Animals Attack

[badger]

Yea, so am i.

[mharky]

Jene>>> you should have seen the place we were in and what everyone was wearing. that food must have been free range...

[brooner]

that food must have been free range...

ahh free range chickens, which, i am led to believe, means that the chickens have slightly more than an A4 sheet of papers worth of space - hope that makes you feel better when you pay an extra 50p a dozen or whatever it is

[Benjamin G]

Don't think that's true. Rules are more stringent than that. Free range is far better. Please can somebody who knows more facts than I do about this subject back me up?

[brooner]

okay, so they're (supposedly) allowed to roam about during the day but at night its whack back in the cages

[Guest]

veggie sausages. if you want sausages then eat real ones, else jus mush up vegetables and dont pretend that they are something their not, like tasty.

I agree entirely. Veggie sausages are nasty and fake.

However, I do love good honest vegetarian food and eat it most of the time.

[mharky]

taken from the DEFRA website:

What does 'Free Range' on an egg or poultrymeat product mean?
'Free Range', on an egg or poultrymeat product, is a Special Marketing Term (SMT) indicating that the product has been produced in compliance with the criteria set-out in the respective marketing regulations. The criteria for both eggs and poultrymeat are shown below.

Poultrymeat Production
Stocking rate in the house is as follows:-

Chickens = 13 birds but not more than 27.5 kg liveweight per m²;
Ducks, guinea fowl, turkeys = 25 kg liveweight per m²;
Geese = 15 kg liveweight per m²; Age at slaughter = 112 days or later
Age at slaughter must be:-

Chickens = 56 days or later
Turkeys = 70 days or later
Muscovy ducks = 70 days or later for females, 84 days or later for males
Peking ducks = 49 days or later
Female mulard ducks = 65 days or later
Geese = 112 days or later
Guinea fowl = 82 days or later
In addition, the birds have had during at least half their lifetime continuous daytime access to open-air runs, comprising an area mainly covered by vegetation, of not less than:-

1m² per chicken or guinea fowl (in the case of guinea fowls, open-air runs may be replaced by a perchery having a floor space of at least that of the house and a height of at least 2m, with perches of at least 10 cm length available per bird in total (house and perchery)).
2m² per duck
4m² per turkey or goose
The feed formula used in the fattening stage contains at least 70% of cereals, and the poultry house must also be provided with pop holes of a combined length at least equal to 4 m per 100m² floor space of the house.

More detailed information, a copy of the regulations, and a guide to these regulations is available here.

Egg production
Hen eggs in small packs bearing the words 'Free range eggs' must be produced in poultry enterprises in which:-

hens have continuous daytime access at all times to an outdoor range area.
the ground to which hens have access is mainly covered with vegetation.
the maximum stocking density is not greater than 2,500 hens per hectare of ground available to the hens or one hen per 4 m².
the interior of the building must satisfy the conditions specified in the Welfare of Farmed Animals (England)(Amendment) Regulations 2002.

[Benjamin G]

The last but one message was me. Sorry - problems with internet connection logging me off.

[badger]

Ok, i own up, i'm not really a vegetarian, i'm a dirty dirty omnivore.

And anyway whos ever heard of a vegetarian farmer?!

Veggie burgers?? Fake sausages, whats that all about, if u don't want to eat meat, why pretend it is meat? That's what eating only lentils does to you...

[badger]

Are then any vegan orienteers? Cause it'll be rant central then.

[mharky]

im a vegan

[PeterG]

I, Peter G, do promise to give Mharky all my money, and my camera and my hair

p.s.

Im a big gay bear

[Nailest]

Also an idea for the next photoshop perhaps?

[mharky]

fancy a re-read peter

[badger]

http://www.veganstore.co.uk/mock_meats.html

ARGH!!!!!