{"id":1650,"date":"2012-11-21T06:14:34","date_gmt":"2012-11-21T05:14:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=1650"},"modified":"2012-11-21T06:14:34","modified_gmt":"2012-11-21T05:14:34","slug":"turkeys-anyone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2012\/11\/21\/turkeys-anyone\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkeys, anyone?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ben, a recent college grad who is here at Gamboula to home school Timothy Turk, has an inordinate love for and drive to raise chickens. \u00a0Upon arrival to Gamboula in September, he immediately started to try to build a &#8220;chicken tractor&#8221; \u00a0(movable pen which &#8220;cuts&#8221; the grass) out of local materials:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/11\/blog-chicken-tractor.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1652\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/11\/blog-chicken-tractor.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"439\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/11\/blog-chicken-tractor.jpg 439w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/11\/blog-chicken-tractor-300x229.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 439px) 100vw, 439px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/11\/blog-chicken-tractor2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1651\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/11\/blog-chicken-tractor2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"445\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/11\/blog-chicken-tractor2.jpg 445w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/11\/blog-chicken-tractor2-300x226.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 445px) 100vw, 445px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But after the bamboo proved too unruly, Roy thought about our local basket makers, and ordered a basket just the right size!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/11\/blogchicken-tractor021.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1653\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/11\/blogchicken-tractor021.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/11\/blogchicken-tractor021.jpg 448w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/11\/blogchicken-tractor021-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So Ben just drags the basket to a new area of grass each day or so. \u00a0He has had to put some palm leaves over one end to give rain protection, but this way of keeping the chickens protects them from predators and keeps them out of your buddies&#8217; veggie gardens! \u00a0Note the frisbee water dish.<\/p>\n<p>But, during our visit to northern Cameroon, Roy heard about raising turkeys and got all excited. \u00a0So, a part of Roy&#8217;s trip to Yaounde right now is to pick up live turkeys, and of course, though unheard of &#8217;til this year, a big turkey for our Thanksgiving supper! \u00a0Whoo-hoo! \u00a0As craziness happens, during a recent trip to our nearby (45 minute drive) shopping town, out of the blue, Roy was offered a pair of turkeys. \u00a0Now we have turkeys on the way and turkeys here already. The couple from the local source are temporarily in a chicken basket, and though they can stand up, it really is too small for them:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/11\/blog-turkey024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1654\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/11\/blog-turkey024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/11\/blog-turkey024.jpg 448w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/11\/blog-turkey024-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/11\/blog023.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1655\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/11\/blog023.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/11\/blog023.jpg 448w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2012\/11\/blog023-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>They are either stressed or very happy, because the hen has already laid an egg! \u00a0We have some dear friends who are hoping to come visit us after Christmas, and they have raised turkeys in the past, so you can bet we will be peppering them with questions!<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=1650&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ben, a recent college grad who is here at Gamboula to home school Timothy Turk, has an inordinate love for and drive to raise chickens. \u00a0Upon arrival to Gamboula in September, he immediately started to try to build a &#8220;chicken &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2012\/11\/21\/turkeys-anyone\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[339,336],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cefa","category-fun"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Turkeys, anyone? 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