Patridge bantam chicken poorly foot?

[GreenGirl]

how cute is this, thinking of starting a sideline in jumpers for ex-batts , although thinking about it, my pecked Hermione might fancy one for Christmas

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/3047259/Hen-that-lost-feathers-in-battery-farm-given-knitted-jumper.html

[chelsea]

Aww bless looks very cute,

 

Did somebody not tell the hen the "nautical" blue and white look is soooo last season?!!

 

just needs a pair of deck shoes to top it off

[cordelia]

oooo poor chook...what a great idea...!!

[HENthusiastic]

Awwww what a sweetie. I'm not normally one for animals in clothes,but it must be very chilly for ex-batts when they first come out even if they are fully feathered. SO to come out bald, into the natural weather must be quite a shock to the system. I have often thought about the ex-batts that come out of the factorys in winter, must be a shock to them. Poor little mites.

[jlo]

Very sweet. I saw it in The Times and was trying to find a link to it - thanks for posting it.

[mostin]

A friend of mine, who wasn't even battery chicken aware until I went on and on about it to him emailed that link to me earlier today.

 

Perhaps the message is finally getting out there