LaurenBay
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Anyone else find this thread faintly amusing ?
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My horse is killing the yard chickens
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Pinkvboots
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I know can you imagine like they are some wild killer beasts or something!
Pinkvboots
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Thing is horses do attack other species its not uncommon I have seen attacks on sheep and dogs in the past.
millikins
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Where do you look for a team of trained marksmen? And how much would they charge? Do you think they'd be on Check a Trade?
cremedemonthe
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Regardless of what your opinions are on culling if the OP or the owner don't get their act together and take some responsibility for the birds then they risk having them all culled by DEFRA and all the captive birds within a 3 kilometre radius of them if bird flu gets in to the flock. Bird flu hasn't gone away, it's out there and will be back again at some point, it's how it is now and if you have captive birds of any species you have to have housing and covered runs for them for when it does. The knock on effect of not having the facilities in place (sheds and covered runs) affects lots of others.
twiggy2
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Restrictions were lifted in the 15th May 21, it wasn't the first outbreak and like you say there will most likely be more but there is no reason for people to panic, it may be years before an outbreak and the situation may have changed by then anyway. Of the chickens roost on a parn then just a netted curtain on open sides of the barn are enough.
OP i have hens and cock birds and ducks and turkeys in your shoes I would get rid of the cockerals (I take them in from homes that can't keep them and we do get eat them, I get them via the breeder I buy my hens from, it may be worth contacting a local breeder to see if they can help)
Catch them when they settle for the night its much easier.
As for the hens see if people want a few and keep just a dozen or so on the place, some horses do chase and kill, I had a mare that chased dogs and killed snakes when in the field but when being handled or ridden or on the yard she was fine with all animals.
Get her checked if its playing on your mind but honestly try not to worry.
Pm if j can help in any way.
rabatsa
Confuddled
All the way through this thread I have had one question.
Who collects the eggs?
Who collects the eggs?
Pearlsasinger
Up in the clouds
My point (above) which seems to have been missed is that DEFRA won't care who the poultry belong to, they *will* care who has day-to-day responsibility for them. If they are not being adequately cared for and someone reports to RSPCA, DEFRA will come out and check and it *will* be OP who is held to account. You can't just say 'they are not mine'.
I, too, am amazed the they don't disappear daily to the fox. Foxes really don't just hunt at night.
Mule
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teddypops
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They must be left to hatch or there wouldn’t be so many hens!
I'm Dun
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Mine free range from first to last thing and I've not lost any to foxes in daylight. I know we have a fox, but it takes easy pickings on a night.
teacups
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Most people in our village did not bother to net or keep them in: they didn’t care. None got into trouble over it. They laughed at the people who did comply.
Has DEFRA actually checked any private small poultry keepers?
Pearlsasinger
Up in the clouds
They will if someone reports them. They probably don't know about them, otherwise, as small flocks don't need to be registered.
Labaire
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This makes me insanely cross. Why can’t people realise that if they keep stock-whether it’s chickens or alpacas-that they must obey the law in order to keep the national flock/herd safe.