This thirteen minute reminiscence therapy download clip takes you into the world of the laying hen and her free range life on Aberdeenshire farms. Hear about the contribution hens have played in the distant past and listen to the sounds of poultry. Here are some of the things you will see in the clip.
• Don will start the clip by letting you hear the cockerel crowing in the morning
• See and hear the hens and the cockerel
• Find out about the contribution hens played during the period of the Scottish clan system
• See a picture of Dons Farm Drumnaheath
• See the beauty of the cockerel with his sharp spurs on his legs
• The clocker or broody hen is seen sitting on eggs which develop into chickens
• See the small chickens scratching around the farm
• The stoat and the cunning fox can be seen
• The free range hens got what was called the hens pot
• Collecting eggs in the feed pail
• The hen also formed part of our diet on the farm
• The cockerel crowing

The clip will show off the hen her chickens and the cockerels in all their beauty. Get to know this valuable member of the farm stock and find out how she lived.