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Thursday, 21 July 2011

Free Stuff yayyyyy

Courtesy of my Yahoo will be working through these :)


Free entertainment
1) Download films legally for free from lovefilm.com, blinkbox.com,crackle.com, the Entertainment magazine website andIndiemoviesonline.com.
2) Use free-events.co.uk, allgigs.co.uk and gighit.com to search for free events, festivals, gigs and concerts near you.
3) Get two weeks of free DVD and computer game rentals with a lovefilm.com trial — but don't forget to cancel after 14 days!
4) Get a free cinema ticket by signing up for free preview screenings with Show Film First, SeeFilmFirst,Disney Screenings and MomentumScreenings.
5) Swap books for free using book swap sites like readitswapit.co.uk and bookmooch.com.
6) Watch cutting edge films for free at a free film festival
7) Join the audience at your favourite TV show using BBC Tickets, sroaudiences, TVRecordings,ClappersTickets, ApplauseStore, HatTrick and LostInTV.
8) Get a free issue of current affairs magazine The Week.
9) Download free computer games onto your PC at freepcgamers.com
Free hair and beauty products
10) Destroy your wrinkles with a free sample of Revitalift 10, an anti-ageing product from L'Oreal (deal expires on 12 August 2011), and a free Garnier Ultralift Sample pack, containing 14 samples from their anti-wrinkle range.
12) Tame that frizz with a free sample of Herbal Essences 'Tame the Wild' hair product
14) Enjoy a free spa treatment with each promotional pack of laundry product Bold.
15) Repair your hair with a free sample from Dove's new Damage therapy range
16) Revitalise those locks with a free haircut from Vidal Sassoon's training academy.
17) Swap your old products for new ones using free swap site Beautyswapshop.co.uk.
18)  Get free cosmetics from Cosmeticresearchonline.co.uk in exchange for reviews.
Free food and drink
21) Have a free drink at a Marstons pub and a free cocktail at Pitcher and Piano when you register your email address.
22) Enjoy 50% off restaurants across the UK with a free three-month Tastecard.
24) Try free healthy snacks from Graze by post.
25) Gorge yourself on a free Casa di Mama pizza (you have to buy one and claim your money back).
26) Scoff rich, luxurious, creamy all-natural free chocolate.
27) Get a free Energy bar when you register your email address.
Home, garden, gadgets and other free stuff
28) Listen to a free CD of garden birdsongs so you can identify the birds in your garden.
29) Get free loft and cavity wall insulation from British Gas (if you're a British Gas energy or Homecare customer).
30) Sign up for a free pack that will help you create the ideal hedgehog habitat in your garden.
31) Create a personalised A5 greeting card for free with promo code FUNKYTEACH at Funky Pigeon, or send a free digital e-card.
32) Learn Welsh by downloading free MP3 Welsh lessons.
33) Get 60 free standard prints or a free Photo book worth £13.99 from photobox.co.uk/pregnant
34) Download free antivirus software from Panda cloud.
35) Grab a free Ring Sizer so you can buy a perfectly sized ring!
36) Get three free condoms or, alternatively, two free pregnancy tests!
Parents and expectant mothers
37) Download Samuel Jackson reading the hilarious 'Go the F**k to Sleep' for free at audible.co.uk.
38) Get a free organic baby weaning recipe and advice folder.
39) Snap up free high visibility vests for kids aged 4 to 9.
40) Wave goodbye to stretch marks with a free sample of SilDerm stretch mark massage oil.
41) Get three packs of free parent/baby products from Argos and Lloyds pharmacies: the Mum-to-be package(PDF), the Bump to baby package (PDF) and the New Family package.
42) Become a member of the Argos Lego club and get a free Lego minifigure called Max.
43) Print off up to 1,000 free Crayola colouring pages and a free puzzle book.
44) Email enquiry@vitacare.co.uk to get a free sample of Nannycare Goat growing-up milk (if you then buy a tin, you get a free cuddly goat).
45) Get a free children's book about Bobby the Boiler who looks after the 'Green family'.
46) Finally, last but by no means least, would your life be complete without a a free nappy rash sample?
Find freebies yourself!
You can find all sorts of freebies yourself on sites like bobsfreestuffforum.co.uk, freebiesiteuk.co.uk,freestuffjunction.co.uk, freesamplesuk.org, freebielist.com and hotukdeals.co.uk.
If you've found any fantastic freebies I've missed, please share them using the comments box below!
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Thursday, 17 February 2011

Adopting Ex-Battery Chickens........................

The Good Life J

We are a family who are daft about pets and animals in general.  However, I must admit to being shocked when my husband decided he wanted to have chickens.  However, not just any old chickens, ex-battery chickens, “the scrawnier the better”.  I was worried but, as with any project my husband embarks on, I must say he researched it thoroughly, and was in constant contact with the British Hen Welfare Trust www.BHWT.org.uk

It was explained to us that once the chickens get to around 18 months old, the farmers are ready to let them go.  The BHWT then swoop and collect them all, and advise those on the ever-growing (thank Goodness) waiting list where to collect from.   Those that weren’t fit would be nursed until there were fit to do so.  We also found out that the chickens wouldn’t know night from day, and their legs may not be strong enough to go up and down runs, or sit on perches, but that they would improve and gain in strength with time!!!

You have to adopt the chickens in 3’s, we decided to get 6, and bought a coop which could house 10, as we wanted to make sure they had plenty of room.   We didn’t intend to let ours out of the coop - unfortunately our garden is not big enough, and they can be quite destructive, which wouldn’t be good with my job! 

So we were on the list for some months when we finally got the call, but as bad luck would have it, it was a day when Arsenal were playing an early game and QPR were also at home.  We would never have got to the site in Essex at 3pm.   We were disappointed but we then found out that 6 of the chickens were quite poorly and once/if they got better we could have those.   Of course that fitted in beautifully with Chris’s wishes.

Finally we were able to go get them.   I was shocked at how awful they looked, featherless wings and red bottoms, and this was them better!  But they were bright and lively and the kids fell in love instantly.   We were told that 2 of them were way down on the pecking order and to keep a watch.



When we got them home I videoed them going into the coop!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QizAQFOcQys&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

We have named them Bernard, Adel, Dora, Beaky, MC (motherclucker), and Baggy Bum (after our late cat Bageera)!

Adel and Dora were the 2 way down in the pecking order, but they are all getting along just fine now.  They take themselves off to bed as soon as its dark, and give a little *goodnight* when we close their door.

I have to say that I had some great advice from other chicken owners @chickenruby @JohnWeston and @kevb8ll

This experience has made me re-visit my whole ideas on eggs too, and I now check ingredients to ensure if they contain eggs, it actually states free range, cos if it doesn’t then it won’t be!

They are an absolute joy, and have all feathered up beautifully.  We are getting between 4 and 6 eggs a day, and the children love going to collect them.  This is my lovely feathered Adel chicken now, named after Adel Taarabt of course :)

                                                                                                                
If you were also considering adopting ex-battery chickens feel free to contact me, but I would certainly urge you to go for it!  The chickens cost us around £35, the feed is cheap but the reward is bountiful!  Happy chickens, happy children, beautiful eggs :)

Thanks for reading!

Annie x
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