Sitting

 We spotted where the turkey is laying eggs, smongtst the rushes 

And now she is sitting  on , we think , 9 

12

 

 

We spotted Lily off the nest this morning . So i nipped down and had a look

12 Eggs

Where's Lily ?

 

Recently Tiger has been a bit more assertive than usual when anyone goes near.  And Lily, the female hasn't been seen for a day or so. So we decided we had better investigate. 

 

We had a hunt in the vegetation - where she sat on some eggs earlier in the year 

 

And we saw her - burie deep in the vegetation 

 

 

 

 We have glimpsed a pile of eggs  - no idea how many though. Its a bit unusual for them to be sitting at this time of the year. And very young poults  in October might struggle to survive , given the  bad weather at that time of the year. 

We have discussed trying to remove some eggs and putting them in an incubator , but have decided  against it .  And if in the process of retrieving the eggs we scare her off  the nest completely we could end up having to incubate who knows how many.  And then end up rearing the poults. 

So we leave things as they are , and see what emerges  in a months' time 

Doing better this time

Last year Tiger the male turkey, had a bit of a problem.

Lily , the female has made a nest again and laid some eggs ,

we have been keeping watch . Anb we think we have seen a broken shell.
So hopefully Tiger has got the hang of it all after last year.

Heres Lily sitting on the nest deep in the rushes

And we think we can see a grament of shell just under her 

A sitting turkey

and not only have we got a goose sitting on  ?7 eggs , we now have a broody turkey.

We knew there were some eggs there

and she manages to keep herself well hidden in the rushes

And the male is still standing gaurd, trying to frighten off any intruders