On Fri, 05 Nov 2004 18:34:20 +0000, Nick Gorham
wrote:

Ian Molton wrote:

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...

Hmmmm. I guess you don't have too many hares, either........ :-)

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.

Different argument, and nothing to do with real farmers or small
holders. We used to have a 'chicken farm' behind our house, and my
wife literally threw up one day when they were using a JCB to clear
out the sheds when 30,000 chickens died in an epidemic directly caused
by the close proximity and lack of natural immunity.
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