My girls will wander into my garage if I leave the overhead doors open. They are not allowed in there but don't pay much attention to that rule. I keep the garage spotless so it is quite vexing.
They will explore the "barn", where they were kept in a brooder as chicks, however, it's not really a "barn" in the farm sense, it's a storage building where I keep the boat and power equipment. The interior is not as finished as the mustang garage and Dragon does his best to keep them out so they don't poop on everything. I have the 8 week old "mutts" in the brooder now and let them out to free range during the day. Yesterday I kept them in the brooder all day long but today I let them out even though it was STILL raining. They played under the deck and whatever cover they could find. This afternoon they were all lined up in the rain outside the barn doors looking very forlorn. I opened the doors and they waited paitently as I picked them up one at a time and popped them into the brooder. They were quite relieved.
They big girls also climb the five steps to the back deck, which is carpeted, so they can peer through the sliding doors and bug the cat. Then they hop up on the patio table & chairs to have "tea and crumpets" as my wife calls it. I don't mind the social aspect of the tea so much but they leave little "crumpets" all over the cushions. I make the rounds every day to check on where they've been but if you visit it's still best to just watch where you sit! I'm sure if we left the patio doors open they would waddle right in and make themselves at home.
About the only place they won't invade is the little garden outside the back door. They respect the veggies.
Then there was the time a few weeks ago when I was on an important conference call (i work from home) with a client from NYC when Napoleon decided it was time to let loose with several ear-splitting yoddles right outside my office window. VErrrrrrry professional!
They will explore the "barn", where they were kept in a brooder as chicks, however, it's not really a "barn" in the farm sense, it's a storage building where I keep the boat and power equipment. The interior is not as finished as the mustang garage and Dragon does his best to keep them out so they don't poop on everything. I have the 8 week old "mutts" in the brooder now and let them out to free range during the day. Yesterday I kept them in the brooder all day long but today I let them out even though it was STILL raining. They played under the deck and whatever cover they could find. This afternoon they were all lined up in the rain outside the barn doors looking very forlorn. I opened the doors and they waited paitently as I picked them up one at a time and popped them into the brooder. They were quite relieved.
They big girls also climb the five steps to the back deck, which is carpeted, so they can peer through the sliding doors and bug the cat. Then they hop up on the patio table & chairs to have "tea and crumpets" as my wife calls it. I don't mind the social aspect of the tea so much but they leave little "crumpets" all over the cushions. I make the rounds every day to check on where they've been but if you visit it's still best to just watch where you sit! I'm sure if we left the patio doors open they would waddle right in and make themselves at home.
About the only place they won't invade is the little garden outside the back door. They respect the veggies.
Then there was the time a few weeks ago when I was on an important conference call (i work from home) with a client from NYC when Napoleon decided it was time to let loose with several ear-splitting yoddles right outside my office window. VErrrrrrry professional!
