some have to die, some live on...

Wow, thats pretty much all I can say about the last couple of days is ...Wow, what an experience!! My last entry, I was feeling the remorse, sending these animals to their death, feeding them their last meal, was quite saddening. One aspect of farming I have yet to grasp. But all of a sudden, not having to battle 35 crazed turkeys is agreeing with me!! Yet, it was certainly not an easy task!  The loading up was difficult, to say the very least. I was not without a few vicious flaps to the face. Those wings are strong...let me tell you!!! It was cold and we we not equipped but we managed in the very sense that farmers do, we made do with what we had, an old trailer, a tarp and 2 pieces of my garden gate that should have been replaced by solid plywood, of which I did not have at hand.  We were able to drive the turkeys in a somewhat makeshift trailer to the Hutterite Colony but didnt have the same vehicle available to pick them up. I was awoken this morning with the info we had a truck, but no hitch, and the fact the turkeys had to be picked up TODAY. After much persuasion, I was able to convince my very stubborn MALE driver, to pull into a very low key, probably not by the book, auto yard. After every other exhausted means, I was able to borrow, yes borrow, a trailer hitch for the day and we were on our way to pick up 35 frozen turkeys and our trailer we had left behind. Little did I know how big these friggin turkeys were going to be and after filling every inch of my freezer space availalble, ended up crawling back to previous mentioned MALE to ask for help in storing them....god I hate that!! But on the plus side, I was smart enough to ask for one free pie when I picked up the turkeys, which I presented upon return of the trailer hitch, so guess whos in with the local scrap yard guy!!! Its all about bartering, kids... say, anyone want to trade a turkey for gas money...lol