Annie Rayner

Exciting PhD opportunity to study affective state through acoustic monitoring of laying hens Please share! findaphd.com/phds/project/b…

This is incredible..turn the volume UP!😍🐦🎶 How many sounds do you hear? This video is not mine, it belongs to Sarah Tidwell. She's not on Twitter, but gave me permission to share here, as I knew my followers would love it!❤️ #Starling

If only I was a *little* (ahem) younger.... superb opportunity for young(er) people with a passion for farming with nature!

Bird nests made from anti-bird spikes! 🤯 Even for me as a nest researcher, these are the craziest bird nests I've ever seen. Today my paper came out on this rebellious behaviour. And it's like telling a joke... A thread. 🧵

Almost straight from #Glastonbury23 to #Groundswell23 - I'm not sure I have ever felt so nourished by friendship, community, music and knowledge. But now time to sleep.

We're recruiting!! Would suit new/recent ag grad. Based near Swindon, description in pictures. #farmjobs #teamdairy

@JessicaStokes9 Yes, they would select for fatty tails for use sacrificially and the fat for fuel.... apparently. So they would like to keep the tail and therefore must build it a tail-mobile

@AnnieRayner Is this because they bred sheep's tails so long and they didn't want them to get dirty? Why?! Better this than cut them off 🤔

"All the shepherds know enough of carpentering to make little trucks for their sheep's tails" Another to add to the collection of mad things humans have done to animals... this time from c.450BC

What relationships are there between gamebird release and management and numbers of other non-game species? In our new paper out today, we explore these across the UK considering 🦊🐀🪲🦋🐦🦎🐍 and more Some taxa ⬆️and some⬇️🐦‍⬛ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ec… A 🧵

This is absolutely horrendous and heartbreaking to watch... an alternative to CO2 stunning for pigs is long over due . Pigs do not have a humane death - it is good that this is being brought to the UK press following on from the US expose. theguardian.com/environment/20…

Perfect coverage of the Met Gala... 🍄

@stephenjwild @seanpmackinnon I too am adding myself here… for the same reason

Kosläpp is a Swedish word that literally translates to cow release after winter housing, and today was that special day here on our farm. I don't know if there is an Irish version of the word Kosläpp but I think it's a beautiful moment that definitely deserves its own word 🐄😊

I had the pleasure of finally graduating from my PhD @BristolUni. Its been a long journey but wonderful to finally close this chapter of my life! Thankyou to all my colleagues, old and new @FAIfarms for their support over the years as well as the ABW group @Bristol_Vets

"We must have brave conversations about hospicing industrial meat and making way for an agroecological farming system." @dr_cscott on the power and politics at the centre of the meat debate. #Agroecology Read the full blog 👇 ffcc.co.uk/conversations/…

@howemill Breakfast in bed... orrr bed and breakfast 😊😬🙃?

Our cattle seem very calm and content - super important when running a mixed horned and polled group. They enjoy relaxing on the hay - and this is fine, they still eat it 10/11

Bale grazing progress thread: This winter we are bale grazing hay in the same field it was cut, leaving the bales where they came out the baler and putting most of them up on a couple of old fence posts to reduce damp issues. We have added in some species rich bales too 1/11

Great few days at the #AWRN2022! Thanks to all those involved & to the wonderful @GNM_Hancock for hosting our welfare network. Feeling reinvigorated by all the wonderful ideas, knowledge exchanged and experiences shared.

On the way back after a fabulous few days of #awrn2022 - catching up with old friends, making new friends, and learning about lots of fantastic work all aiming to make the lives of animals at least a bit better

Louis is Twitter-famous… kind of 😹