
Look at my breakfast up above! We do have fun.
Only one turkey fell off the workbench today. Megan found it stuck behind the rubbish bin. They always look so confused. I am definitely going to make them a run – very soon. They cannot be unsupervised. Another one was stuck under a branch of the Spruce tree. Without Boo Pointing to it we would never have found it. He has an unusual affinity with the turkeys. (Considering his rather dubious history with small birds) He gets very upset when they are stuck in something. He peers in at the turkey, then back at me, then at the turkey, then back at me, his body adjusting to and fro. Making sure that I know that he has the lost one in his sights. TonTon is a big animal dog. Boo is the guardian of the birds.
Funny how it worked out that way. 
My happy Sheila. Back in her big field.
I hope you have a lovely day. I am glad you are a part of this lovely life.
Love Celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
33 responses to “A Lovely Life”
My mother raised turkeys pre-1960s. She often said they “didn’t know enough to come in out of the rain” – (she said that about her children too occasionally) 😉 Amazing how the wild ones are so smart and the domesticated ones – not so much. Love the header — gave me a real chuckle this morning! Glad Boo is a protector for them. Have a great day to all on the farmy and in the fellowship!
Dearest Celi, you light up everyone’s day with your capacity for joy.
So, will you be doing turkeys again, or will once be quite enough? What a stroke of luck that Boo is a Bird Dog. And great big Sheila has a great big smile of delight on her face, the darling girl.
It is the usual problem of the male. This Tom is just not a very robust bird. And the rest are hens. Of course I was going to eat a few at christmas but here we are with the smallest of flocks – so they will stay, I will see how they go over the winter then I might hatch a new bunch and go from there. I would like them to breed as they are an endangered breed but we will see if they do.. c
there are flocks of wild turkeys in my area. i wonder how they survive when their domestic cousins are not so smart
It’s kind of like comparing my dog Phoebe to a wolf. We breed for specific qualities sometimes and breed the rest out of the accidentally – brains, the ability to breed unaided, brains…. But a lot of birds are mostly instinctive and don’t learn easily. “Wise old owls” are some of the least intelligent birds if you’re measuring the ability to learn. Their eyes are SO big to allow them to see at night, there isn’t room in their skulls for big, learning brains. They can hunt, find a mate, stay out of danger, find a place to nest, but they aren’t capable of much more.
That is an excellent answer- thank you.. these have definitely had the brains bred out of them – but I wonder if they were able to hatch a chick into a wilder wandering existence would natural selection eventually create a brighter bird.. this is a big discussion i know.. obviously you will have to come to dinner! c
I would LOVE to discuss this with you over dinner!
I think the same might work for humans, if we all went wild for a few generations would be get CLEVERER!?
In early days of my blog I featured a friend of a friend with a pet house-trained turkey. A most affectionate, charming, and (this one at least) intelligent bird!
Nice kitchen play with the crepe batter… – Good Boo. You mentioned the word guardian (animal / dog) a few times lately and always comes to my mind the image of a guardian angel. Love it. So cute that they take care of others.
Oh, and I am glad too to belong to your lovely world.
I wish I had a dish-washer person. Lovely crepes. Lovely pig.
Breakfast looked scrumptious. Couldn’t comment yesterday, sorry the Llama didn’t work out, but I think a large guardian dog out in the fields and barn might work out better for the farmy setup. Laura
Of course don’t forget that Boo is EXCELLENT with kittens and lambs too! Such a star!
Christine
I fancied your breakfast crepes, though I like my crepes to fill the plate! Boo is a great guardian angel for turkeys – I had no idea that turkeys were so stupid – bird-brained, I suppose!
Your helpers are shaking down nicely together.
love,
ViV xox
Nice breakfast…..I like the idea of Boo acting as an avian St.Bernard:)
Love the picture of the turkeys and Geraldine! Just wondering where they are peering into, the house? Wanting to get in on the party? xo
Onto The garage, that is my outside work bench..
How sweet Thy crepes. How sweet Thy life.
I am one of those dishwashing lovers… I iron too. When I come to visit someday I’ll do any cleanup work, but please don’t ask me to cook. I just never enjoyed it much. Lovely photos today…. especially the header!
Perfect Pair then! I cook – you clean!! I would love it!! c
My morning is off to a fine start. Everything has it’s proper place in the world. Boo is no exception.
I used to live near a turkey farm and the owner said it is quite true that turkeys have been known to drown in a big rainstorm because they will stare up at it with their mouths open, wondering what’s happening! Lovely post, lovely day.