Letters to the Editor

Coming home to roost

BEFORE the compulsory housing measures for poultry, this hen settled down in front of the fire every day (‘). She also helped herself to any biscuits or cake left on the kitchen table. Come December 14, she was outraged at being incarcerated in a barn. As do all prisoners with initiative, she escaped a few times and was found nestling back indoors. When release day arrived on April 1, she made an urgent dash Even after 15 weeks in lockdown, she never forgot where her creature