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Post by debbiem on Sept 14, 2007 13:41:02 GMT 1
Have a look at this - hope it works..... news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/6991258.stmI know it's not the ideal place for a chicken but don't you think this is really mean? Seems to me there are far too many TNs about on this planet. They should all be rounded up and made to live next door to each other.  |
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Post by 4pygmies on Sept 14, 2007 13:58:43 GMT 1
Poor lady....I can see the point about it not being very good for the chicken but battery farms keep millions of them in far worse conditions, don't they? How many of the people complaining quite happily stuff themselves on a sad battery animal every week, I wonder? As someone who has had a meaningful, loving (but not physical - only cuddles) with a wonderful chicken called Beryl, I feel very sorry for the lady. Someone with her problems really doesn't need any interference from intolerant, unimaginative neighbours whose kids, dogs and lawn mowers etc make just as much, if not more, noise on a daily basis. Sad old place this world is sometimes.
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Post by debbiem on Sept 14, 2007 14:09:55 GMT 1
I can't help feeling she kept the chicken indoors for a reason - they moved into that bungalow with the chicken, so they had all been living somewhere else beforehand. I wonder if she had been kept indoors in the previous place?  Or the owner knew she was a noisy chicken and thought better of keeping her outside to be the target of interfering busybodies....... |
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Post by madonplants on Sept 14, 2007 14:54:23 GMT 1
Have a look at this - hope it works..... news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/6991258.stmI know it's not the ideal place for a chicken but don't you think this is really mean? Seems to me there are far too many TNs about on this planet. They should all be rounded up and made to live next door to each other. She broke the rules, Mrs B, so she should have known better. That's it in black and white. Hard but true, but don't think I would like to keep a chicken IN the house. I could just see my MIL's face if I did. She hates us having a dog, let alone a nything else!! Could she not have a cat or something else and take the chicken to somewhere, where she can visit it, say a local zoo? Keith |
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Post by 4pygmies on Sept 14, 2007 14:55:57 GMT 1
The thing is, chickens ARE livestock, full stop. I still feel sorry for her.....
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Post by Sleepy on Sept 14, 2007 14:59:50 GMT 1
Have a look at this - hope it works..... news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/6991258.stmI know it's not the ideal place for a chicken but don't you think this is really mean? Seems to me there are far too many TNs about on this planet. They should all be rounded up and made to live next door to each other. She broke the rules, Mrs B, so she should have known better. That's it in black and white. Hard but true, but don't think I would like to keep a chicken IN the house. I could just see my MIL's face if I did. She hates us having a dog, let alone a nything else!! Could she not have a cat or something else and take the chicken to somewhere, where she can visit it, say a local zoo? Keith I agree with Keith Debbie. A bungalow is not a suitable place for a chicken. Anyone who tries to keep a chicken in such a clearly unsuitable environment, especially a rented property, is being a bit dim and considerably selfish imo. |
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Post by sweetleaf on Sept 14, 2007 15:00:22 GMT 1
One chicken is not a health risk, when you read about people who have a hundred puppies in their shed, then I would call it a health risk, but this is a pet no more dangerous than a Budgie or a Cockatiel. They are all sad B*****88888
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Post by debbiem on Sept 14, 2007 15:01:22 GMT 1
I feel gutted for her too, and she's had loads of offers for a new home for the chicken which she's refused, all of them.
The chicken isn't leading a natural chicken life where it is - so maybe it's being kept indoors in secret because of the rules then?
The chicken'll be better off if it goes to live somewhere more natural for a chicken, and if she can visit it, that's the best solution, you're right.
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Post by Sleepy on Sept 14, 2007 15:05:52 GMT 1
I feel gutted for her too, and she's had loads of offers for a new home for the chicken which she's refused, all of them. The chicken isn't leading a natural chicken life where it is - so maybe it's being kept indoors in secret because of the rules then? The chicken'll be better off if it goes to live somewhere more natural for a chicken, and if she can visit it, that's the best solution, you're right. Yes, it is being kept in-doors as it states that the chicken deficates on sawdust on a bedroom floor. And besides all that can you imagine the constant stream of fowl language? |
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Post by 4pygmies on Sept 14, 2007 15:07:36 GMT 1
Chortle!
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Post by debbiem on Sept 14, 2007 15:11:45 GMT 1
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Post by madonplants on Sept 14, 2007 15:17:18 GMT 1
One chicken is not a health risk, when you read about people who have a hundred puppies in their shed, then I would call it a health risk, but this is a pet no more dangerous than a Budgie or a Cockatiel. They are all sad B*****88888 But rules are rules, SL! Can chickens be trained to 'go' in certain places, like dogs or cats? I'm asking this as I don't know! Keith |
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Post by Sleepy on Sept 14, 2007 15:20:04 GMT 1
One chicken is not a health risk, when you read about people who have a hundred puppies in their shed, then I would call it a health risk, but this is a pet no more dangerous than a Budgie or a Cockatiel. They are all sad B*****88888 One chicken in a bungalow and/or a hundred puppies in a shed are both acts of inappropriate stupidity Sweetie. |
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Post by madonplants on Sept 14, 2007 15:23:43 GMT 1
One chicken is not a health risk, when you read about people who have a hundred puppies in their shed, then I would call it a health risk, but this is a pet no more dangerous than a Budgie or a Cockatiel. They are all sad B*****88888 One chicken in a bungalow and/or a hundred puppies in a shed are both acts of inappropriate stupidity Sweetie. Very true, Sleepy!!  Keith |
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Post by debbiem on Sept 14, 2007 15:25:54 GMT 1
I saw a TV programme about chickens where a lady kept her silkie chicken in the house in a nappy - it went even to the supermarket with her, driving in the car with her(not the chicken) - you had to see it.  |
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Post by madonplants on Sept 14, 2007 15:31:52 GMT 1
I saw a TV programme about chickens where a lady kept her silkie chicken in the house in a nappy - it went even to the supermarket with her, driving in the car with her(not the chicken) - you had to see it. A bit like those chimps you see on tv, then? Keith |
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Post by debbiem on Sept 14, 2007 15:37:15 GMT 1
Yes but with a chicken sized nappy.  This was America but I'm amazed that they let her in the supermarket with the chicken. It was her constant companion, a bit like Long John Silver and Captain Flint. ;D |
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Post by madonplants on Sept 14, 2007 15:50:45 GMT 1
Yes but with a chicken sized nappy. This was America but I'm amazed that they let her in the supermarket with the chicken. It was her constant companion, a bit like Long John Silver and Captain Flint. ;D Wrongly I know, but maybe because the supermarket was getting publicity! : Keith |
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Post by debbiem on Sept 14, 2007 16:04:01 GMT 1
I had a sneaky feeling that might have something to do with it. |
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This was America but I'm amazed that they let her in the supermarket with the chicken.