One of my key morning duties is feeding the birds. Sounds easy, right? Imagine Laura Ingalls in her barefeet & braids, smiling in the sun, fat & happy chickens swarming around her to scratch at feed. Yeah... not so much.
- Fill turkey's feed pan- the turkeys start freaking out, clawing at the coop fencing, trying to get out/get at the feed. The chickens scatter & screech like crazy.
- Let the turkeys out. Be sure you pick up the feed bucket, or the turkeys will rush to it/dump it. Also don't let any chickens out.
- Go inside the coop & fill the chicken feed pan. You may first (more often than not, lately) have to wash turkey crap off of the pan. This is a very frustrating & disgusting (and frankly, unnecessary!!)addition to the process.
- Fill the water containers. Again, you might have to add time to your task by having to scrub/spray turkey shit from the chicken's water container. Seriously, nasty disgusting animals.
Later in the day, when letting the chickens out for free range time, I will have to put all the food pans up on top of the coop, lest the turkeys continue on the "eat & crap on everything" rampage. It's really unpleasant.
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| Thanks for the food- I think I'll crap on your car later. Is that ok? Or right outside the front door? |
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