These Poor Chickens..........

[-SharonA-]

A farm is offering free chickens ideal if you live in North Cornwall.

The chickens have come to the end of their commercially egg laying days and looking for a good home.

Check out this link:

http://www.hotukdeals.com/freebies/free-chickens-live-close-north-cornwall-2325897

[nailit]

//These Poor Chickens//
Only 'poor' if you're a vegatarian.
Part of the food chain.

[ummmm]

They are ex battery hens. They have lead a very sad, horrible, existence. This is a chance to give them a nice life.

[Canary42]

They will also continue to lay eggs, just not in sufficient quantities for the battery units.

[-SharonA-]

I wish I could take a couple. I've always wanted to keep chickens.

[nailit]

ummmm, just reread the story, I origanally missed the bit about them been battery hens. Ive worked on a farm (with quiet a lot of free range hens) and ive always found battry farming unpalatable.
However, food is still food no matter how unpalatible we find it.

[DTCwordfan]

they are down here, sharon, 400 yards oop the lane....

[ummmm]

Only if no other options are available/affordable.

[-SharonA-]

But these chickens are going to be put down!! Not end up in Iceland!!

[retrocop]

Is this T.I.C.? If they have had a sad life then best end it for them.They will taste the same in a cassoulet wherever they came from. :-)

[B00]

I'd love to have a bit of land- id happily take on some.

[Answerprancer]

//These Poor Chickens//
Only 'poor' if you're a vegatarian.
I'm not a vegetarian but I have empathy for other living things.
So YES "poor" IMO - unless of course someone provides them with a nice home.

[DTCwordfan]

roasted or in a casserole, cop? I like the way the French go with a lovely slow 'coq au vin.'

[retrocop]

D'accord. Bon appetite and merci Messieur/Madame Poulet :-)

[Answerprancer]

I love how these anti-veg types always feel a need to swagger around with their carnivory just to prove a point. It's usually blokes that do it "Nah one's ever gonna come between me and moi steak!"

[nailit]

//I love how these anti-veg types always feel a need to swagger around with their carnivory just to prove a point. It's usually blokes that do it "Nah one's ever gonna come between me and moi steak!"//
Your point is?

[Answerprancer]

A bit dated and extremist but has a point...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egigkKBMLOo

[Answerprancer]

Just a t-i-n-y bit of sensitivity towards those here who don't exclusively see chickens/pigs/cows etc etc as walking slabs of "food" Nailit.

[nailit]

//A bit dated and extremist//
Yeah, your right.

[DTCwordfan]

avec une bouteille de Fixin, cop ou, peut-être , un Chirouble profondeur ou un Moulin à Vent.

[ummmm]

Why are you speaking in French again? Besides trying to show off what is the point?