Hi Everyone! I need your help and creative minds! I finally have a contractor coming out to build a permanent pen for Moose and Lucy and he asked me to draw up some rough ideas. Crap! I don't know where to start??? I want a fenced in area attached to a Michigan winter/predator proof pen that they can enter or exit as frequently as they want.
The fenced in area needs to look nice. I'm thinking a 20 x 30' or 30x30 should be enough for 2 geese and possibly 2 ducks in the future. I have a 5'x2' pool for them that they can't get out of and I need to figure out some kind of ramp with hardware cloth so they can get out of but not get stuck when they dive. I need a pen that will keep them warm in the winter and cool in the summer. What do I use on the floor? I currently am using pine shavings which they love, but it sure is a pain to clean out every day! Then I have all those shavings to put in the trash. Inside the pen, I would like a bench, so we can go in there and sit with them in the winter when it's too cold to go out. Did I mention that there is a Critter Control company 5 houses down from me? Ya, so after they collect all their raccoons, fox, skunk, etc. they dump them practically in my yard. I just had an albino raccoon removed from my attic last week. So I have major predators.
So, Basically, I need an aesthetically pleasing fenced in area(I live in a sub), with their big pool I bought them, and a pen/house that will have good ventilation/insulation, seating, food, water that NO animal can get into.
I need to be able to leave them for up to a week at a time and know they are safe.
Who can help me? If you can give me ideas, pictures or offer to build it for me, I'll cancel the appointment with the contractor. I live in White Lake.
I was looking at those shed/playhouse kits from home depot. I want the strength of the metal structures, but the look of the wood. The squirrels and wood chucks have chewed my deck, my kids Rainbow swing set and anything in my yard. I had an insulated heavy duty plastic deck box on my deck that I was keeping bird food in when I used to have feeders. The "heavy duty" box was a fail! The squirrels chewed through the 2 layers of plastic at the bottom corners and got in.
Please help!!!!
The fenced in area needs to look nice. I'm thinking a 20 x 30' or 30x30 should be enough for 2 geese and possibly 2 ducks in the future. I have a 5'x2' pool for them that they can't get out of and I need to figure out some kind of ramp with hardware cloth so they can get out of but not get stuck when they dive. I need a pen that will keep them warm in the winter and cool in the summer. What do I use on the floor? I currently am using pine shavings which they love, but it sure is a pain to clean out every day! Then I have all those shavings to put in the trash. Inside the pen, I would like a bench, so we can go in there and sit with them in the winter when it's too cold to go out. Did I mention that there is a Critter Control company 5 houses down from me? Ya, so after they collect all their raccoons, fox, skunk, etc. they dump them practically in my yard. I just had an albino raccoon removed from my attic last week. So I have major predators.
So, Basically, I need an aesthetically pleasing fenced in area(I live in a sub), with their big pool I bought them, and a pen/house that will have good ventilation/insulation, seating, food, water that NO animal can get into.
I need to be able to leave them for up to a week at a time and know they are safe.
Who can help me? If you can give me ideas, pictures or offer to build it for me, I'll cancel the appointment with the contractor. I live in White Lake.
I was looking at those shed/playhouse kits from home depot. I want the strength of the metal structures, but the look of the wood. The squirrels and wood chucks have chewed my deck, my kids Rainbow swing set and anything in my yard. I had an insulated heavy duty plastic deck box on my deck that I was keeping bird food in when I used to have feeders. The "heavy duty" box was a fail! The squirrels chewed through the 2 layers of plastic at the bottom corners and got in.
Please help!!!!
