Olly Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 This nearly made me cry with laughter on the Tube this morning - read here Metro journalism strikes again - read to the end where it says that ex-batts will still lay 'one to two eggs a day, rather than the three a day needed by farmers to make a profit'. I don't think a battery farmer would ever part with a chicken that laid three eggs a day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 when we first got our girls we were speaking to my BIL's gran and she told us they used to keep chickens and that we should expect about 2 eggs a day from each girl in the summer months. I queried this and said I'd read that it takes 24 hours for a chicken to form an egg and she said hers used to lay about 2 each a day during the summer. I didn't want to argue with an 'experienced' chook owner so I just said "oh" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 There seem to be two threads about the same item on the go **Other one here** Maybe one could be locked to avoid confusion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 Ha, great minds!! I just noticed two identical headings so locked the other one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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WitchHazel Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 Here's alink to the article online http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=248255&in_page_id=34 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 I like her surname My quail on the otherhand are regulalry giving 8 or so eggs a day from 6 hens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocchick Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 Mine do 1 between 3 chickens, not 3 per chicken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhapsody Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 Wow more in-depth and researched journalism! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted August 5, 2008 Author Share Posted August 5, 2008 sadly, that's the Metro all over ... quite apart from the hideous grammatical solecisms and typos, their journalism is often superficial and inaccurate. I don't know why I picked it up this morning, I don't usually read it. Still, it made me laugh! I just hope this isn't going to encourage more people to get chickens without researching it first though ... they'll be very disappointed when they're waiting for the 2nd egg to appear! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
