Outdoor inducements: Free range birds are often reluctant to venture outdoors. But a simple outdoor feed bin is proving attractive to birds on a Welsh organic chicken unit. Richard Allison reports

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THREE YEARS ago, Steve Merritt and his wife Juliet Fay moved more than 150 miles west from Wiltshire to a smallholding near Carmarthen. In that short time, the family has successfully established a business producing award-winning ducks and table birds. The highlight was receiving a 'highly commended' at last year's Organic Food Awards for their Muscovy duck. Their organic system at Llywncrychyddod Farm is based on birds living in small groups on 4. 5ha (11 acres) of pasture receiving feed free fromGMOs, growth hormone promoters and artificial additives.