Newspaper Article

Post by **wendy** » 09 Aug 2008, 16:52

Hi
This is the article that came out this weekend in our local newspaper.

http://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/eeditions/

Second page [which really is the front page] in the Free Watford Observer.

Wendy

lorraine · Post by **lorraine** » 09 Aug 2008, 17:27

Great article Wendy )t'

Post by **Mad Chick** » 09 Aug 2008, 19:35

Fantastic article Wendy )c(

Well done!

Lucy X

Meanqueen · Post by **Meanqueen** » 09 Aug 2008, 21:12

Good for you, Wendy.

)t'

Ilona

stace · Post by **stace** » 09 Aug 2008, 21:17

Well Done Wendy! )t'

stace

chickentina · Post by **chickentina** » 09 Aug 2008, 21:19

Yes well done xx )t'

Post by **p.penn** » 09 Aug 2008, 21:25

Well done Wendy. I still don't understand why this topic isn't reported continually in the national press until keeping commercial chickens becomes a humane and accountable practice. :shock:

The accounts of the recent rescue were truly harrowing - although knowing the lucky rescued girls now have a future is heartwarming. My respect to all concerned. )c(

Post by **p.penn** » 09 Aug 2008, 21:30

PS. I have recently posted a bit about my messy run and it got me thinking - what happens to the chickens' poo when they are confined in such a small area in the battery farm? confused>

Someone who has never kept chickens would have no idea how much they poo. Surely those sort of conditons must be completely unsanitary? :shock:

Post by **wendy** » 09 Aug 2008, 22:00

Yes, they are unsanitary and people still eat the eggs and then eventually the chickens.
Obviously they are cleaned out at some stage otherwise it would have been piled high, but how they do it I don't know. But as everything else is done by machine food, water and egg collection. I would assume that is how it is done as well.
But the stench was unbelievable, when you first went in.
Wendy

Chicken on the Hill · Post by **Chicken on the Hill** » 09 Aug 2008, 22:13

We can buy pelleted chicken manure - is there a chance that the keen gardeners amongst us are helping support the system of cruelty by buying one of its bi-products? I've not thought about it before now...

Post by **Richard** » 09 Aug 2008, 22:25

Excellant publicity Wendy, I hope much comes from it.

Keep at it !

Richard

Teasal · Post by **Teasal** » 09 Aug 2008, 23:22

Well done on an excellent article, Wendy!!

Information needs thrusting in front of people's noses .....hopefully, it will have the desired effect. When I had the last batch of rescue girls, I deliberately put them in a run near the gate for the first week, so that people coming for my free range eggs saw them. Some were shocked, and indeed sympathetic, others I could see were uncomfortable, as they had to admit they bought battery eggs, and cheap chickens from the supermarket, but I did drive home the fact that those 12 birds may have laid the eggs they bought from the shop, and could have been on the shelf themselves shortly had I not rescued them.

I am not afraid to stand up for what I believe is right - and its not right that these hens are kept in such disgusting conditions. The public should be made aware of these conditions, so I make sure they get to hear at every opportunity. I will have all the people round here going off chicken for sunday lunch ......!!!

nettles · Post by **nettles** » 10 Aug 2008, 09:47

What a brilliant article, our first group of girls last year took just a few days to act like normal chickens. Our latest ones have taken 2 weeks and are in a far worse conditon.

Wendy, your tact and subtlety is amazing!!!!!

Chicken on the Hill · Post by **Chicken on the Hill** » 10 Aug 2008, 11:22

oops,sorry Wendy. In following what P.Penn said about where the chicken poo goes in batteries, I forgot to congratulate you. Rather rude of me.

So, Well Done! It was a great article. )t'

bluebell · Post by **bluebell** » 10 Aug 2008, 17:39

Well, I have to say Chicken on the Hill I've wondered the same thing. Do you think that given how many battery hens there are that these manure pellets are all from battery farms?

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