Free range debate

THOSE of us lucky enough to have chooks in the back yard know the joys of enjoying delicious, free range eggs.

However, labelling laws in Australia are all over the shop - pretty much any egg producer can call their eggs free-range.

On Monday January 6, ABC Radio ran a story about a group of Australian egg producers are urging state and federal governments to create a legal, enforceable definition of free range eggs. Listen here...

Meanwhile, the feather riot continue to produce the best darn eggs this side of Geelong. 

 

Friends say I'm fortunate to be able to keep chooks and I have to agree.

 

So if you have a spare patch of garden, think seriously about giving a couple of former cage-hens a loving home.

 

They will reward you with more than just lovely eggs.

 

Hens deserve better

Hens deserve better - yes they do.



The RSPCA is running a campaign Hens Deserve Better. 

Join them and take action to get hens out of cages.I love watching my little chooks running around their pen or the garden, eating bugs, scratching through he soil and straw, having a dirt bath or investigating a patch of nasturtiums.

Unfortunately, too many hens are kept in dreadful conditions.

Let's get hens into a better life.

Cage egg ending?

THE animal welfare lobby has vowed to eradicate the caged egg industry by Christmas. 

In an article in the Weekly Times, it said radio advertisements, an internet video and a social media campaign were launched yesterday by Animals Australia, featuring singer Missy Higgins, The Australian reports.

Appealing to Australians to "Have a heart for hens" and "Help make the battery cage history", Higgins says she was amazed there were 12 million caged birds across the country.

 

Check out more info here.