Three video clips of Mom and her day old ducklings.
Mom made her next at the bottom of the hay loft ladder, where she was protected from goat feet and invading chickens. They are several days old now and it's amazing, actually, that the goats haven't stepped on any of them! Everybody seems quite content with the arrangement.
Sam did such a good job of helping me review the Rywell pet cooling mat, that I had the opportunity to try out and review Rywell's 3-Tier Outdoor Catio!
So what's a Catio? It's an outdoor cat patio, i.e. a screened cat tent. I think this is a fantastic idea for indoor only cats to spend some time outside. I wish we'd had it when we lived in a second-story apartment and could only let our cats out on the balcony (except one kept trying to jump off).
The Catio is portable, so everything came in this sturdy carrying bag. That makes it perfect for family outings, travel stops, picnics, camping trips, visiting friends, or vacation.
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| "Hmph. No food." |
Five years ago Dan built a pergola for our bedroom window and afterward made a gate for the driveway.
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| Photo from August 2021 |
The gate has served us well, both for privacy but especially for keeping wandering dogs out of the yard. We used to have a problem with this, and have lost chickens and ducks to dogs people let roam because we're outside of town limits. And also it helps keep our chickens, turkeys, and ducks from wandering into the front yard and into the street. So it's been a good addition.
Earlier this summer one of the gate posts became very wobbly. When Dan pulled it out it was quite rotted where it had been in the ground. So he took down the gate and we discussed how to replace it. After a lot of ideas for a new wooden gate, we finally decided the quickest and easiest thing to do was to install a farm gate.
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| The muscadine vines on the pergola shade the window from the afternoon sun. |
