Ian Molton wrote:
Nick Gorham wrote:

Ian Molton wrote:

Stewart Pinkerton wrote:

The unspeakable in pursuit of the uneatable? :-)

If you've ever kept chickens, you'll understand why foxes are classed
as vermin,


Are farmers really so unintelligent that they cant build a fox-proof
chicken coop?


So you advocate keeping the chickens inside for their entire life ?

Not how our 5 chickens spend their day....


How do you defend your chickens then? you cant possibly be there for
them 24/7/365

The fact that we have 13 assorted lurchers around the place tends to put
foxes off hanging around...


Im thinking of a chicken wire coop, outside, large, and with a
chickenwire FLOOR as well to stop the foxes digging under it.


Yes that would work, I am not suggesting it can't be done. But I doubt
the expense would appeal to the farmers.

Now if you want to comment on the conditions that chickens (and turkeys)
are kept commercially, and how something should be done by the
goverment, then I would be with you all the way.

--
Nick