Goats & Turkeys

 I was introduced to the goats and turkeys on the farm. There are dairy goats for milk (obviously) and dry goats for....??? The ones in this post are the dry goats. The turkeys were raised for Thanksgiving. Tomorrow (Thursday), I get to learn the first step of turning a cute fluffy white turkey into something you'd want to put into a pan....yummy!

They have fields of this stuff for goat pasture.

It's called sorghum sudan. Apparently you can eat it/chew on it and it's sweet.

This was near the goat pen. Totally random: yellow shopping cart with coffee mug - case you needed either.

Wes and I fed the turkeys. Correction: Wes fed the turkeys. I watched and took pics.

A turkey amongst turkeys.

The floppy thing on top of the beak is called a 'snood'. This dude had the longest snood. It serves no purpose. Also, if their heads turn red like that they are excited or angry. He looks kinda ticked off...

This little lady was awfully curious about my camera.

They get all calm when you hold them upside down.

The goats got loose. Apparently, this happens often. (see Fence Fixing class next blog)

Everyone gets to herd them!

Back in their pen. That was fun!