5th October 2021 - Mink Proofing and Ty Bach Bases

Thought for the day :"I am now at an age where my train of thought usually leaves the station ahead of me"

A sad start to the day as Snowball, one of our chickens, was found dead this morning with the neck stripped - the signs we think of an attack by mink. We have so far lost 4 ducks and a chicken and it seems that the mink can get through a stupidly small hole - and our chicken wire was not  small enough...

Actually we also found that the corner was loose and there was a hole that would have allowed a mink or weasel into the cage. But everything we read suggests that we need to have smaller mesh..

Sadly, nowhere seems to have the small mesh sizes at the moment - shortage of supply.

Susie went  for a search and failed - then came back and phone everywhere and in the end found that there was some in Aberystwyth - in Toolstation!  None of the farmer supplies seemed to have any .

So she had a trip up to Aber to get the roll of fencing, also a mink trap and staples to fix the fencing.

Next stage was to try to make our own version of fort knox to keep the chicken safe.

Indeed - it was getting to bedtime and they were waiting to get into their coups by the time we were finishing off the battens ..

In other news - while she was away I put the frame together for the base for the Ty Bach 

All balanced out and checked with the spirit level 

Ready for the build tomorrow.

And so - that is enough for one day ...
Not even a Puppy Piccie 

Day 5 of the Green One October...  MANDARIN

Cheers !