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You quote: Meldrum said that, apart from the physical discomfort and the smell of > Wolf's feet, one of the most difficult problems was having to answer the > same questions "hundreds of times" from different journalists. > No doubt this is not a problem even for caged chickens. Among the creatures running around my place are chickens (and roosters). Mine are free range, but this arrangement is not always desirable, as the natural elements (hawks, coyotes, foxes, fisher cats, racoons) wipe out most of our population on a consistent basis. The ones who stay close to the barn do the best. I have also had to cage some roosters who murdered Mr. Brown (a nice passifist rooster) -- life in prison, as it were. They were put in dog kennels for about a year. Occasionally, they'd get out (or I'd let them out) and they'd immediately try go after other chickens. When it was clear to me that they had to live in the kennels but that they were absolutely miserable there (they were pacing all the time), I allowed my husband to kill them (when I was off to my parents with the kids for the week). The life of a caged chicken is, in fact, intolerable. Enojy Canada. Debbie White [log in to unmask]