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For @TheVeganSociety and @OurFutureNormal’s #FutureNormalDay, I want to share the story of six hens, Lacey, Bluebell, Winnie, Cleo, Olive and Primrose. In 2018, my mum rescued them from down the road.
[Video: three chickens peck a green lawn and sparse bushes]
[Video: three chickens peck a green lawn and sparse bushes]
The hens were ‘point of lay' and were on their way to an egg farm, where they would have lived for 18 months. Then, they would be “dispatched” (killed) as they would no longer be “productive” enough.
[image: one chicken is stood on a plant pot talking to another chicken]
![The hens were ‘point of lay' and were on their way to an egg farm, where they would have lived for 18 months. Then, they would be “dispatched” (killed) as they would no longer be “productive” enough.[image: one chicken is stood on a plant pot talking to another chicken]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EyhaFGXXEAErJur.jpg "The hens were ‘point of lay' and were on their way to an egg farm, where they would have lived for 18 months. Then, they would be “dispatched” (killed) as they would no longer be “productive” enough.[image: one chicken is stood on a plant pot talking to another chicken]")
[image: one chicken is stood on a plant pot talking to another chicken]
I have talked fairly often about the chickens here and I have written about them extensively. They changed my life and I still think about them every day.
[image: six chickens are in their run. One is dust bathing while the others watch.]
![I have talked fairly often about the chickens here and I have written about them extensively. They changed my life and I still think about them every day.[image: six chickens are in their run. One is dust bathing while the others watch.]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eyhaf1aXAAA3Ee8.jpg "I have talked fairly often about the chickens here and I have written about them extensively. They changed my life and I still think about them every day.[image: six chickens are in their run. One is dust bathing while the others watch.]")
[image: six chickens are in their run. One is dust bathing while the others watch.]
I feel so lucky to have known them, and for them to have shared their lives with me, trusted me, and been my friends. I hope that through my work and love, I do them justice.
[image: a close up of Cleo, a chicken, in my arms]
![I feel so lucky to have known them, and for them to have shared their lives with me, trusted me, and been my friends. I hope that through my work and love, I do them justice. [image: a close up of Cleo, a chicken, in my arms]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eyha05AXIAIz9vW.jpg "I feel so lucky to have known them, and for them to have shared their lives with me, trusted me, and been my friends. I hope that through my work and love, I do them justice. [image: a close up of Cleo, a chicken, in my arms]")
[image: a close up of Cleo, a chicken, in my arms]
I am going to share some of the things I have written about chickens.
On silence, failure, and anger in beyond-human research: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.emospa.2020.100686
On chickens during covid-19: https://www.sociologylens.net/topics/collective-behaviour-and-social-movements/re-homing-hens-during-covid-19-a-rethinking-of-urban-space/32056
On metabolic experiments with chickens: http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/blog/post/a-conduit-for-value-more-than-human-experiments-with-chicken-metabolisms
On silence, failure, and anger in beyond-human research: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.emospa.2020.100686
On chickens during covid-19: https://www.sociologylens.net/topics/collective-behaviour-and-social-movements/re-homing-hens-during-covid-19-a-rethinking-of-urban-space/32056
On metabolic experiments with chickens: http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/blog/post/a-conduit-for-value-more-than-human-experiments-with-chicken-metabolisms
On chicken histories and geographies (from @RGS_IBG archives): https://catherinecmoliver.wordpress.com/2021/04/02/animalsrgs-post-one-chicken-geographies-histories/
And, for @TheVeganSociety, on vegan futures and chickens: https://www.vegansociety.com/get-involved/research/research-news/opinion-special-feature-3-3-vegan-futures-or-what-worlds-are-we-inheriting
And, for @TheVeganSociety, on vegan futures and chickens: https://www.vegansociety.com/get-involved/research/research-news/opinion-special-feature-3-3-vegan-futures-or-what-worlds-are-we-inheriting
