Turkey Poults

We decided to try out raising turkeys this year. We got 4 one week old poults. They are the most inquisitive little buggers. They want to interact with you so much. They have totally imprinted on us in the 2 days we have had them. I still have not decided exactly how I feel about encouraging imprinting. Who knows. We are really looking forward to watching these littles grow up big. We are unsure at this point what sex they are. We are very sure that they are very fun and very cute.

'Tis the Season for Sugarin'

I spent today with a friend of mine and her poultry flock making yummy Maple Syrup. She is a novice and still learning tricks, but it is a fairly simple, but time consuming activity. She has been collecting sap from her Black, Silver and Red Maple trees this week, 50 gallons of sap was collected from 5 trees. A fire was started and the boiling process began . She made her first small batch last weekend. I got a small taste and wow was it big on flavor. I may have to get my own taps, technically called spiles and give it a whirl. The whole process is so relaxing. She has a very simple set up that works very well, so I thought I would share before I go take a shower and wash off all this fantastic cold spring day warm fire smell.