Jobs you put off

Afternoon!
Today Mr Crow & I decided that we really did need to do lots of animal jobs! For once it wasn't raining, so we set about trimming 2 lots of goat feet and 7 lots of alpaca feet (as well as a few hair do's!)

The thing is with the animals, especially the alpaca they do not like being handled, and then sit on their feet! For this job I always wear a hoody, as alpaca spit is most unpleasant! The goats are both  boys so they can be a bit pongy; but they are very lovely! Biccy peg actually sat on Mr Crows knee!

Next, we decided to move the chicken run-this can ony be described as an enclosure made from aluminium poles with wire netting all around. We had to resort to this after Mr Fox decided to take all our chickens and ducks in one go-he never ate them, just decapitated the whole lot. Finding 22 dead birds inside an electric fence before work was not something I wanted to see again! The run is in the alpaca field-in theory this should also deter Mr Fox (I know he needs to eat; but I don't like killing for the fun of it)

The chicken house was moved (inside enclosure) then we moved the enclosure onto a new patch of grass. We can just about manage this with just the two of us.

We then cleaned the stable out and hosed it down. The only animals we haven't had to sort out today were the pigs-they really seemed to be the happiest of the bunch wallowing in the mud!

I am now having a half hour sit down, half watching 'Bedknobs & Broomsticks' with Daughter Peg, blogging and reading my newly acquired quilting  book  'Sunday Morning Quilts'

Enjoy the rest of your Sunday x