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Posted: Sunday 9 May, 2010

by Rosemary at 9:47am in Poultry Comments closed

We took some time out yesterday to call on our chums, Andrew and Janis. It was great to see them and their replacement telly - an incubator! Andrew is the keeper of the CSSA incubator and is just hatching turkey poults. They are cross bred white, bronze and blacks - the breeder runs all his stags and hens together over winter before seperating them in the spring, so the first eggs are of indeterminate breeding.

I thought they would be really ugly - I think turkeys are pretty ugly, to be honest - but they are lovely. Some are brindle and some are black with yellow undersides. They are much calmer than poultry chicks - and very curious. While we had our tea, little heads were poking out of the brooder to see what was going on. One stands on the feeder so he can see better.

Andrew and Janis are raising our pig this year - they have four saddleback weaners, which look like fine little pigs. The boar is white with a black head!

They keep Shetland sheep - the lambs are like little goatlings. Andrew described one as looking like he was made of five pipecleaners - pretty accurate description, too. They're real chicken chasers, too.

Looks like the CSSA incubator is going to be put to good use, though.

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