Saturday, 5 October 2013
You want some more"? He said to her.
Her little feet began to shuffle from side to side, which meant yes.
He put down more for her. She made light work of the extra food, gone in seconds. She must have been starving!
The last few days would have been hard on Martha and the other hens. Out of their environment and not knowing why their routine had been turned upside down.
The sooner they got back to the farm the better for Martha and the hens.
Their welfare was of the utmost priority to Mr Finleyson. He was so glad he was retiring and would never have to do this again!
He gave Martha the rest of his bread to finish off, which she did with no bother. He felt guilty that only Martha was sharing his food and his other hens got nothing but the hen feed he had brought with him. He gave his hens extra food and mash when they were back at his farm, but on the road it was their staple diet that they ate.
The good thing was the other hens would never find out about Martha sharing his food.
For the first time in two days, he actually felt normal again. Sitting snugly in the cell sharing his dinner with Martha was the first normality he had experienced since they left his farm outside Oban.
He would feel better tomorrow morning after a good nights sleep, then he would be able to make the long journey home. He didn't look forward to it though.
Gilbert would be riding back to Scotland with him in the Land Rover, as he had come down to Norwich on the train, with his hens being delivered by a livestock transporter lorry.
Mr Finleyson would be dropping Gilbert off at the train station in Glasgow, where he would take a train the rest of his journey home to Galashiels, Midlothian.
It would be a long way out of Mr Finleyson's way to drive Gilbert back to his farm, as Mr Finleyson lived on the west coast of Scotland, which is where Glasgow is located, which wouldn't be out of his way as Oban is also on the west coast. Galashiels is closer to the east coast than the west.
Gilbert was grateful for a lift to Glasgow.
He would be a big help to Mr Finleyson as he would share the driving back up to Scotland.
After the past couple of days he could use all the help he could get.
It would give him a chance to rest on the journey home!
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