[Sca-cooks] Chickens

[Olwen the Odd]

><Mark.s.Harris at motorola.com> wrote:
> > Phlip said:
> > -----
> > At the moment, I'm dealing with another challenge.
> > The
> > ducks have been having such a good time playing in
> > their water dish, that they're flooding out the
> > chicks
> > beneath, so I need to figure something out....
> > -----
> >
> > Put the chicks on the top level and the ducks on
> > the bottom. That'll teach the ducks! It's got to
> > pretty bad UNDER the chickens... :-)
>
>Can't- duck cage is smaller than the chicken cage, and
>ducks are both smarter and more creative than
>chickens. For one thing, the ducks have developed a
>game of skill- distance pooing. They wiggle their
>tails, and see how far they can sling it.....
>
>Furthermore, they are convinced their water feeder is
>just a small bathtub. When I cleaned their cage,
>they'd managed to empty 3-4 gallons of water into the
>bottom, which was leaking out of their cage, and
>drowning the chicks. Quite a mess, to clean that up.
>
>Left them in the bathtub all day, alternating full of
>water, and empty with food and water. They emptied the
>water feeder in 5 minutes flat, and were finger,,,,
>er... webfoot painting with the food.
>
>Meantime, Houdini is commentating at full volume
>because his human wasn't paying attention.... nothing
>like being bossed around by half an ounce of fluff and
>attitude.....
>
>Phlip, the fluff-riden.....

What about pulling a lawn and leaf bag part under and part way up the sides
of the duck cage?  It would contain the spill-off and the spray.
Olwen

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