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Gathering up the free-range hens was becoming more of a pantomime with every passing week. Shutting in the hens before the farm shop closes every evening by 6pm was easy-peasy during the winter when darkness was always closing in.
But as the days stretched, the hens became more adamant about their free-ranger status, and started to give us the run around the paddock every evening.
