Keeping animals, I have learned, is all about water. Who even knew chickens drank water? I didn't, but they do, and a lot.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Wild animals are just as confused as people are now. You've got toxins in the water, oil, sewage, all sorts of things.
On my grandmother's chicken farm, they had cows, and they had this big metal container that the cows drank out of, and we used to swim in it. And we used to get into the chicken feed bins and dive through them.
I remember the evacuee children from towns and cities throwing stones at the farm animals. When we explained that if you did that you wouldn't have any milk, meat or eggs, they soon learned to respect the animals.
Drinking when we are not thirsty and making love at all seasons, madam: that is all there is to distinguish us from other animals.
I credit my grandmother for teaching me to love and respect food. She taught me how to waste nothing, to make sure I used every bit of the chicken and boil the bones till no flavor could be extracted from them.
My animals are a really important part of my life.
I never drink water because of the disgusting things that fish do in it.
I just love chickens.
I've always written about animals. I'm still trying to process why that is.
I always felt people should live with animals.