Happy cows

Cows belong in fields. We have known it for a long time. And the cows agree! In March 2012, we visited a farm in the UK to film cows being released from their indoor winter housing to their fresh pasture for spring and summer grazing. As you will see from the video, the cows could not have been happier. http://www.ciwf.org.uk/farm_animals/cows/dairy_cows/dancing_cows.aspx

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Our free range hens

Here are the girls who lay delicious eggs and entertainment.

New Bertha(the black one - read the story of new Bertha here Chapter1,Chapter2 and Chapter 3), Ethel, Daisy and Choc Choc.
The girls again.

Daisy on the march.


Bertha doing what comes naturally. Can you see her?

How about now?

If she can't find a spot like this we have to shut her in the hen house so she feels safe.



One of our human chickens. Cameron wanted me to photograph him jumping. Our camera is just too slow.

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The chickens

The more I see the natural behaviours from our free range hens - the more I am angry and disgusted with the hen/ chicken farms/factories. Our hens are let out first thing in the morning and are only shut in when we all go out and at night. They are even free to lay their eggs where they want. They tend to make a nest hidden in the undergrowth. It helps them that I am always cutting down and pruning trees which gives them an ever changing environment. To see them scratch away and socialise and sun bath together they have even made a large hole in the ground at the base of the pepper tree for a dust bath. This is so deep that they are almaost underground.

When I think about hens and chickens forced to live crammed in cages makes me really angry and sick to my stomach. It didn't help my mood when I watched Jamie Oliver's program on the subject.

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