The Farmyard is about farming, in particular caged chickens who have a tough time. This sculpture/sideshow is made to highlight it and contrast their plight with the sanitised version we present to children.My main resource for factual information on caged birds comes from the RSPCA*.
For this project I'm going to need a large quantity of chickens. I have a few, but buying a lot is going to be expensive. You can buy them as spare parts at about £1 each, but buying a quantity (say 100) is probably difficult.
I might however buy some packets of chicks they are cheap...
What you can see here is the mould being taken from an existing chicken. When I've done both sides I will press mould a whole load of them in Fimo. The red is paint which will hopefully act as a release compound. If they don't work I'll be calling up Playmobil!I also have to work out how, and if I can articulate them. At the moment fishing line or wire is the favourite, but we'll see. A prototype needs to be made!
https://www.rspca.org.uk/adviceandwelfare/farm/layinghens/keyissues
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