HC wrote:
G'day Chookie

Have you thought about a couple of ducks? They don't scratch in the
garden and will eat snails etc as well as give you some eggs. A bit
dish for water (or small tub) sunk into the ground makes a good swimming
hole for them too.

Hard to see I'm a duck/goose person, rather than chooks?? LOL ;-))

i second that. ducks are great. they are reasonably quiet and can be
good with kids. they'll certainly clean up the snails (the ducks of course)