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Community => Coffee Lounge => Topic started by: little blue on April 11, 2012, 07:54:09 pm

Title: changing the world one hen at a time?
Post by: little blue on April 11, 2012, 07:54:09 pm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-17676030 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-17676030)

Title: Re: changing the world one hen at a time?
Post by: jaykay on April 11, 2012, 08:13:40 pm

Well I'm sorry about their jobs but very pleased the 'egg production sheds' have closed!

Title: Re: changing the world one hen at a time?
Post by: Sandy on April 11, 2012, 08:17:19 pm

Funny how things change, about time too, it is a shame about the jobs but there are a lot of jobs going all over the place!!!!  I remember years ago helping my friend on her parents battery farm...never liked it but it was a way the farmer could get loads of eggs with ease...attitudes now are so different and thats good!

Title: Re: changing the world one hen at a time?
Post by: robert waddell on April 11, 2012, 08:19:33 pm

once again britain toes the line   while the rest of the eu could not give a flying stuff :farmer:

Title: Re: changing the world one hen at a time?
Post by: Sylvia on April 13, 2012, 08:36:41 am

And the rest of the EU is where our eggs will come from, cheap as you like, while our producers will go down the drain. >:( >:(

Title: Re: changing the world one hen at a time?
Post by: doganjo on April 13, 2012, 10:41:10 am

It is all about education.  Many's the time I have stood by the egg aisle in Morrisons telling people how the caged hens are kept.  It nearly ALWAYS puts them off.  I'm changing Clackmannan one box at a time ;D ;D