In reply to Antoine.

LOL, by the time you get here the zombies will have probably destroyed us! Still, you can just take over the little self sufficiency farm then 😉

In reply to Flaneur Gardener.

Exactly, I could go to the supermarket and buy a chicken that could have been brought up any old how, or eat one of my own which I know has had a good life. I’d love to keep cockerels too….hopefully in the future I’ll have somewhere large enough where I can have little flocks of hens and roosters 😀

In reply to Lou.

LOL. Germaine Greer would be proud. I probably could have found him a home in the long run, but with the crowing I didn’t have much time to do it in. Plus, tonight’s Coq au Vin was rather delicious!

In reply to Lucy @ Smallest Smallholding.

Unfortunately it’s too late. I’m the biggest worrier in the world and as soon as the little blighter started crowing I knew he had to go before the neighbours got upset!

Still, I think there’s something pleasant about eating a chicken that you KNOW have lead a good life. And chopping off the head really isn’t so hard; it will be over in a second and it doesn’t seem like a bad way to go.

In reply to Bec.

I know, so many horror stories!! They seem so nice but can really turn quite nasty!