A free range egg farm is a mile or so outside the village ......the owners are fine folk most likeable and always ready for the craic.......sadly they have just had to put down 16000 thousand chickens this week as the bird flu is spreading again this year ....this is a truly sad tale ......it is believed the chickens get infected by birds coming south to our warmer climes for winter .....what with covid ...winter flu......the new variant .....now the bird flu .....i have just stated the only thing i will not be in line for is a .....sexually transmitted disease for xmas....lol cappy R683532