Re: free range regulations and interpretation

From: nuele (fowls_at_nuele-online.de)
Date: 07/28/04 

Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 23:56:06 +0200

Jill <news@REMOVETHISkintaline.co.uk> wrote:

> "nuele" <fowls@nuele-online.de> wrote in message
> news:1ghnmf4.w0xd9qvveb4oN%fowls@nuele-online.de...

> > 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

What gave me the idea was that in "Smaller house the perches are low so
the birds hop over them" and "birds huddle on the floor in groups at
night"

I suppose a flock of 5,000 birds must be very puzzling for the hens, and
perhaps they prefer to stay in a group of birds they know instead of
struggling with other hens in order to get a good place on the perch.

Metal rails sound very unattractive to me - cold feet all night...

Nuele (D)

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