2nd work day – May 19th

Further to earlier email please find a list of outstanding actions and notes:

Looking at the requirements for the next Work day (19th May) we will need the following:

Road-Side Pen – All works at this pen will be completed by Ray, Neil Mcd and Stevie.

• 4x large posts (8ft at least)                                         
• Panels or fencing for the extension of the penPanels in place
• Shelter – corrugated Ironsheets for shelter at pen
• Brashing of internal and surrounding trees.Tree cutting to be done before installing panels
• Gate fixedGate will be tied in after poults released
• Current fence tightened. Water will be connected and drip drinkers installed.

Birch Pen

• Wire, posts, panels and extension material.
• Tighten all wire, may require steeples.
• Neil Mcd to repair burst water pipe to pen
• More shelter materials to be sourced/ brought to Tulchan (posts, Corrugated Iron, Stakes/ Stumps
• Pop holes with fox grids could be installed. Grids supplied by Brian. Mesh required for Pop holes and plastic ties.
• shelter material (TIN SHEETS) taken to area
• General repairs.

ROUNDAL PEN                                                                                          

• General Tidy up
• Maybe repair gates into plantation - Sandy

SANDYS PEN - NEIL McD RAY AND Stevie WILL BUILD THIS PEN.

TOP OF ARM PEN

• CHECK FENCES AND GATES
• BRASH A CLEARING TO GET IN WITH CRATES AT TOPGATE

BEACHES WOOD

• Requires a good clear up of old branches. Potential to burn – Lighters and matches required.

WEEDYFIELD POND

• Requires duck hides to be installed. Ducks due to arrive around the 4^thof june.
• Pallets required although some present at the Hut.

Partridge pen – This will be built by Ray Neil McD and Stevie (location yet UNKNOWN )we were thinking in the game 

                       

Feeders

• All feeders and water cleaned (Blue and smaller)
• Pen feeders stacked in pens ready to fill.
• Blue cleaned and positioned for season.

Plantation Gates- Sandy completing

Artichokes and Game Crops

• New fencing for game crops due to go in – Sandy
• Ground preparation for Artichokes- Syndicate
• Ground prep for game crop – Frank
• Soil samples – This week by Steevie, me or Ray.
• Game Crop – Stevie this week.

So this is the full list of tasks to be completed.

on the 19th we will focus on that highlighted red. Depending on numbers I suspect that this is the following groups:

• Birch Wood pen acticities
• Clean up and Feeder placement
• Feeder Cleaning

I will update with numbers nearer the time. Please think about the following activities and what resources/ tools you can bring. Thanks to those that have replied already.

Best Regards

Neil