Cheap fresh chickens at Tesco as from 25/06/09

[princessria]

AWWW BEKI I WANT A PIG BUT WE DON'T HAVE ROOM, IN ALL I THINK HE RESCUED oops, 30 and they are doing really really well but when they arrived they were awful , they wouldn come out for the first week as they had never been out before eventually they started to be a bit brave and there mental now very very funny to watch and the change in them is shocking, when i first saw them i just burst into tears i couyldn help it i don't know how someone can do that for a job i just decided i wouldn treat an animal like that myself so i won't be paying someone else too. i just wish it wasn so darn expensive hehe i eat so many quorn chicken pieces lol

 

[jaylou]

It is my dream to have chickens, pig, lambs etc etc.... One day I hope it will come true!

We can't even have chickens in our garden even though we live in a rural village. Sad but true.

 

[Beki]

Oh no - why's that? Have you got a covenant or something forbidding it?

p.s. i wanted lambs but was advised against it as apparently they try to kill theirselves at every opportunity, and looking after the pigs and goats is enough stress as it is!!! LOL

 

[jaylou]

yep, it's in the deeds of the house. Something to do with houses built after a certain year. I've read it through several times, but it's there - "no poultry/foul allowed" Boo hoo

 

[*Sally Cinnamon*]

I think it is all about how you use the chicken. A good size free range chicken can make several meals and a decent stock. I would rather by FR and be frugal about how I use it. Usually a roast, curry, pasta dish then soup.... I know what is in it and I find it cheaper than ready made meals.

xx

 

[jaylou]

We tend to have a roast then risotto then soup! It goes a long long way!! xx

 

[princessria]

i tend to just pick at it till it's picked down to the bones chicken is ace i don't even need veg with it lol

 

[The Maid]

Not just cheap chickens

I had to take a fresh chicken back to Waitrose recently as it was GREEN on the inside although the use by date was 5 days away! The duty manager didn't bat an eyelid but did give me both another chicken and 2 tubs of my favourite Ben & Jerry's ice cream for free. Also, had a problem with a chicken from M&S which, when you turned it over, looked like it had been in a fight.

 

[Beki]

ewwww that's yukky! we had one with a slight green tinge (and smelly too!) from asda a while back (free range corn fed ) with 3 days left on it. and when we took it back they sort of shrugged their shoulders and gave us another one! nice customer service - not! lol

 

[judimac]

I have an outhouse that I'm hoping to raise chucks in! Our rental agreement says no pets, chucks aren't pets are they? They use to keep pigs in the outhouse, but I prefer to have a garden! At least with chucks they don't take that much containing! I don't suppose OH would let me have an egglu?

 

[Beki]

ooooh i dream of an eglu! especially an eglu cube!!! we could never afford one though - maybe when we win the lottery! LOL