Thanks, Beth, much appreciated. The wall has been very well constructed in staggered layers, and to be honest I did think of removing all or part of it, but it would be a huge job to do and then the end would need to be evened off. I think the best solution is to dig down about 8 or 9 inches and bore holes through the wall. My friend's brother-in-law was round today and he says he may be able to do this but he is in hospital for the next few days so it will have to wait unless I can get someone else to do it. I don't think I'll be going far from now on as Belle is now in the house - pups expected any day from now till around Guy Fawkes. So if you have time for a trip over here just call me (and bring some milk with you if you do
) If you could see it you might have some ideas.
Julie, the duck house is 6 feet by 4 feet and just sits on the ground. It did have a wooden base when I moved here but it has long since rotted away. The fencing is attached to either end of it by long nails, so we'd need to remove the fence to put in a new floor. The pallet is a fairly open one which is why everything just drops down into the stinking mud below around the boards that I put in for them to sit on. But it just gets worse and worse because it can't get cleaned out. I've put in loads of hay and straw to try to soak it up but I can only do that for so long. It's worrying me in case the birds could develop foot-rot (trenchfoot maybe
And the smell is awful! If I could even get the duck run set up that would help, I could move the ducks and close down the duck shed so the hens would all have to go into the hen shed. I have 6 metal grid panels, 8 of 2 x 2 fence posts, a nice clean little dog shed, and a great dane sized dog cage ready for them along with some heavy duty sheep fencing. Just need some brute force. And a little bit of dry weather!
If nothing else I've got it all off my chest! Thanks for letting me rant guys!
HAve attached a diagram to let you see what I mean
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