Animals Accommodated
Finally the animals could move into
their new habitat. And all of their furniture.....roosts, nests,
food dispensers, water containers, swimming pool for the poultry
and water trough, food bucket and bed for the goat. Shelley lived
in the Sheraton with the young ducks while the new shed was being
built. The drakes were separated but one afternoon, I came home
to mayhem - drakes fighting. I thought that I hadn't closed the
gate between the pens properly but no, it was on again the next
afternoon. Shelley had learnt how to undo the bolt on the gate
separating the pens so presumably she got bored and opened the
gate to let the drakes fight. Thus, every bolt has to have a Shelley-proof
clip put on it. Next she learnt how to open the different catches
on the gates between paddocks so they also need clips.
Shelley Accommodated
Shelley has the middle pen and is
locked up at night. In the day she is let out into the yard or
brought up to a grazing area around my house. There are three
levels of security for her. The chooks don't always want to play
with her so they are mainly kept separated.
