I feel ill when I see the cruel and disrespectful way luckless chickens are treated in the wake of this dreadful avian flu epidemic. Do people know of the true intelligence of the common old chicken? Continue Reading

I was having lunch yesterday with a friend who related a telephone conversation she’d recently had with her animal crazy daughter, Shalene who works on a ranch in California, USA. Now bear in mind it was long distance, Jill is a real softy, and as she told the tale, tears ran down her cheeks which set the stage for suspense! Continue Reading

My friend Linda never stopped bragging about her bantam rooster Henry and his snazzy, trophy wife Hen-rietta. I didn’t tell her but I thought their names were rather lacking originality. As a kid I named my roosters after famous jockeys of the day which I thought was more descriptive …Tiger Wright and Cocky Feldman were my favourites.

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