Ain't Nobody Here Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 I'm sure I'm not alone in shouting "chickens" whenever I see chickens in dramas on tv (or maybe I am ). However, watching The Last Kingdom just now, even my OH agreed that it wasn't very realistic to show chickens pecking about outdoors in the dark . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sil-El Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Nope, you're not the only one! We do it too and hubby is always very amused when we see one that looks like one of our girls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjp Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 RIR and their hybrids plus the use of brown eggs used on tv and films, set before they were bred /took over from white eggs less than 50 years ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beantree Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 And the reason brown eggs took over from white was an 'uninformed' statement by the Queen who said something along the lines of brown eggs taste better and had thicker shells. Complete rubbish, but it forced the industry to change because the public stopped buying white eggs. Lots of damaged businesses and the needless slaughter of white egg layers. I get quite excited when I see chickens on TV but sometimes distressed because of their poor conditions. Saw a lovely cock with chronic scaly leg mite recently. If the keeper hadn't noticed that what were the rest of their flock like? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvachicken Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 I like to spot chickens on the telly too and when I'm out and about, looking in peoples gardens. On the the way to physio I can spot quite a few Omlet houses and some chickens in gardens. The best one I spotted was from a hot air balloon over Haslemere and I took a photo of someone's garden and when you zoomed in on the photo there was a chicken house and chickens As for the chickens on Corrie, they are always up and about way after any chickens' bed time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjp Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 And the reason brown eggs took over from white was an 'uninformed' statement by the Queen who said something along the lines of brown eggs taste better and had thicker shells. Complete rubbish, but it forced the industry to change because the public stopped buying white eggs. Lots of damaged businesses and the needless slaughter of white egg layers.not entirely true it was the egg marketing board that started the 'claim' that brown eggs from battery caged hens were better for the consumer and the birds mainly because the leghorn didn't do well in the cages I'm just old enough to remember the more or less overnight chance to brown eggs. the farm dad move our caravan to in Wales had not long gone over to battery hens but they only kept them for 2 or 3 years as once Dads mate took over from his dad he could make more out of the camping and caravans and the sheep with a lot less input than the hens I get quite excited when I see chickens on TV but sometimes distressed because of their poor conditions. Saw a lovely cock with chronic scaly leg mite recently. If the keeper hadn't noticed that what were the rest of their flock like? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursula123 Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 We're ther chickens in The Last Kingdom ANH, can't say I noticed possibly something to do with Uthred Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted January 5, 2016 Author Share Posted January 5, 2016 Haha! He wasn't in that scene, which is how I had time to notice the chickens . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursula123 Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 Possibly laying in a darkened room with a cold flannel on my head at that point Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
