Rescued chickens
MusHelini
Just wanted to mention the story behind the chooks and the reason Andy needs careful watching at all times when he has cash on him. The original 2 TAF chooks are Chocolate (thanks Tori) and Drumstick (like we’re gonna eat it now!) which Andy bought as practice Chooks for our back garden. Yes my fault I let Andy loose in public with cash! and he returned with 2 chooks. Anyway Andy’s practice began in the garden, he set them up and left them for me to clean out, feed and care for, cheers Husband. Did people know that hens are actually as noisey as a cockerel at 6 in the morning? Well I know and Andy is still non-the wiser thanks to his ear plugs!!!
Me bad again! Andy was left in charge of purchasing a chook feeder and waterer for the chook stable at the field so yes I gave him more cash!!! Result: 5 more chooks, all white rescue chooks from a Tesco owned farm, so they joined Choc and Drummer waiting for the others. The next part was our epic dash to Surrey on ‘collection day’ in our little red lego van. After being in touch with the Battery Hen Welfare Trust, we were officially allowed to take on the ex-bats. They had come straight out of their cages that morning from a farm in Dorset, around 2000 chooks and dispursed to different collection points across the south. These lovely chooks are only around 12-18 months old and are destined for the pot if people don’t step in. Watch the film “Chicken Run”, I can see the like-ness in our girls.
Once we’d got our 10 girls we then dashed back to Tring, with feathers flying all round the little red lego van, thought chooks were escaping!! In Tring we deposited them in with the other TAF chooks. After the chook files it was discussed between the TAF that under no circumstances was Andy allowed to buy anymore chooks under the TAF banner and if he did get more they would be his to pay for and care for. There you go Husband its writtten in black and white now you’ve got to stick to it. I’d just like to say a MASSIVE THANK YOU and WELL DONE to the TAF for all their hard work when doing the chook run and stable. Andy’s decided to call me ‘MusHelini’.
