I am all for recycling and putting stuff to good use .....we have a VW Beetle car that Rick has been restoring. Wonder if he will let me have that to put my chickens in ....could do with some extra storage space.......I think not.
The Toggie boys, and the Big Alpine are 2-3 years old. They really are placid chaps after their petting farm start. Only thing is, you are like the pied piper if you go in the field .....you look round and right behind you are the five boys, the white billy and little Dolly. There is a public footpath just below their big field shelter. I am trying to get it all fenced off, otherwise they will be following hikers over the big stile and off to goodness knows where.
We are lucky that there are so many hedgerows down here - yesterday they were tucking in to the hawthorn and wild rose, and the brambles which are just coming into leaf......all three the most prickly things they could eat, but they did not bat an eyelid and tucked in with gusto.
They are tall, which gives them a lanky appearance, but you cannot feel any ribs, so I reckon they are the right weight going into summer.