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Are our hens meant to be kept inside?
Lately I've noticed many of the free range eggs in supermarkets have 'temporally housed' labels on them. Despite looking this up I can't find anything to say that our hens are meant to be indoors. I know about England but didn't think this applied to Republic of Ireland.
Monday, April 18th, 2022
Housing restrictions were in place until April.As to when in April, there seems to be no specific date.
https://www.farmersjournal.ie/all-bird-flu-surveillance-zone...
Monday, April 18th, 2022
Thank you roostercroweburn. That article seems to mention end of April.
Monday, April 18th, 2022
Never had mine in. No one seemed bothered. Even had the ministry vets out to give me a flock number last winter, they didn't say a word. They are fed under cover but I'm not locking them up, we are going to have to live with bird flu.
Tuesday, April 19th, 2022
That's good because mine are out all the time as you will have gathered but I feed them inside too.
Tuesday, April 19th, 2022
Bird flu is no joke if your birds catch that they all die.
Tuesday, April 19th, 2022
Are yours all in Paddy?
Tuesday, April 19th, 2022
Yes everything is in except for a few geese and their semi feral.
Tuesday, April 19th, 2022
Well bird flu isn't going away. I'd rather have happy hens at a small risk of catching it than miserable locked up ones. Ask a zoo animal if it would rather be free, even at risk of being killed in the wild.
Wednesday, April 20th, 2022
It all depends where your located there's alot of migratory birds close by me,I walked a local river at the start of the winter and there was mute swans dead all along it I was in a hurry that night and only after I got thinking about the bird flu.
Wednesday, April 20th, 2022
I have often wondered why the biggest outbreaks are among the commercial flocks most of which are never outside?
Wednesday, April 20th, 2022