Good news about battery hens

[jonny_s_p]

Hi,

I saw the following article about the banning of battery hens. Good news I think.

http://www.thepoultrysite.com/poultr...scape-the-cage

Jonny

[milliebecks]

There is a petition that you can sign on-line on the No 10 webpage

http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/chicks/#detail

Please sign it and pass it on to all your friends!

[jonny_s_p]

Thanks milliebecks. I have signed the petition.

John

[moggssue]

I've signed too and passed it on to lots of friends, thanks Millibecks.

[Two_Sheds]

you may not buy battery eggs - but lots of products (cakes, biscuits etc) will contain them.
So, a total ban is best.

[kirsty b]

If you check out the Battery Hen Welfarre Trust website they have a list of supermarkets who do and don't stock products made with battery eggs.

[Madasafish]

A total UK ban will mean importing battery hens and products from elsewhere.

[Two_Sheds]

A total UK ban will mean importing battery hens and products from elsewhere.

er, why?
(sorry to be dense)

[shirlthegirl43]

er, why?
(sorry to be dense)

Just because that is the way it works, people need cheap eggs because free range ones are artificially expensive.

Can anyone explain why a large quantity of the milk produced in the UK is shipped overseas and we import so much? Now that I would like to understand!!

I think we all need to keep a goat or cow and a few chickens!!! (not opting for a goat though - had enough years of goat-keeping thanks)

[magsinfrance]

Have signed the petition and sent the link to everyone in my address book

Mags (Newbie)

[PAULW]

I agree with Shirl, it is all right banning the battery farming in this country but can you guarentee the rules on the welfare of the birds in other countries would be as strict as in this country.

[Two_Sheds]

I agree with Shirl, it is all right banning the battery farming in this country but can you guarentee the rules on the welfare of the birds in other countries would be as strict as in this country.

That's no reason for us not to do it; UK should set an example. A crass eg. coming up .... other countries order raped women to be stoned to death. We don't.

I don't think free range eggs are that much more expensive...our local does them £1 for 6. I disagree that we "need" eggs at all (or meat, or chocolate or beer)... sure, we like to eat them, but we don't "need" them.

I will pay an extra thruppence on an egg if it means the bird is kept humanely.

[kirsty b]

Me too (pay extra that is) I have been so spoiled by having my own fresh laid eggs all summer after having previously buying cheapo eggs I will not buy those any more. Free range is dearer, but much nicer. I'm still getting about an egg a week off the girls though, and the yolks are gradually getting more orange and less insipid.
(my hens are ex-bats, had them just over a month)

[Forget-me-Not]

Hi,
I signed too. Have bought free range for possibly two years now and will one day rescue sme chooks when have the space. Important to educate our children about happy Chooks too.

Beth

[Alison]

Just a word of warning re free range eggs, there is some pretty dodgy interpretations knocking around so the hens may not really be quite as free as you imagine. We're lucky that we an get ours from a farm up the road where you can see them wandering around the field with good access to a number of shelters. Can get duck eggs from them also which are similarly free.