Re: free range regulations and interpretation

From: Jill (news_at_REMOVETHISkintaline.co.uk)
Date: 07/28/04 

Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 21:59:53 +0100

"nuele" <fowls@nuele-online.de> wrote in message
news:1ghnmf4.w0xd9qvveb4oN%fowls@nuele-online.de...
> Jill <news@REMOVETHISkintaline.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > > I wondered if any one had any comments :~))))))))))
> >
> > anyone?
> >
> > --
> > regards
> > Jill Bowis
>
>
> Hm. I must admit I don't understand this discussion completely. It seems
> to me you are talking of very small houses / huts / boxes. Is that
> right?

NO - the exact opposite
These are the folks with 5,000 plus bird houses
This is the commercial end of the equation

<snip very sensible stuff>
>
> 15 cm. I guess that is per bird ;-)
> Personally, I don't think that is enough. Not even for bantams.

This is commercial layers

When I
> go into my coop to count the birds and say goodnight, I can see how the
> hens high in rank peck at the neighbours until there is a hen's lenght
> of space between them (or even more). Some will huddle up together, but
> some of the old ladies definitely want to sit on their own.

yup
We have always had a number of layers houses - the numbers of birds in the
flock has always been no more than 100 birds per house. However when you
open the doors some houses have 60 birds in - some have 120 birds in - and
some houses have had as many are 135 birds in. At night you can see
everything from "you smell" to "courrie up to me" depending on the house you
look in :~)) 

--
regards
Jill Bowis
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