Numerous scientific discoveries of chicken intelligence are causing we humans to redefine just what the once-derogatory expression of “bird brain” really means.

Did you know that Al Gore enjoys the company of Bill Gates? Legend has it the pair met under a tree in a park where they quickly became fast friends.

It’s a thought exercise we pose regularly to students as part of our humane education program, ‘Joining the dots’.

Our recent rescue of 752 battery hens is now one month on and when watching these girls at dusk, I cannot help but be taken back to my nautical days of navigating the ‘treacherous’ waters of the children’s beach at Long Jetty in NSW.

Behind Humphrey’s sad sunken old eyes lies a gentle goat, perhaps even a friendly goat if given half the chance.