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Draft storyAt the kitchen and the hen run

The hens’ lunch

Kitchen scraps are not hen food. Hens need proper feed.

A draft: the words and pictures are waiting for an educator’s review.

Who’s in it

Meet everyone in Gullbrae

The story

Eddie arrives with Wee Bin beside the hen run, where Arthur holds a tub.

Eddie wondered whether Wee Bin had brought the hens’ lunch.

Arthur scoops proper hen feed from its own tub.

Arthur showed him the proper feed container beside the hen run.

Arthur explains to Eddie, with the feed and Wee Bin apart.

He explained that kitchen scraps are not hen food.

In the kitchen, Arthur puts peelings into Wee Bin.

In the kitchen, a grown-up put the scraps into the food caddy.

The hens peck at their proper feed.

The hens enjoyed their proper feed, and Wee Bin kept his own job.

Arthur and Eddie beside a board showing hen feed and the caddy apart.

Eddie remembered: two containers, two different jobs.

Draft, 19 October 2026. The words and pictures are not yet reviewed by an educator. The story follows the outline in our story guide.

The real-life bit

Kitchen scraps must never be fed to hens or other farm animals, even pet hens. It’s against the law because it can spread disease. Scraps go in the food caddy. Gullbrae is made up. Your council’s own rules are the ones to follow.

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