Originally Posted by Porcupine:
“Sorry - im not being difficult, but yes it is a shame, and i hate to see it. Im a chicken keeper myself, and i raise free range birds who will never be killed. Even when they stop laying, they will live out the rest of their days with us.
But that chicken wont have laid all of those eggs. To say 'she cant stop laying' makes it sound as if she is popping one out every minute. A hen will lay one egg a day. Those eggs arent from the same hen, unless the diet really does vary wildly. I doubt it though. Hens normally have the same diet day in day out, with a little 'treat' every day. Mine love a little fruit, bread and pastry.
I have lots of different varieties of chickens. The majority lay brown eggs, but they are different coloured brown eggs. Those eggs didnt come from the same bird.
Having said this, it is horrid - and it shouldnt be allowed.”
“Sorry - im not being difficult, but yes it is a shame, and i hate to see it. Im a chicken keeper myself, and i raise free range birds who will never be killed. Even when they stop laying, they will live out the rest of their days with us.
But that chicken wont have laid all of those eggs. To say 'she cant stop laying' makes it sound as if she is popping one out every minute. A hen will lay one egg a day. Those eggs arent from the same hen, unless the diet really does vary wildly. I doubt it though. Hens normally have the same diet day in day out, with a little 'treat' every day. Mine love a little fruit, bread and pastry.
I have lots of different varieties of chickens. The majority lay brown eggs, but they are different coloured brown eggs. Those eggs didnt come from the same bird.
Having said this, it is horrid - and it shouldnt be allowed.”
I keep chickens too - they make the most fantastic pets, don't they?
Like yours, my girls are free range and have the run of the garden! I'd never eat them and they'll hopefully live to 15 years!I got the picture from this site, it says the poor chicken is 'constantly laying' - I just feel so sorry for it, and think that if people buy these £2 birds they're encouraging the appauling treatment of both these birds and battery hens.
