Turkey eggs

I am so excited. Our turkey hen has decided to build her nest in the pole barn behind a pallet instead of out in the middle of the field where she can be eaten by a predator while she incubates her eggs. So far she has 5 eggs in her well disguised nest. I wouldn't have found them except I saw her hiding in there yesterday. I don't know how big their clutch gets before they start setting. I'll keep you posted on that progress. We have had several people comment on our "beautiful white and black turkeys". The Tom is usually strutting in all his puffed out glory and, they are right, he is beautiful. Juliet is starting to look heavy with child. Her babies are due around the first of April. Today Katie Kat is in season. I believe she will be moved into the greenhouse for the next few days to protect her from other cats as well as protect my sanity from her incessant begging. I feel sorry for her, but that noise is really annoying. The little chick that had trouble getting out of the shell and was abandoned by the mother hen as she went off caring for her other 3 chicks is doing well. We brought it in the house and put it in the incubator until it finished hatching and dried off. Then we took it out to the second hen who was hatching baby chicks and placed it near her. She immediately took it in as one of her own. We haven't been able to get an exact count but near as we can tell she has 6 chicks to care for. They are little Ameracaunas and are colored like chipmunks. Too Cute! The weather turned nasty and cold yesterday and we expected Ginger to have her kids then. Fortunately, she waited. It is going to be in the 50s again today with sun shining. Today is a much better time for her to have them. Watch for pictures once they arrive. Aunt Jo