On Tue, 26 Apr 2005 13:14:18 +0100, Janet Baraclough
wrote:

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On Tue, 26 Apr 2005 12:09:59 +0100, Derek Turner somewhat@odds
wrote:

Margret wrote:
My cousin has a badger living near a little stream at the back of
her house.
Will he do any damage to her garden? She likes having him there;
but thinks
she may have to put some protection around her plants. What do you think?

So long as she doesn't keep chickens she's unlikely to have a problem :-)

Why would that be a problem? What do badgers do to chickens?

Eat them if they get chance. Badgers are omnivores, and chickens are
not safety conscious especially at this time of year. They lay and
brood secret clutches of eggs at ground level, an easy target for
badgers and foxes with young to feed.

Janet

So much for the NFBG's statement that they eat "earthworms and insect
larvae"! OK they did say 'most of the time' but there's a bit of a
step between an earthworm and a chicken.

JB