French Hounds Feeding at Chateau Cheverny

The feeding of the French hunting hounds turns into chaos once the food begins to run out, and is a stunning daily ritual to watch the hounds wait and then devour their meal. Feeding time for the approximate 75 to 100 hounds is 5 p.m. daily and consists of raw meat (raw whole chickens when I viewed) lined up for 10 meters. The large chateau has been in the French family for over six centuries. The owner hunts deer twice per week from late September through March on horseback with the dogs as done for hundre