Single hen

[chelsea]

Actually, I've got posters on RC curious now! One has just thanked me for bringing it to their attention.

[BeckyBoo]

just to say I'm watching

 

Mrs Bertie

[chelsea]

im watching vicar of dibley, i know tonights show is going to be too distressing for me.

[fairy&cake]

blooming idiots

 

if your only on £12,000 dont drink your money away in the PUB!

 

IDIOTS

[bronze]

hows the housing crisis his fault? I am so lost on that one

[fairy&cake]

because hes a londoner making Axeminster 'trendy'

 

ross was discussing it with him down there.

 

Its the same apparently in Cornwall my friend lives a few streets away from his resturant and the ;locals arsoned it!

[Mrs Frugal]

Cheek!

 

I posted on the RC forum and they locked my thread! I posted on there that my hubbys company had participated in the filming of hugh's programme (even though on the programme hugh said no-one would help/take part) and pasted the link I've posted here, and they've locked my thread... Oooh errr Mrs

 

Chelsea, it's not personal. I'm a mod on RC and we've all been asked to keep just one thread open for debate on the subject. All other threads are being locked to stop dozens of threads all saying the same thing appearing on there. It really isn't personal and it's something we do on here as well. It just makes it easier for everyone - moderators and members - to keep up with the subject. I don't think it was your thread I locked today but I've locked 2 on there so far.

[chelsea]

Cheek!

 

I posted on the RC forum and they locked my thread! I posted on there that my hubbys company had participated in the filming of hugh's programme (even though on the programme hugh said no-one would help/take part) and pasted the link I've posted here, and they've locked my thread... Oooh errr Mrs

 

Chelsea, it's not personal. I'm a mod on RC and we've all been asked to keep just one thread open for debate on the subject. All other threads are being locked to stop dozens of threads all saying the same thing appearing on there. It really isn't personal. It just makes it easier for everyone - moderators and members - to keep up with the subject. I don't think it was your thread I locked today but I've locked 2 on there so far.

 

Thanks for your explanation Kate but why was it removed completely? If you look down the chat page there are loads of threads that are locked saying "hughs chicken run" or "chicken run" etc - but they havent been removed

[Mrs Frugal]

I don't know why it's been removed, Chelsea. I've only just logged in over there and didn't know that you'd had problems. I've not been told why, I'm afraid but I'll see if I can find out for you.

 

Edit - I would but the RC forum's crashed again due to overload, I think. I'll ask Jonboy in the morning for you.

[yannovitch]

bonsoir tout le monde

My thread has been blocked as well on the "chicken" forum!!!

 

anyway...

 

taht whole programme by Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall is endangering my TV!

 

yes!! because each time an idiotic "i-go-to-the-pub-and-spend-all-my-wages-in-pints-and-fags" says they cannot afford a free range chicken, my wife can hardly resist throwing whatever she can grab at the screen!!!

 

anyway...

my wife and i have got a lot of financial trouble as we both live on my salary wth a huge mortgage to pay and prices which only raise on a regular basis... however, we choose to eat sensibly, so we grow as much of our food as possible, and we eat meat less often, but we eat meat which has been sensibly reared!!!

 

yep...

 

Bisou a tous,

Yann

[Mrs Frugal]

bonsoir tout le monde

My thread has been blocked as well on the "chicken" forum!!!

 

Hi Yann,

 

I'm sure the mod who locked your topic explained that we're already running a topic here about the Chicken Out programme. Having two or more threads on the same subject running at the same time is pointless as it becomes so disjointed. It's so much better to keep all the postings in one thread .

[chelsea]

however, we choose to eat sensibly, so we grow as much of our food as possible, and we eat meat less often, but we eat meat which has been sensibly reared!!!

 

yep...

 

 

Yann

 

Good for you Yann

 

I think a lot of people will think twice when picking up a cheap chicken in the supermarket now.

[Geoid]

Great ending, 60% of whole chicken free-range , and the screens in sainsburys is a great idea

[chelsea]

the corn fed chooks sat on the perches and on the straw bales looked much happier didnt they? I know they are still indoors - but for those people who cannot afford complete free range they are only £1 dearer than a standard chicken. So even if they bought that it would hopefully eliminate the horrible "standard" reared method completely.

[Hockeyaholic]

I think a lot of people will think twice when picking up a cheap chicken in the supermarket now.

 

I know I will!

I knew little about what life is like for a chicken in an intensive farming situation...I'm definately converted to buying free-range!

 

Good on Hugh for making an interesting, informative programme especially if it encourages people to buy free-range!

[Guest]

that was by far the worse prog of the 3, i'm too upset to comment right now, suffice to say I want to go veggie but DH doesn't and there have been 'words' in the poet household tonight

 

[Egluntyne]

the corn fed chooks sat on the perches and on the straw bales looked much happier didnt they? I know they are still indoors - but for those people who cannot afford complete free range they are only £1 dearer than a standard chicken. So even if they bought that it would hopefully eliminate the horrible "standard" reared method completely.

 

I agree.

 

There was a lot of passionate debate on the forum recently about the RSPCA Freedom Food policy.

 

 

I have to say that seeing the difference it made to the birds before they were old enough to be allowed to free range, I was slightly cheered.

 

A long way from the ideal I agree, but if it stops people going for the bog standard, then I'm all for it.

[Ain't Nobody Here]

What was that Hayley like, being caught out buying the cheap chicken in Tesco . Can't work out if she was a convert or not - she was flapping her "wings" at the street event like she was but it was never really discussed (was it?)

 

Not nice to watch the chickens being killed although if it has to be done, the freerange way was "nicer" - unlike the conveyer belt process for the poor "standard" birds. Is that the way freerange birds are normally killed though, or was that just for the camera .

 

Those guys in the rugby club were so annoying - didn't even give it any thought ("we're all on low incomes therefore we can't afford it").

 

I hope the people who didn't realise you could use more than the breasts on a roast chicken now realise that it's far more cost-effective to buy freerange and use the whole bird than just the breasts off a cheap one. Why didn't she just buy chicken breasts if that's all she used .

[bronze]

omgoodness

 

Well the program has made me one happy bunny. Halfway through my dh announced that we should sell the dog kennel (hug thing) and look at getting a larger run for meat birds!

[Martin B]

the corn fed chooks sat on the perches and on the straw bales looked much happier didnt they? I know they are still indoors - but for those people who cannot afford complete free range they are only £1 dearer than a standard chicken. So even if they bought that it would hopefully eliminate the horrible "standard" reared method completely.

 

I agree.

 

There was a lot of passionate debate on the forum recently about the RSPCA Freedom Food policy.

 

 

But come on, that was one unit. There are others out there with loads more chickens crammed into each sqm.

[Martin B]

Great News Bronze!

[Guest]

Not nice to watch the chickens being killed although if it has to be done, the freerange way was "nicer" - unlike the conveyer belt process for the poor "standard" birds. Is that the way freerange birds are normally killed though, or was that just for the camera .

 

.

 

they're both slaughtered in exactly the same way on a commercial scale, Hugh even confirmed this, I heard him say the free range birds are slaughtered in exacty the same way, that's what upset me the most.

 

The other method of slaughter you saw was just done at River Cottage, they don't do that for commercial free range chickens. They go on the conveyor belt.

 

The sad thing about that is that some of them lift their heads up and miss being stunned in the electrified water bath and get their throats cut while they're still alive. Some of them are still alive when they're dunked into the scalding water to loosen their feathers for plucking, sorry but that's the way it is.

 

I need to find a good, local free range poultry farm where i can check how they're kept and how they're slaughtered, till then I'm going to be practicing some recipes from my copy of "The Accidental Vegetarian"!

[Egluntyne]

The sad thing about that is that some of them lift their heads up and miss being stunned in the electrified water bath and get their throats cut while they're still alive. Some of them are still alive when they're dunked into the scalding water to loosen their feathers for plucking, sorry but that's the way it is.

 

Are you certain of these facts Poet?

[buffie]

I buy only farm slaughtered chickens. Sheepdrove farm carry out their slaughter on the farm and deliver. You can also ask at your local farmer's markets etc. Jamie's website also carries some links in the thanks section I think.

 

www.sheepdrove.com

 

BBx

[Guest]

The sad thing about that is that some of them lift their heads up and miss being stunned in the electrified water bath and get their throats cut while they're still alive. Some of them are still alive when they're dunked into the scalding water to loosen their feathers for plucking, sorry but that's the way it is.

 

Are you certain of these facts Poet?

I think Poet is sadly correct about this. I saw a programme about this very thing about a year ago.