Jobs nearly done...lol

We are just a little tired.... we've managed to fence most of the chicken field, the ground is so hard and stoney that we had to fill the digger front bucket with huge stones, then carefully use the diggers weight to push the posts into the ground, even with all that weight, some refused to go in as far as they should... putting in the big fat posts, that have the triangulation post on for straining against was a very long job even with a really sharp point on they didnt want to go in... We've put in one gate way and are recycling some timbers from the floor of an old static caravan to fence by the side of the gateway, now what else happened.....???

We had a visitor , on preloved I have advertised on old stock trailer so a man whos been following my blog, came to meet the funny farm and to take a look at the trailer hes unsure if he will have it, I dont mind either way, its so useful but does need a little love on it soon.. I took him down to see the very muddy pigs, they seem to eat there bedding up very quickly, and make huge mud pits... never mind soon I will be putting in planning for the pig sheds, he liked looking at the piglets. We talked pigs and he left, nice man, another self sufficient nutter I think...lol

I cant wait to get the chucks confined in there field. the fence does look good. I think Joe wishes we had just thrown it up but I want it to last... I'm off to bed now I need to get up early, I'm going to put on some extra plastic netting to stop the younger chicks escaping through the pig netting..then there will be no escaping and just to make double sure i'll be clipping there wing feathers so they get used to staying on that side of the fence, now just for reference... you clip the primary feathers on one side so, on there wings that is, so when they try to fly they are lo sided, if you were to clip bothe side they would be balanced and would manage to fly, some think its a cruel practise, it may cause wilder chucks a stress whilst being cought , but ours all enjoy cudles so wont mind being caught, there is no pain because your cutting feathers well away from any skin and I feel they will be safer away from fox confined in there own area and in the future we will be getting a gaurd Alpaca for them to make sure Mr. Fox stays away..