I suppose for battery birds they can get on by themselves.
we keep 4 at a time, and they are always the same age, so bullying is reduced.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Fri 1 Oct 2010, 10:32, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

When i'm at work she has a nice big run to explore
and I spend quite a bit of time in my garden, so I let her out then. I spent the summer evenings reading in my garden while Charlie had a nice run around.

( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Fri 1 Oct 2010, 10:37, Reply)

Big question.
Are you going to eat her? Even though she is an egg bird, Coq au vin cooked very slowly, and for a long time, is still very nice with them.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Fri 1 Oct 2010, 10:40, Reply)

No
She's a pet now. I am also reliably informed that there is very little meat on ex battery hens.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Fri 1 Oct 2010, 10:43, Reply)

Fair enough.

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Fri 1 Oct 2010, 10:46, Reply)

I want to keep chickens when I have a garden.
I want to do it in Aus though so I can call them chooks.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 1 Oct 2010, 10:46, Reply)

I call them 'chooks' anyway
cuz that's how I roll
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Fri 1 Oct 2010, 10:51, Reply)

I'm going to join you in this then
Let's steal the Aussies' language and use it against them!
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Fri 1 Oct 2010, 11:12, Reply)

This is starting to remind me of those heady days
when 'Ed' still frequented this board...
(LongJohnBaldry, Fri 1 Oct 2010, 10:58, Reply)

That photo makes me laugh
it looks a bit like she's been fired toward the camera a la 'Hot Shots: Part Deux'.
(Zoz prayed for twink on, Fri 1 Oct 2010, 11:16, Reply)