Egluntyne Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 ...This... was in today's paper. I'm not sure what I think. It's not much of a life for a chicken and she has no companions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 You beat me to it Egluntine I was just going to look for that article. I wasn't sure what to think either, the chook seems to live indoors and doesn't have any chicken friends. They've got the breed wrong too - it's not a RIR, it looks like a buff sussex to me They obviously love it, but personally, I would've drawn the line at spending that much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted August 23, 2007 Author Share Posted August 23, 2007 I'm glad you think the same,Clare. I'm not sure that they have acted in the best interests of the chicken. I know we all love our girls to bits, but you do have to keep a sense of perspective. And for £2000 they could have had a cube, a walk in run like Lesley's and a whole flock of hens! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhapsody Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 Muyst make OH read this- puts Bzmillah's £90 crop surgery into perspective! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted August 23, 2007 Author Share Posted August 23, 2007 Muyst make OH read this- puts Bzmillah's £90 crop surgery into perspective! Cheap at half the price! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocchick Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 Some chickens can live OK on their own. It's bizarre the way she lives in the house and sleeps on a cushion, unless it's to do with the leg. I'm amused that she tries to scratch and falls over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couperman Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 I can't begin to imagine what their house smells like! As touching as it may seem to be willing to spend £2000 to keep a pet chicken alive it is still not going to be happy on it's tod! I won't slag the girl off though her heart is in the right place, not sure about her common sense mind. How does one diagnose clinical depression in a chicken? Well take a seat on the couch, lie back and relax,........ Now cluck me about your chickhood......... The story was also in the Sun, I couldn't help think the story was written as a 'lets all laugh at these two fools with a one legged chicken' type article. Kev. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feemcg Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 I think you're right Clare, looks like a Buff Sussex to me too - a moulting one with a dirty bottom! Poor thing, the pic of it on the girl's head is too much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theherd123 Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 She obviously loves the chicken very much indeed but i think it could do with a friend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocchick Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 Surely it would get badly bullied, and that would be worse? A friend before the accident however....(where did it find barbed wire exactly?) Perhaps another type of animal as a companion. I can't help wondering about if she should have been put down due to quality of life, I don't know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 I told Phil at lunchtime; he said that'd he'd have done it for nothing. Methinks the vet saw them coming.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoid Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 preferring to eat whatever is cooking in the kitchen - especially spaghetti bolognaise. to ensure that there is no possibility of the material intended to be fed to livestock being contaminated by meat or most other products of animal origin Sounds Like they are breaking the law to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 I thought that too Fred They'll be feeding the poor thing spam next! Of course chooks will eat meat - they've evolved over thousands of years to be omniverous - they will happily eat the toads and mice they find int he garden, not to mention other chooks givent he chance. The whole point that DEFRA are making is that we need to avoid contamination passed on by meat that has been reared in ghastly intensive farming environments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoid Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 DEFRA confuses me sometimes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susanbb Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 What does one say Especially to Spag Bol Susan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubereglu Posted August 24, 2007 Share Posted August 24, 2007 TBH I would rather have had the poor thing put down, I know what Muddles was like hen she was limping around 2 summers ago, it wasn't much of a life and she sat and wobbled around... Also however much I love my chickens I'd rather keep the 2 grand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted August 24, 2007 Share Posted August 24, 2007 well their heart is in the right place, and once you start paying for vet treatment it's hard to say 'enough, stop there' ... but I'm afraid the picture of her with the hen ON HER HEAD convinced me that this lovely woman is a bit bonkers. Unless this chicken has had it's bottom sewn up amongst the other treatments ... ... or maybe it's good for your hair???? it's bad enough when you tread in it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules. Posted August 24, 2007 Share Posted August 24, 2007 it's bad enough when you tread in it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted August 24, 2007 Share Posted August 24, 2007 well their heart is in the right place, and once you start paying for vet treatment it's hard to say 'enough, stop there' ... but I'm afraid the picture of her with the hen ON HER HEAD convinced me that this lovely woman is a bit bonkers. Unless this chicken has had it's bottom sewn up amongst the other treatments ... ... or maybe it's good for your hair???? it's bad enough when you tread in it! Brilliant - that's exactly what I think. Apparently the hen sits on a cushion in the kitchen and eats bits of their meal. Hello? Its a hen! Its really nice but it isn't human - or perhaps they don't realise that? Mind you, it gets bored when they go out apparently so they leave the TV on for it. What does it watch - the Eggs Factor? News at Hen? East Henders? Sorry Sorry Sorry Sorry Sorry Sorry Sorry Sorry Sorry Sorry Sorry Sorry Sorry Sorry Sorry Sorry Sorry . Need to get back to normal. What a sad life for a hen - instead of running, errr hopping, around scratching in the earth ... And thats another thing - how do you scratch with only one leg? And how do you get up once you've fallen over? Poor bird, its just not fair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted August 24, 2007 Share Posted August 24, 2007 Mind you, it gets bored when they go out apparently so they leave the TV on for it. What does it watch - the Eggs Factor? News at Hen? East Henders? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
