On the 5th day of Christmas, O&G were hungry...

On the 5th day of Christmas, O&G were hungry. Like their more famous namesakes, they put their noses (well bills and snoods) in the trough. Repeatedly.

On the 4th day of Christmas, the young turks...

On the 4th day of Christmas, the young turks (but hardly Young Turks) O&G became more confident, and strutted a little further afield. They flapped a bit, and were clearly full of puff and blah.

On the 3rd day of Christmas, Osbourne & Gove left their house...

On the 3rd day of Christmas, Osbourne & Gove left their house for the first time. Free-range and free-loading they definitely were, but whether they were free-thinking seemed to be doubtful.

On the second day of Christmas we filled the turkey house...

On the second day of Christmas we filled the turkey house with two turkeys, and named them Osborne & Gove (after the Tory ministers in order that we would have no hesitation in sending them to the Dispatch Box).

On the 1st day of Christmas, we built a turkey house...

On the 1st day of Christmas, we built a turkey house (from old pallets, our old roof batons and old dining room floor boards), and named it Number 11.