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Post by Shirls on Sept 8, 2014 16:09:22 GMT
I have just bought an amazing book called 'Tales from the Coop' by Sophie McCoy and it is what it says, but it's all about ex battery hens. Perhaps you have read it starlingqueen? It really is brilliant and just proves how fascinating chickens really are and tells of the poor conditions they survive and come from and how after nursing (and vet bills) they can blossom into really lovely little characters. I would recommend this book to anyone that likes a laugh as well as a few good short stories with happy endings. Plus of course, there are some super recipes for treats for chickens, as well as a 'Henniversary' cake!!! hehe. |
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Post by Hezz on Sept 9, 2014 0:38:33 GMT
Sounds like a lot of fun as well; just checked to see if our local library might have it, but no........ pout!  |
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Post by Shirls on Sept 9, 2014 11:38:10 GMT
Sounds like a lot of fun as well; just checked to see if our local library might have it, but no........ pout! It was first published in 2012, so it isn't a new book. Well worth a read tho if you can get it. Got mine on Amazon. |
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Post by starlingqueen on Sept 9, 2014 13:58:49 GMT
Sounds good Shirls. I have seen the state they are in when leaving the factory. It's pitiful. They have the point of their beaks cut off so they can't peck each other, so they can't eat pellets. They are so weak they can hardly stand. They have little or no feathers and are very frightened. One of mine was so conditioned to lay that when her laying days were over she still tried and in the end had a prolapse and had to be PTS. She was so loving and would jump up for a cuddle whenever she had the chance. Such beautiful creatures treated like nothing more than machines to provide us with food. It's criminal. I have never been able to have any more after the first 2. It's so heartbreaking when they die that we couldn't put the kids through it again. And even though they have never seen daylight or dirt one of the first things they all do is have a dust bath. It must be instinct as they all know how to do it. Imagine how that must feel, not being able to do something you are instinctively meant to do.
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Post by jellybean on Sept 9, 2014 15:48:04 GMT
That is so sad. It's something I don't suppose many of us think about when eating the chicken on our plate.
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Post by Hezz on Sept 10, 2014 0:25:34 GMT
One of the things you can do is only source free-range eggs. |
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Post by Shirls on Sept 10, 2014 7:13:14 GMT
One of the things you can do is only source free-range eggs. Do you know, this subject does make my blood boil:  in our supermarket they sell a brand of 'free range' eggs, the name being 'Happy Eggs'. I saw a documentary on the T.V. some while ago now on the 'Happy Egg' farm - I have never seen such apalling conditions for the chickens! I did complain to the relevant consumer group for showing free range happy chickens running around on green grass, etc., (can't remember who, how or when now) but they were very non-commital and dis-interested, and said their hands were tied etc., etc., and couldn't do anyting about it. Needless to say I tell everyone about the 'Happy Eggs' saga and never buy them myself. I sometimes see ladies buying them in the shop and it is really hard for me to not tell them that they maybe happy eggs but they're certainly not happy chickens! |
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Post by starlingqueen on Sept 10, 2014 10:08:40 GMT
I saw the same documentary Shirls. You can also see some of it on you tube, just google happy eggs. It is disgusting the way they are kept and allowed to advertise as this wonderful company who take care of their hens. Here you go. |
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Post by Hezz on Sept 11, 2014 0:39:21 GMT
That is blatant false advertising, then, Shirls.  I am sorry to bring up an upsetting topic; that wasn't my intention at all. Is this the company? thehappyeggco.com/our-farms/ They certainly run a good advertising campaign. |
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Post by samwiseg on Sept 11, 2014 7:34:22 GMT
Not only that but after listening to radio 2 yesterday they had a feature on the Jeremy Vine show that said battery hens were happier and safer kept as battery hens because they didn't have a fox going after them and didn't have any risk of getting any diseases...I mean... I ASK YOU?! I was LIVID to say the least!!! What is the world coming too?  |
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Post by Shirls on Sept 11, 2014 8:16:23 GMT
Yes, that's the one Hezz! Makes me sooooo mad!  Haven't watched starlingqueen's video, cos that makes me sooooo mad too. I don't know how they are allowed to get away with that at all!!! |
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Post by Hezz on Sept 11, 2014 9:34:33 GMT
I am sorry! |
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Post by Shirls on Sept 11, 2014 15:40:51 GMT
I am sorry! Please don't be sorry. Unfortunately things like this are a fact of life and if one can't change it, we just have to tolerate it.  |
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Post by samwiseg on Sept 12, 2014 7:15:00 GMT
I am sorry! Please don't be sorry. Unfortunately things like this are a fact of life and if one can't change it, we just have to tolerate it. But that's just it - we shouldn't have to tolerate it?! If someone gets enough people to sing the same tune then perhaps we would make these people understand. I have often thought about if we all (i.e. the country) stopped buying eggs for 1 week how much of a dent that would make in these battery hen farmers pocket and they would have to consider other ways of farming. Perhaps I should get on twitter and do a mass communication? If Wat Tyler could have arranged The Peasants Revolt in 1381 in a mere two weeks without the aid of twitter, then what can we achieve? Food for thought...  |
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Post by Shirls on Sept 13, 2014 7:28:22 GMT
That is just the problem samwiseg. It's getting everyone and I mean EVERYONE to stick together to get something done about this and so many other problems in this country. |
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in our supermarket they sell a brand of 'free range' eggs, the name being 'Happy Eggs'. I saw a documentary on the T.V. some while ago now on the 'Happy Egg' farm - I have never seen such apalling conditions for the chickens! I did complain to the relevant consumer group 
I am sorry to bring up an upsetting topic; that wasn't my intention at all. Is this the company? 
Haven't watched 
