Hens

Landmark Agreement to Help Millions of Hens

Wayne Pacelle | Posted 09.07.2011

Read More: Hsus, Eggs, Farm Animals, Chickens, Hens, Animal Welfare, Egg Industry, Animals, Green News
Wayne Pacelle

The goal of the Humane Society is not endless campaigning or conflict with political adversaries, but to forge solutions that produce tangible and meaningful outcomes for animals and show a new way forward in society.

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Life With Poultry

Patrizia Chen | Posted 07.13.2011

Read More: Eggs, Ducks, Turkeys, Poultry, Hens, Jack Russell Terriers, Carabinieri, Maremmani, Bantam Roosters, Green News
Patrizia Chen

When I married, life as I knew it changed radically. No more modeling, no clubs, basta to late nights out or sudden trips to exotic islands just to m...

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Motherhood

Amy Bernays | Posted 05.25.2011

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Amy Bernays

She had really long legs, looked a bit like a turkey, with a very small comb and a tentative step in her gate.

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Mother Hen's Day

Tina Traster | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Eggs, Mother's Day, Hens, Suburbia, Backyard, Healthy Living News
Tina Traster

When I bought my house five years ago, there was a little green shed with the whimsical inscription "Fresh Eggs Sold Here."

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Hens Spray-Painted In Apparent College Prank

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Posted 05.25.2011

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Just how did farm chickens end up inside campus buildings at Carnegie Mellon University last weekend? And who decided to paint them? The university i...

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Raising Your Own Hens

Makenna Goodman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Farming, Raising Hens, Richard Wiswall, Vermont, Hens, Rural, New York City, Organic Farmer, Happiness, Green News
Makenna Goodman

I've been raising laying hens for about a year, and I've never been happier. I have fresh eggs whenever I want them and I've come to love chickens for all their neurotic, pecking glory.

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Community Coup: Chickens Are the New Dog

Zem Joaquin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Farming, Chickens, Solar, Organic Garden, Domestic Pets, Grow, Trends, Urban Agriculture, Rural, Organic, Agrarian, Urban, Eggs, Chicken, Poultry, Environment, Hens, Green News
Zem Joaquin

We got our hens after we had to give up our dog due to my son's allergies. I decided that if I was getting a new pet, it was going to reciprocate and have some positive environmental claw-print.

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Cal Prop 2 (Farm Animal Confinement) Interview

Jonathan Handel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pigs, Animal Cruelty, Politics News, Ballot Initiatives, Eggs, Proposition 2, Veal, Prop 2, Animals, Hens, California, Politics News
Jonathan Handel

Learn more about California Proposition 2, regarding cruel confinement of farm animals. Check out my interview with a representative from the Yes on 2 campaign.

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Torture in the Henhouse

Jonathan Handel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Animal Cruelty, Pigs, Egs, Proposition 2, Prop 2, Hens, Veal, Animals, Ballot Initiatives, California, Politics News
Jonathan Handel

Prop 2 would not require that animals be free range -- but would grant farm animals the ability to move about, even while caged, is just basic decency.

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