Following on from the success of "Podge & Rodge" last year we bought 4 turkeys in August. We let them & the chickens out to enjoy the Autumn sunshine in the garden today & 2 of the turkeys flew & ended up onto the Pergola.

Turkeys fly quite a lot given half a chance, on top of their shed most days & sometimes into the neighbouring field.

The plan is to keep 2 back for breeding next year & have 2 slaughtered before Christmas. They are about 4 months old now &they've had a great life; running around their pen, eating grass & insects. Basically doing everything turkeys should do.

Better than being crammed into a huge barn with 1000s of other turkeys & never seeing the light of day which is how your average Christmas turkey is reared in Ireland. (less info)