The girls enjoying the pond on their first day out into their run!Poultry Resort is actually a conve

The girls enjoying the pond on their first day out into their run!Poultry Resort is actually a converted tennis court that was already here when we bought the house. Since we have a lot of foxes, badgers and even mink (invasive species imported from America) coming through our garden, we had to make the pen very secure and figured using the existing fencing would be a good place to start! It’s ended up being a very luxury poultry enclosure indeed, hence the name, but the pond is especially lovely. Duck heaven, right?Wrong! They refused to get on it for almost a fortnight after the first day of absolutely adoring it! Why? They were frightened of the wind! In order to keep the pond fresh, we have a floating island that uses the large quantities of duck poo as a fertiliser and naturally cleans the water. Unfortunately, in the wind it travels about and that was very scary! We ended up anchoring it more firmly and now they’re super happy!At the back with the splash of white on her wing is Gertrude (Gertie for short!) my last, gorgeous chatty little girl. -- source link

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