Thank you again Christy - that sounds perfect - I will pass your words of wisdom onto DH tonight!

I would love an animal farm and have visions of dogs, cats and chooks in the back yard! I can't believe how lenient the council in Paddington is as my neighbours have chooks! When we lived in Sydney - there were no chooks allowed! DH is looking forward to building the chook pen as we have just bought a house in Red Hill which is a lovely part of the world... I will keep you posted with the 'Brand Harris Family' discussions!!

Thanks again - you have been a wealth of information!

Megan