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Oh and the icing on the cake today was my duck appearing with a load of ducklings!! She’s been brooding a nest for some bizarre reason this time of year and am amazed she has hatched them. Weird time of year. So now I’ve had to catch them all up and put them in my other small breeding pen. You...

For now I’ve made sure all food and water are inside although I’ve watched little birds go in today! So feel it’s pointless. No tents or marquee would be able to house all my poultry and I’d not want to mix them all either. The cost for me to get large ones would be substantially higher than I...

Ideally a solid roof to stop wild bird poop. Netting at least stops birds getting in if it’s small holes. It’s about keeping them totally separated from wild birds that can carry the flu. That’s what we’re all now trying to do. The reason I mentioned water is last time this happened here they...

Unhappy Christmas turkeys!!

No not at all appreciate the reply. I have 28 chickens, 19 ducks, one group of 14 turkeys, one group of 5, then one group of 160. Sounds like a poultry Christmas song!! There just not enough available indoor space to house them all without them being really cramped or turning my breeding pens to...

What happens if you don’t have somewhere big enough to lock them all up 24/7? Also with netting poop can still get through and you can’t really net a whole field. Small wild birds will still get in. I really have no way of housing all of my birds without it being a welfare issue. The last time...