Russell asked for help this morning in collecting some goats from Camperdown. We set off in the rain to the farm where he selected 2 fine-looking goats which were then tied up and put in the back of my hilux. After the initial bleating they settled down in the back and actually travelled well.
He also put a big box in the back which actually contained 4 white chickens, although I didn't realise that till we got home. I thought it was actually sunlight washing powder, as it said on the box. They too, were quiet for the journey. In fact the chickens weren't that fussed about coming out of the box at Russell's either. Maybe they'd worked out they were dinner this weekend. One was assisted out and Russell ended up chasing it round and round my car and into the house, which was highly amusing!
The goats settled in quite quickly to being tied to the jungle gym. Their destination is Precious's mum's house as final payment in the pre-wedding handovers that go on in Zulu culture. The female goat was straight into a pile of wood and had a nice chew of that. The male goat was a bit more put out about having to travel in the back of a truck and took a little longer to settle. If goats allegedly eat everything, I wonder for how much longer the jungle gym will survive! ;-)
