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Old 15-11-2007, 07:01 AM
Kerry Kerry is offline
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Re: Bird Flu in Norfolk

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Originally Posted by Blackbrook Eye View Post
Please bear in mind that there is 'free range' and what is called free range, in the latter instance it was admitted on interview that so called free range birds where housed overnight, thus putting them in unnaturally close proximity.
Also, peoples percieved ideas about free range are usually very different to the reality with far more birds stocked in an area than people would think. Depending on the size of the housing, weaker or more nervous birds might never come out of doors.
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