tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187537404576478234.post7013248129240227381..comments2023-04-13T09:38:17.871+01:00Comments on Writing from the Edge: When Will the Caged Bird Sing?Lorely Forresterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01055051415631750885noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187537404576478234.post-23346421973334004722019-07-16T12:47:36.566+01:002019-07-16T12:47:36.566+01:00I haven’t any word to appreciate this post.....Rea...I haven’t any word to appreciate this post.....Really i am impressed from this post....the person who create this post it was a great human..thanks for shared this with us. <a href="https://www.topbirdaviaries.com" rel="nofollow">outdoor bird aviary</a>SkOfficalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11967236366538526605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187537404576478234.post-78890305280859419532018-09-05T08:32:00.397+01:002018-09-05T08:32:00.397+01:00aaaaaaKante Luishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13941884064793276353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187537404576478234.post-45243158195161609392013-09-30T20:27:26.506+01:002013-09-30T20:27:26.506+01:00Great piece of writing, blessings on all who helpe...Great piece of writing, blessings on all who helped. I only buy free-range, though one wonders sometimes how free 'free' is.Laura Dunnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187537404576478234.post-6302652181045808032013-09-21T21:26:12.940+01:002013-09-21T21:26:12.940+01:00Very glad you were able to take some of these poor...Very glad you were able to take some of these poor creatures. I hope they thrive and discover the joys of lettuce soon. I feel that both you and they are going to enjoy the experience!<br />Caged birds is such a horrid practice. we should all check in restaurants where eggs come from. The current definitions for free range are misleading, but anything is better than keeping birds crammed into Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187537404576478234.post-36678323193570533632013-09-21T20:21:45.900+01:002013-09-21T20:21:45.900+01:00A wonderful, heartwrenching blog post. Well done t...A wonderful, heartwrenching blog post. Well done to all involved, bless you all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187537404576478234.post-28739203321999331382013-09-20T20:28:17.685+01:002013-09-20T20:28:17.685+01:00What an article and written from the heart it made...What an article and written from the heart it made me cry.Gillianhttps://www.facebook.com/gillian.cusworthnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187537404576478234.post-19875471066044088162013-09-20T19:47:48.188+01:002013-09-20T19:47:48.188+01:00Hi Skippy - thank you for your compliment and also...Hi Skippy - thank you for your compliment and also for sharing.<br />Yes - seek it out. That pen of yours need not be empty for long, and think how happy you would be to have hens again.Writing from the Edgehttp://lorely-writingfromtheedge.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187537404576478234.post-3203479092820275852013-09-20T19:46:06.219+01:002013-09-20T19:46:06.219+01:00Hi Mairead - you are right to wonder. A lot of egg...Hi Mairead - you are right to wonder. A lot of egg labelling can be very misleading. Lots of shed (industrial sized, containing thousands of hens) have 'popholes' along the side, and a stretch of pasture, or land outside. My friend DodoWoman has been watching just such a one on a route she regularly takes, and has never yet seen the popholes open. Also, even if they are open, the only Writing from the Edgehttp://lorely-writingfromtheedge.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187537404576478234.post-20637262675364563262013-09-19T22:41:20.390+01:002013-09-19T22:41:20.390+01:00This is wonderful writing, I've shared in the ...This is wonderful writing, I've shared in the hope that my friends will be as moved as I was. <br />There is a rescue scheme near me and it has made me determined to seek it out.<br />Love to your little flock.<br />Skippyskippynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187537404576478234.post-9086364050925138222013-09-19T20:55:31.865+01:002013-09-19T20:55:31.865+01:00A very moving and thought provoking piece. I am so...A very moving and thought provoking piece. I am so glad I buy 'free range' although even then, I sometimes wonder, just how free range they are.<br />You really should look into getting this published or at least alerting some papers to the rescue - it's a story which deserves to be covered as I don't think people realise what appalling conditions hens are still kept in.Mairéadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12102610500647326693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187537404576478234.post-70646630469853725632013-09-19T18:11:29.368+01:002013-09-19T18:11:29.368+01:00I loved reading your comment - thank you for leavi...I loved reading your comment - thank you for leaving it! I've had lots of cockerels over the years (they aren't very long lived in general!) and - with only one exception - have been very fond of them all. There are quite a few posts on this blog about my hens because I love them. So many have such character, and they are hilarious when they run eagerly towards something. I can't waitWriting from the Edgehttp://lorely-writingfromtheedge.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187537404576478234.post-50383096890028933282013-09-19T17:22:51.921+01:002013-09-19T17:22:51.921+01:00That is what makes me so angry. We are all activel...That is what makes me so angry. We are all actively led to believe that it has got better, but you are right. It hasn't. And the individual who allowed these birds to live like this and get into this condition will do it all over again, and probably doesn't see that he's doing anything wrong. <br />We need a fundamental mind-shift in how we see animals. To so many people they are justWriting from the Edgehttp://lorely-writingfromtheedge.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187537404576478234.post-39895388195934453182013-09-19T17:18:53.268+01:002013-09-19T17:18:53.268+01:00Thank you Bryony - what a nice thing to say. I'...Thank you Bryony - what a nice thing to say. I'm glad you liked the piece, and thank you so much for sharing it. Well done with the massive amount of work you have put in, rehoming so many poor wee hens. They might not remember you, but lots of other people will!Writing from the Edgehttp://lorely-writingfromtheedge.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187537404576478234.post-85746599527048148402013-09-19T17:17:13.301+01:002013-09-19T17:17:13.301+01:00Hi Joy-Elizabeth. Thank you for the compliment. Ye...Hi Joy-Elizabeth. Thank you for the compliment. Yes, I'd be very happy for you to print it out and pass it around. Please could you ensure that the printed copies have the link to my blog, 'Writing from the Edge' and my name - Lorely Forrester - on them? If it helps to make people think before they buy battery eggs, then I would be very happy indeed.<br />Your daughters have done a Writing from the Edgehttp://lorely-writingfromtheedge.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187537404576478234.post-30066457597295965522013-09-19T17:12:14.989+01:002013-09-19T17:12:14.989+01:00Thank you for your comment. I guess it is sort of ...Thank you for your comment. I guess it is sort of published by being out there on this blog, and people passing the link on to others. <br />I agree with you, people ought to know the consequences of how they choose to spend their money.<br />Yes, my girls are taking more of an interest in life every day, and are even starting to rush for the chopped raw spinach leaves! Can't wait for them toWriting from the Edgehttp://lorely-writingfromtheedge.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187537404576478234.post-50400582062716711762013-09-19T17:07:42.973+01:002013-09-19T17:07:42.973+01:00Hi there! Nice to see you. I agree with you totall...Hi there! Nice to see you. I agree with you totally. I felt just lost for words that night, seeing these poor creatures - and not much snatches my voice away!<br />You are so right - we all turn away from things we can't bear, but sometimes we have to force ourselves not to. I saw only the other day a quote that I grew up with from my mother: “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil Writing from the Edgehttp://lorely-writingfromtheedge.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187537404576478234.post-90486795201449561312013-09-19T16:48:52.314+01:002013-09-19T16:48:52.314+01:00Thanks for your lovely comment, K. I think well do...Thanks for your lovely comment, K. I think well done to you and to everyone who has worked so hard to save these hens. What an achievement!Writing from the Edgehttp://lorely-writingfromtheedge.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187537404576478234.post-86400532407562844922013-09-19T16:06:24.022+01:002013-09-19T16:06:24.022+01:00I had hens when I lived abroad with lots of room f...I had hens when I lived abroad with lots of room for them, I kept a super friendly cockerel and would watch him shepherding his ladies first to the old hay pile for a look at the day, then to the hedge where the insects were, later to the trees to keep out of the sun and at the end of the day he brought them back and watched as each one hopped into the shed, checked there were no stragglers and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187537404576478234.post-53553197796955535612013-09-19T13:09:37.325+01:002013-09-19T13:09:37.325+01:00It never gets better. I rescued some ex batts fro...It never gets better. I rescued some ex batts from littlehill a few years ago and some of them are still with me and thriving. If other animals were kept in these kind of conditions there would be uproar but for some reason chickens don't seem to have the appeal and I cant understand why. Since I have had hens I have got so much respect for them. They are little miracle workers providing Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187537404576478234.post-68436333753119475492013-09-18T23:30:18.327+01:002013-09-18T23:30:18.327+01:00Wow I'm so glad you have the words to get this...Wow I'm so glad you have the words to get this across because I certainly don't. I'm speechless and full of tears from your wonderful writing.Bryonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13156449252160773638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187537404576478234.post-2081066376641117652013-09-18T22:38:33.060+01:002013-09-18T22:38:33.060+01:00Oh wow.... This just encompasses all the horror, s...Oh wow.... This just encompasses all the horror, sadness and anger I have felt while following this great escape that my daughters got involved in. I cannot understand how in this civilised country we can allow this awful trade to carry on. If an individual allowed their cats, dogs, chickens, horses to be kept like this we would be prosecuted for cruelty.... so how can we allow these so called Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01596131189655227732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187537404576478234.post-47203893344877990992013-09-18T22:37:56.849+01:002013-09-18T22:37:56.849+01:00Please look to have this piece published . Somethi...Please look to have this piece published . Something needs to be made public . I also rescued 55 hens between both rescue runs . I lost one bird, I had thought it would be many more . They are now coming out of their shocked state, and two out of fifty five are roosting, just like hens should . They are starting to come to their feed tray when i call them, i am feeding them three times a day . Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187537404576478234.post-57295782889516101822013-09-18T20:05:17.329+01:002013-09-18T20:05:17.329+01:00I can usually frame my thoughts into words, but th...I can usually frame my thoughts into words, but this saga does leave one feeling that most any phrasing falls short of the simple cruelty you have described.<br />I've never kept hens, for a variety of reasons, although my grandparents, my late MIL and now my SIL have raised them and seen in them recognizable differences in personality.<br />My neighbor trades me eggs from her free-range Morning's Minionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01912356455981434029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4187537404576478234.post-51790247131265294632013-09-18T20:03:47.243+01:002013-09-18T20:03:47.243+01:00Wow, Lorely, just wow - the thing with the Jewish ...Wow, Lorely, just wow - the thing with the Jewish was the first that came to my mind when I went there to pick up the first load... how very sad and disturbing. You have written a brilliant articel here and I hope it will be read up and down the country - or even better everywhere in the world! xxxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com