Australia - Six states..and that funny little island.

[IamSamSam]

All the gals on the aussie thread i could see being the ones holding pickets protesting outside hatcheries if it was the norm to do that here. Can you just imagine how aussie post would treat live animals when they can't even get standard parcels right most of the time.

Horrible to think about. I doubt any would make it

 

[IamSamSam]

Yep, we'd be there shoulder to shoulder.

Lol I thinks we'd make a substantial scene. have you the farm yell loud voice the kids can hear for miles

. I do lol

 

[Teila]

I saw a video once, not sure if the link was posted in here, it was taken at a hatchery and was of a conveyor belt of chicks being sorted. I am not going to look for it or post it; very sad and made me cry

You can sign me up for the protest if it becomes the norm here

 

[IamSamSam]

I'm glad Australian cruelty laws are inplace if not enforced enough

 

[Fancychooklady]

Lol I thinks we'd make a substantial scene. have you the farm yell loud voice the kids can hear for miles

. I do lol

Lol, I sure do. They can hear me clear to town when I'm rousing on ducks eating my chook food.
Teila I've seen that clip and it makes me wonder about the ' human ' creature.

 

[K Spot]

Oh goodness on a conveyor belt? How sad

You can count me in on any protesting!

While our cruelty laws are good, we are still lacking in the powers of seizing animals etc that the US can and do. You only have to watch Animal Cops on Animal Planet to realise the RSPCA and other animal control here aren't able to do anywhere near as much as they can.

 

[Teila]

Yep Fancy I did wonder how anyone can work in a place like that and do the things they do but it is not my place to judge and they may need the money ... having said that, I would starve before I worked there!

K Spot sadly, the conveyor belt was not the worse bit

Agreed, while we have the protection laws, we do not have the rights or enough people to enforce them.

 

[satay]

Thanks Teila . Very disturbing indeed. I do wonder what has happened to human kind where not only is a place like that able to operate but that anyone could work there and sleep at night.

 

[cwrite]

Lol I thinks we'd make a substantial scene. have you the farm yell loud voice the kids can hear for miles

. I do lol

Is that what you call it.

I think of it as my army voice. And yes, your passionfruit was huge! Biggest I've seen, just looks like a different fruit & must be a different cultivar/something. Just one more thing I have to get used to, along with waking up thinking I'm in an aviary in Summer because of all the bird noise (wild birds - not chickens where's my five course breakfast noise). Darn, its tough.

Teila, I was going to suggest your frizzle was trying to lure a few chicks off Cilla, but Satay got there first. I'm surprised that Cilla hasn't sorted that right out though.

There do seem to be a few options for moving chooks around without posting them, so hopefully there will never be a need for that here. We just had a new animal transport business open up here. I hope it makes enough money to keep going, because it sounds like a good way of doing it.

 

[Kooka]

Your welcome. I usually add a couple of raw eggs too.

EGGS!!

I'm feeding these slackers sardines, basmati rice, virgin olive oil AND toiling over a hot stove to get them fit to LAY bloomin eggs,
Not supporting wayward slacker chooks by FEEDING bought eggs........ Gasp!!