A Trying Month and the Potting Shed Adventures
It's not been a month to be outside. A bright, clear winter's day is a wonderful thing, but we've not had any of those. It has been grey, it has been rainy and for over a week, the wind has been coming from the south east. This means that the poor quail have had a cover over their hutches for too long. They love to sit and bask in the daylight, but the rain would pour straight into their hutches. We had a few sad moments in the past month. One of the male quails had to be put down. He'd had a tumour for some time and had tried some medicine from the vet but one morning, I found him on his back and unable to get up. It was clear that the best thing for him was to put him down. The vet was amazing and very patient. A few days after, another of my male quail died quite suddenly. They were both buried beside the dog grave. The day the quail was put to sleep, I bought the potting shed. I had been saving up money and it was a bit of retail therapy. Over the last week or so, w...