Teresa & Mike CHS - Our journal

[CntryBoy777]

Looks like your Tom is in full "Show" for attention. Shoot, wild turkeys are a very smart bird. That's why Ben Franklin wanted it as the national emblem over the bald eagle. The domesticated ones aren't as smart, tho. Anyone that hunts turkey will tell ya just how smart they are....

 

[Mike CHS]

Cheep Cheep is so darn cute. I know y'all are enjoying every moment with her. Not too many people that have a pet wild turkey.

We may never experience it again but this has been awesome.

 

[Latestarter]

We couldn't eat it all so the dogs were happy tonight.

Glad I'm not the only one who shares with his dog(s)... They work so hard they deserve a treat every so often. Thor looks like he's going to be great for you.

 

[Mike CHS]

This is a bunch of pictures from this morning that we have been trying to get for months but never had the camera. I have to take the dogs out to go potty since they don't listen to Teresa as well. We look outside to see where Cheep Cheep is but it doesn't seem to matter. She was out of sight this morning so I took the dogs out and Cheep Cheep comes running across the grass straight at the dogs. I put them in a Sit and Stay and fortunately for Cheep Cheep they listened. This is a lot of pictures of basically the same scene. She does this virtually every time I take the dogs out if she is in the yard so I'm hoping I can keep control of them.
They were not calmly sitting there as the pictures indicate. I was saying Leave It almost non stop while Teresa was taking the outside pictures.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

That's a brave (or dumb) turkey, lol. She's lucky your dogs are so well-trained!

 

[CntryBoy777]

I always love watching the interaction between different animals, too. We are enjoying the communal gathering and interaction between the goats, chickens, and ducks. Each day the chickens and ducks venture further and further inside the common area, as the goats try to get close enough to check them out....

 

[Bruce]

They were not calmly sitting there as the pictures indicate. I was saying Leave It almost non stop while Teresa was taking the outside pictures.

But they DO "leave it", nicely trained. I imagine Cheep Cheep can fly pretty well. The dogs might get a big surprise if they get too close and those big wings start flapping.

BTW, I do love that bench/table. Are there plans to make such a thing? I'd love to do so, if I could find the time.

 

[Mike CHS]

That was copied from one that a neighbor has. The only thing I did differently was to run a round over bit on all of the edges. The neighbor's has straight edges that was always splintering.

 

[Mike CHS]

But they DO "leave it", nicely trained. I imagine Cheep Cheep can fly pretty well. The dogs might get a big surprise if they get too close and those big wings start flapping.

BTW, I do love that bench/table. Are there plans to make such a thing? I'd love to do so, if I could find the time.

She flew into the paddock where Maisy lives once and fortunately I just happened to look out the window at about the same time. It looked like Maisy was trying to hold it down rather than kill it but the silly bird still has no fear of dogs.

I could take pictures and come up with a rough drawing if you are interested.

 

[Mike CHS]

Bruce - you got me curious about a plan since I've seen several versions similar to this one. One that came up was a plan by Ana White. Do a search for convertible picnic bench table and Ana White and it should come up. I also saw several plans searching for the same wording but dropped the name and added plans.