http://www.downthelane.net/extras/2009/07/14/ex-battery-hen-worries/ A supplement to downthelane.net, alook at life good and bad Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:48:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.downthelane.net/extras/2009/07/14/ex-battery-hen-worries/#comment-33208 Lindsey T Thu, 21 Jan 2010 12:44:10 +0000 http://www.downthelane.net/extras/?p=545#comment-33208 I feel sad reading this (cos I think it's true). We took our first 3 ex-batts last July, and 3 more last weekend. They ARE quite a lot of work - or at least how we do it, they are - but I find them endlessly charming and funny, and the eggs are nice too. Like our cats, they pay us back in ample measure for the time and money we put into them. I loathe the "animals as things" attitude - animals get the chop once they cost money, demand effort, no longer fit in. I wouldn't take this approach with my family, and I won't take it with my chickens. Would happily have 50 if I didn't need to work and we had the money! We've eaten free range eggs for years, but it is only since the hens arrived that I have become 100% sensitive to battery eggs as ingredients - now I never eat anything which includes battery eggs or derivatives. I feel sad reading this (cos I think it’s true). We took our first 3 ex-batts last July, and 3 more last weekend. They ARE quite a lot of work - or at least how we do it, they are - but I find them endlessly charming and funny, and the eggs are nice too. Like our cats, they pay us back in ample measure for the time and money we put into them. I loathe the “animals as things” attitude - animals get the chop once they cost money, demand effort, no longer fit in. I wouldn’t take this approach with my family, and I won’t take it with my chickens. Would happily have 50 if I didn’t need to work and we had the money! We’ve eaten free range eggs for years, but it is only since the hens arrived that I have become 100% sensitive to battery eggs as ingredients - now I never eat anything which includes battery eggs or derivatives.

]]> http://www.downthelane.net/extras/2009/07/14/ex-battery-hen-worries/#comment-31439 Graham W Sat, 29 Aug 2009 12:17:23 +0000 http://www.downthelane.net/extras/?p=545#comment-31439 I too have noticed this trend, something I had to become used to over many years involved in dog rescue. They too are being turfed out as the first economic cut-back, in addition to the usual "I didn't know it would be so much work". Thus I am building chicken run extensions and bigger coops to handle other peoples rejects. I so wish I didn't have to :-( I too have noticed this trend, something I had to become used to over many years involved in dog rescue. They too are being turfed out as the first economic cut-back, in addition to the usual “I didn’t know it would be so much work”. Thus I am building chicken run extensions and bigger coops to handle other peoples rejects. I so wish I didn’t have to

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