The past few weeks have been exceptionally dry here in Devon, with warm sunshine and hardly any rain. The ground is looking very parched and the badgers are noisy at night. Badgers dig to find their main source of food, which are worms, bugs and grubs so when the land is so hard its more difficult to find their normal food. Last week the badger broke into one of our hen houses at night, breaking through the wooden structure and killing a mother hen and her two chicks. The badgers are incredibly strong and are able to dig and destroy the hen house by ripping the wood apart. I have had problems with them before and its always this time of year after prolonged dry weather. Unfortunately there is nothing we can do as badgers are protected. Always heartbreaking to see the decimation after one of these attacks. We are now trying to beef up the security even more for the rest of our young poultry. The dry weather is fabulous for our guests, but I am wondering whether we will be having a hosepipe ban later in the summer!!!
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