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

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 

Hopefully doing better this time

The turkey has been laying eggs , as reported at the start of the month 

And now she has started sitting on them .  The nest is in the middle of the clump of rushes  - the same place as last year. 

Tiger , the male, is taking his responsibilities seriously and ptrolling up and down , threatening off any intruders 

We hope he's got the hang of it this tine, unlike last year 

More eggs

last year and Lily  laid and then sat on eggs.  Which unfortunately came to to nothing


 And she is laying again , in the same place

So far 5. If the chap has got the hang of things this year it will hopefully be  bit more productive than last year.


And its not just her.

The geese have continued to lay

 so we hope the female starts to sit and we will have geese in addition to whatever comes from the 9 eggs in the incubator.

Firing Blanks

The female turkey has been sitting on some eggs for 7 weeks.

The normal incubation is about 5 weeks ,so we suspected something wasn't right, as we have seen no action and heard no tweeting all.

And she has now left her nest , which gave us the opportuity to see what , if anything had hatched.

And the eggs are the same as they were 7 weeks ago.

So the poor chap is firing blanks.

Or hasn't got the hang of it

Or  something.

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