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My chicken prefer being fed from the ground

SIDDI KIMPOLE @SIDIKIMPOLE (3480) • Eldoret, Kenya 14 Apr 25

As I considered birds as a source of some easy investment, I started with chicks, several of them. In fear of disease outbreak, I decided to have good feeders an drinkers spread all over my homestead. At first, the free-range...

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The two lamb legs

Wendy @jerzgirl (9384) • United States 29 Mar 24

Here are the two lamb legs my daughter was given. As you can see (if you enlarge the image), they were free-range and grass-fed lambs. I won't eat veal because they box them up and only feed them milk and dose them up with...

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Not impressed!

Fleur @Fleura (34954) • United Kingdom 23 Jan 19

Yesterday morning the weather was lovely; a bit chilly but the sun was shining, I had some errands to do so spent a couple of hours cycling around, taking the scenic route along the river. As I was heading home the sky started...

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You learn something new every day

Fleur @Fleura (34954) • United Kingdom 27 Nov 17

When you think about what chickens eat (if you have ever even given it a thought) you probably think of corn, or perhaps worms. But like us, chickens like a bit of variety. Mostly they eat commercially-produced pelleted chicken...

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Naked chicks cover up for autumn

Fleur @Fleura (34954) • United Kingdom 21 Oct 15

Ha ha I thought that would get your attention! I just wanted to show you that our ‘new girls’, the three ex-battery hens that we rehomed at the start of the month, have settled in very happily and are doing well, and yesterday I...

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Chickens are quick learners!

Fleur @Fleura (34954) • United Kingdom 8 Oct 15

It’s only five days since I brought our ‘new girls’ home and I’m impressed with how quickly they are learning the ropes. All their adult lives so far they will have lived in cages, but they don’t seem at all phased by their new...

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Woohoo, three more girls on the way!

Fleur @Fleura (34954) • United Kingdom 2 Oct 15

I am a big fan of hens, and we previously had 3 re-homed ex-battery hens. Sadly one of them suffered major organ failure and died suddenly a month or so ago. The re-homing charity (British Hen Welfare Trust) arranges to collect...

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Chicken Killers

GreenMoo @GreenMoo (11833) 6 Feb 12

Our neighbour, for some unfathomable reason, decided to let his chickens free range with no supervision by the side of the road leading to our house the other day. One of our dogs, who was walking with friends of ours, grabbed a...

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Freedom Foods Chicken.

nancyrowina @nancyrowina (3850) 1 Feb 09

I just made a roast dinner using a freedom foods chicken, it wasn't that expensive cheaper than the usual frozen roasting joints I buy. The meat tastes much better and it's comforting to know the chickens had light room to run...

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Buying 'free-range' and 'organic' poultry and dairy products...

marina321 @marina321 (4556) 10 Dec 08

I was in the supermarket the other day and went into the 'eggs' section, as you do... As prices of all goods incl food have gone up nowadays, I paid specific attention to the prices of the ranges available,...

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Do you mind the extra hassel of buying fresh local foods?

whywiki @whywiki (6066) • Canada 22 Jan 08

I can walk around the corner to the supermarket and buy everything I need in one shopping experience. I can't get good fruits and vegetables there though. They are substandard. So on the weekend I drive out to the farmland and buy...

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People who let their rabbits run free...

Pigglies @Pigglies (9329) • United States 28 Jul 07

What are people thinking when they do this? I was talking to a coworker the other day and they said they kept their rabbit outside when they had one. As I have two house rabbits, I really couldn't imagine rabbits being fun pets...

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Do you care where your food comes from?

Schnorrawaggle @Schnorrawaggle (688) • Austria 16 Jun 07

When you look at your dinner plate do you care whether it is organic food, free range vs. farm factory meat, fair trade coffee, or do you just want to pay as little as possible no matter? Are you willing to pay a little more to...

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free range / factory farmed meat and eggs. can YOU tell the difference?

Galena @Galena (9110) 9 May 07

I can. free range meat and eggs has a lot more flavour and are well worth the extra cost before you even think of the etical side of it. free range eggs have beautiful golden yolks, and you quite often get double yolkers....

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Vegetarian, organic

astrotink @astrotink (169) 12 Jan 07

I understand why some people still choose to eat meat, but if it wasnt for the price surely we should all at least aim for organic if we cannot bring ourselves to be vegetarian. Free Range organic is better for the animals and...

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