We are getting terribly monsoonal weather just now which means the girls foraging has been severely limited & the ground underfoot is really soggy. My girls aren't happy. They have been spoilt with as much foraging time as they like & want & suddenly we are all squelching.The saddest part in all this is I think the vast majority of the people who keep chickens, including thjose that come on BYC on a more casual basis, and I can think of a few prominent regulars, keep chickens in much the same conditions.
C is in no way a minority I believe.
Many of the posts that come up in ER make it pretty apparent that the creatures in question are living in poor conditions with minimum care and even less knowledge.
I like to see the conditions a chicken is kept in. That means pictures of the run if applicable and some explanation of how often they are checked over, how much time their keeper spends with them and what they are fed. You don't often get this.
This is part of the reason for this thread. I want people to see how these chickens are kept in some detail. I also hope that readers will compare their keeping arrangments to those shown in the thread and pay attention to, for example, what a difference just a couple of hours a day on natural ground with foraging possibilities makes to the chickens overall welfare.