Spring has Sprung

Spring has Sprung here at EIEIO.  Everybody is in the mating and laying mode....well almost everybody.  Some of us choose not to have our feathers ruffled. Old age has its privileges.  The barn is in full "spring" with ducks, chickens and Original, our turkey all laying.  The only gal in the barn who hasn't produced an egg (at least that we've found) is Penny our peacock (actually we should be calling her our penhen.)  She is the only one who has taken flight to come and go from the pen as she sees fit.  She quite likes napping at the foot of the house steps (in the garage) and also enjoys pooping on the stoop as well.  Birds are not trainable......at least in the defecating sense.  Lee thinks he's going to train Baby, our goose, to ride with him in the golf cart.  I'm thinking he has way too much free time!

                                               

Original decided to peck through the screen in the barn into the feed room.  She laid 2 eggs there in relative peace and quiet, I presume. I guess everyone is entitled to their own delivery room. With no more Crispy, they're really only good for eating...or this week for dying.  We might just have the coolest Easter eggs ever this year......at least the largest.

It's time to think about mates. Baby and Penny need a man. I'm not sure about Original as they say that it's not easy to get baby turkeys without artificially inseminating them.... Way beyond our knowledge, desire and checkbook.  Our Hobby Farm is already deeply entrenched in the red.  If we could only find a way to grow something worthwhile with the bird poop, we'd be rich....Regardless, we love the crows of our 3 resident roosters, Sammy, Tyson and Steve Harvey, the chirps of Original, our turkey and the mule sounds (no kidding) that Penny braes. Now, if we could only see some baby eaglets soon, spring would definitely have sprung!