County Fair’s chickens

A County Fair farm

A County Fair farm

I recently had the opportunity to visit a friend who lives on one of County Fair’s farms. County Fair is one of the large broiler rearers in South Africa – to the left of this photo are the large structures that house the chickens.

I have to say that the visit to the farm made me somewhat sad. While I know that many will say “they’re only chickens”, I can’t escape the fact that theirs must be a terrible existence. Kerry-Anne buys only free-range chicken and eggs, and while there’s a chance that free-range chickens don’t necessarily have a much better life than the non-free-range variety, at least they do get to potter around outside in the sunshine.

Take a moment to visit Peaceful Prairie Sanctuary’s blog. The sanctuary rescues farm animals, and the blog tells their stories. (They also have some great farm animal photos :) ).



  1. 1Anneke Bosman

    Paul Gilowey, is this your blog? Must be too much of a coincidence that you mention Kerry-Ann. :)

    Found your blog by accident looking up County Fair.

    Haven’t been to geekdinners in a while, but hope to see you there soon again.

    Regards
    Anneke

  2. 2Paul

    Hey Anneke, yes this would be our blog.
    To be honest, we haven’t been to GeekDinners in a while either!
    But, yes, perhaps we will see you there some time. :)

  3. 3Noer

    Hi I’m currently unemployed and would like to make a business out of selling chicken,I want to know what you would charge me for a 1kg braaipack and fillet please thank you reply to my email will be waiting to here of you regards noer

  4. 4Paul

    Hi Noer,

    I think you mistook this blog for County Fair’s website. I’m afraid I can’t help you with chicken prices. Good luck with your business endeavour!

    Paul.

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