We have noticed this water balloon of meat with four hands and a face sneaking food out of the duck dish for quite a few weeks. Then yesterday I saw her go to the source: the two buckets of duck and chicken food on our porch. By the time I got out there, she had the lid off, was inside and all I could see was her ample backside hanging out over the top. Her name is Sassypants.
I was doing my daily work in the back corner (clearing out finished compost, bagging up sticks and old bark and feeding the chickens unfinished compost when I noticed that the level had gone down about 6 inches on one side of the compost box. I didn't remember getting that much done, but perhaps the rains had...
Ah, I see what has happened: Sassypants (along with her two babies) has moved into a small home under the compost box. And done a nice job shifting a lot of rock hard soil, by the look of it.
I'm not sure how to proceed at this point. I wanted to clear out this whole back corner before the Fall semester starts, but I don't want to displace a family. Tough decisions.
I was doing my daily work in the back corner (clearing out finished compost, bagging up sticks and old bark and feeding the chickens unfinished compost when I noticed that the level had gone down about 6 inches on one side of the compost box. I didn't remember getting that much done, but perhaps the rains had...
Ah, I see what has happened: Sassypants (along with her two babies) has moved into a small home under the compost box. And done a nice job shifting a lot of rock hard soil, by the look of it. 
I'm not sure how to proceed at this point. I wanted to clear out this whole back corner before the Fall semester starts, but I don't want to displace a family. Tough decisions.
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