All our poultry are rather autonomous creatures on the farm. They basically just forage for yummies on our farm, swim in our pond and expect to be fed at the end of the day. They do whatever pleases them and they will occasionally give as an egg or two. Of course, there are no expectations for the ducks, geese or turkey to lay in areas designated by Munchkin and Gnome…God forbid…they would actually try to make our lives easier. Eggs can plop out at any time of the day…anywhere. Also, there are secret hiding spots…not in the coup of course!
Everyday is a Great Egg Hunt and we are forced to surreptitiously creep around our own farm pretending not to look for eggs. That’s because the fowl have a sixth sense for knowing that you are looking and will run off, hide or create interference to foil our search. We have to spend extra care and attention walking around trees and looking under logs and wading through bushy areas.
It is really quite a challenge because they refuse to co-operate with us; our running joke is that they read the Spanish manual while we read the English one and that’s why we have communication problems.
¿estás buscando algo?
Yes, we are looking for those roundish whitish things that you plop out and hide in the bush:
We have actually found quite a few; the smallest ones are the duck eggs and the medium sized ones are from the turkey (you can’t see them very well but they are white with brown speckles). The largest ones are the goose eggs…they are a real bonus when we find one of these!
Well, the next thing to do is to find a broody duck, turkey or goose. Any takers? Otherwise, Gnome will set them in the incubator (though, we are not happy with the level of success so far with this method). Gnome has even offered to “incubate” them himself on those brief occasions when there has been a power cut. If push comes to shove, I think he would seriously consider strapping some eggs to himself…especially to get a gosling or two! The Dedication of a Gnome is boundless when it comes to geese!
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