Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[no fly zone]

 

[ManueB]

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You've brought him to the vet, is what you are saying ?
I'm sorry both for him and for you as you seem to really like him.

 

[no fly zone]

You've brought him to the vet, is what you are saying ?
I'm sorry both for him and for you as you seem to really like him.

Yes. Having him euthanized and tested for Marek's.

 

[ManueB]

You're doing the right thing .

 

[RoyalChick]

Yes. Having him euthanized and tested for Marek's.

 

[no fly zone]

You're doing the right thing .

Just wish the test wasn't $298

 

[TropicalBabies]

Oh gosh @no fly zone I'm so sorry for your loss. I hope the test is negative please keep us posted. I applaud your efforts.

 

[no fly zone]

Oh gosh @no fly zone I'm so sorry for your loss. I hope the test is negative please keep us posted. I applaud your efforts.

Thanks. I hope it was something else entirely random and not contagious.

 

[Ladies-Eight]

Where I live (South Australia) there's quite a large market for free range eggs. There are a number of egg farms with free range hens. It became so important the state government legislated for labelling egg boxes with information on hens per hectare of land. They call it stocking density.

When the hens at my house aren't laying and I need eggs for some reason, I buy them from this farm. They have quite good stocking density. There are videos on their website and my neighbour knows the family personally (kangaroo island has a small and friendly community and my neighbour's family have had a winery down there for decades) and vouches for their trustworthiness.

There's also an organisation called Choice which studies and publishes information to support consumers in making wise choices. Here is their free range egg report.

Anyway, I wanted to mention that there are some places in the world where average consumers buy expensive free range eggs because they care about hen welfare.

Of course, the hens are still plagued by the health problems caused by selective breeding and are culled too young by my preferences.

According to my neighbour, for any hens that aren't rehomed, the Fryar family go out at night when hens are roosting, pop their necks and return their remains to the soil. To my mind, this seems like an ethical way to carry out the unethical task of economically-driven culling. But Money will not be silenced.

Why would they not clean and use the chicken for food?

There are so many children who are hungry.

 

[Molpet]

Why would they not clean and use the chicken for food?

There are so many children who are hungry.

Nobody seems to use spent hens for soup anymore. ... Here used to be Campbell still came around buying old hens after WW ll for soup birds....pre CX