Moving the Fowl

We purchase a flock of fowl from a neighbor who was wanting to sell them. The purchase price included the pens in which they were housed if we were willing to move them.

Undaunted by large projects such as this, we decided that this was right up our alley!

In fact, a good neighbor heard of the venture and called us offering his service to move the pens. We welcomed Frank's help.

After contemplation, the family and neighbors set to work to disassemble the structure and effectively move the fowl.

Even the ladies got into action on this project.

There were Bantams (often called Bantys), the miniature of the poultry family,

and Auracanas, the South American blue egg layers (We think ours are actually Ameraucanas, a cross breed that retains the dominant gene to lay blue eggs),

and a Great Blue Heron,
(Only kidding! This fella flew through our barnyard from the pond and we tried to capture him in pictures.)

But there were Guineas. . . Figures of the Guinea Fowl are found on buildings built by ancient Egyptians as far back as 2400 B.C. In 400 B.C. the Greeks considered the meat and eggs delicacies,

and beautiful Royal Palm turkeys, a heritage turkey breed,

and a pair of peafowl, a breed that was once prized by the Pharoahs in Egypt.


After much breath holding and close encounters, we relocated the pens and have the fowl all tucked nicely into their new (old) homes.