It all started with LondonDave and the Woodstock Auction ..

R.J. · Post by **R.J.** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 9:35 pm

I read the thread that LondonDave posted re: the livestock Auction at the Woodstock fairgrounds Friday night ..

My wife and I decided to check it out .... and wouldn't you know it , she talked me into buying two turkeys !

$36 CND was the winning bid and they ( a tom and a hen ) had a ride home in the back of my truck Friday night .. We put them in the pole barn for the night ( which really freaked out our three cats that rule the roost of the pole barn ! )

Saturday morning CH and his kids show up to help put together a turkey pen ... they check out the turkeys inside the barn ..

I had my cheap pocket camera along to take a few shots as we worked ont he pen ... 1st thing we had to do was pull all the wood from under the overhang of the pole barn ... CH's son Blaine lends a hand ...

It was a cold wind Saturday and when the kids ( Blaine 7 yrs old and Rylie 3 yrs old ) got cold , they hunkered in the back of their dads truck with Spike as company ...

Sako patrolled the yard as we worked and kept the cats busy !

With the wood moved out .... a couple of rolls of wire fence from the TSE , and the pen was shaping up ..

Sako and Spike check out the new birds ...

I put the finishing touches of misc. trim and a swing gate today ... and as the sun set the boss tom started gobblin his head off !

Man I never get tried of that sound !

By the end of the day today ... the turkeys had pretty well settled in and I could hear a wild tom answering from the bush at the back of my property ...

The cats return to their normal routine of laying around inside the barn , now that the turekys have been re-located outside ...

I spent the last few hours of the night doing some blacksmithing body work to my wifes car to make it driveable ( Yep , the insurance company did manage to weasle out of processing the claim ! )

A quick post and heading to bed for an early start dayshift tomorrow ... Never did get to paint up my new Vixen this weekend ... that will be my next project !

mikej · Post by **mikej** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 9:49 pm

nice shots rj

CH · Post by CH » Sun Mar 22, 2009 9:56 pm

Cool pics RJ we had lots of fun the kids went to sleep half way home thanks for having us

LondonDave · Post by **LondonDave** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 10:01 pm

RJ was that you in the orange coat with the reflective X on it?

If so I thought I recgonized you from your pics but wasn't positive.

I saw the turkeys there but had to run a little errand and didn't see them get auctioned off.

I'm glad you got them because now I know they'll get a good home.

Dave

dutchhunter · Post by **dutchhunter** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 7:18 am

we raised turkeys on our farm as well thy are a lot of fun to have around ,the tom will get back in shape in no time his feathers will grow very fast DUTCH

ecoaster · Post by **ecoaster** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 7:26 am

Love the new alarm clock!

Mike P · Post by **Mike P** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 8:12 am

R.J.

In picture number two of the trailer loaded with wood there is a spoked wheel trailer of some sort in the background with another spoked wheel on the bed.

What is that?

It looks really cool.

I have an old Railway Express freight wagon with metal spoked wheels as part of my "old car" collection and that one you have caught my eye.

Pydpiper · Post by **Pydpiper** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 8:19 am

Very cool! Those turkeys will bring in more in a short amount of time, I pass a turkey barn outside of Woodstock and it is very common to see wild turkeys strutting the perimeter.
Enjoy!

wildwindom · Post by **wildwindom** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 8:29 am

Very cool.

VixChix · Post by **VixChix** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 11:21 am

I know where I'm hunting this spring.

J.K.!

Congrats on the new additions!

Sandman · Post by **Sandman** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 12:48 pm

Hey RJ,

Nothing like a fully working decoy ..

Cheers,
Robin

Big John · Post by **Big John** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 5:27 pm

Sounds like if your skunked this season you still win!

Nice purchase RJ.

Farmer · Post by **Farmer** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 6:05 am

Mike P I noticed that piece of equipment as well . I could be mistaken but that looks to me like an old fashion / antique Road grader ! I have one myself . RJ's looks like it may have been modified . The hitch appears to have been changed and there does not appear to be any super comfy steel seat for the grader operator to sit on .

Those graders could have been pulled by a tractor or possibly a team of horses . Some one would sit on the back and work the steel wheels at the top to lift / lower and or tilt the scaper blade . The steel wheels turned worm gears that raised or lower arms connected to the blade. ( Hydraulics are not near as much fun )

as always RJ great pictures !

Farmer · Post by **Farmer** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 6:30 am

MikeP

found a few photos of old time graders for you
http://www.tractorshed.com/cgi-bin/gall ... at=iphotos

http://www.tractorshed.com/cgi-bin/gall ... at=iphotos

http://www.tractorshed.com/cgi-bin/gall ... at=iphotos

R.J. · Post by **R.J.** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 7:33 am

Thanks all ... yep they are a cool addition to the farm ... Cool to hear the boss tom sounding off every now and again ..

LondonDave wrote :

RJ was that you in the orange coat with the reflective X on it?

Yep that was me in the orange coat ... we left right after the 1st turkeys ... the other tiurkeys looke a little rough .

You didn't see what they went for did you ?

I'll probably see you there again sometime ... Fun way to kill a few hours on a friday night !

Mike P. wrote :

In picture number two of the trailer loaded with wood there is a spoked wheel trailer of some sort in the background with another spoked wheel on the bed.

What is that?

Yep .. as Farmer mentioned = an old grater and a piece of antique seeding equipment ... they actually belong to the guy that had the farm before me ... he still has to move them ... I told him " No hurry " , they look pretty cool !