The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: Farmer Fly on October 10, 2011, 12:18:42 pm
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hello
We are free range chickens
£1.00
nothing wrong with us!
going for chicken soup tomoorow night
please!
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where are you?
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Are these laying hens or chickens raised for slaughter? More info please :chook:
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Gloucesreshire but if you pm me i can give you more info
They are both hens
lay and for eating!
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where in Gloucestershire? pop them up to market thursday you may get more for them
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PM me and fast and I will give you all the info
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Is it just me that thinks this sounds really suss?
Why can't you put all the info on the forum???
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Is it just me that thinks this sounds really suss?
Why can't you put all the info on the forum???
Mmmmm,it is to my best belief that Farmer Fly is the one actually putting their hens into the auction in the first place....£1.00 hens? Look at my post's,sorry,but I bought some £1.70 ish hens...some may say it was foolish-probably,but they were in "almost dying condition" or with more ailments than most would be happy to cope with.
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sorry but they are going out tonight please help them rely here now if you want them and I will give you the number
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Hmmmmm strange Farmer Fly, your first post said they were going last night, now it's tonight????
I'm sure you would have more interest if you posted the full story.
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>:( Henstock
I am only 13 years old trying to help out a kind friend to sell the 12.000 chickens. But now it's too late because they are going to be killed for the chicken soup when in fact they could of be alive liveing a happy life layibg eggs for you.
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>:( Henstock
I am only 13 years old trying to help out a kind friend to sell the 12.000 chickens. But now it's too late because they are going to be killed for the chicken soup when in fact they could of be alive liveing a happy life layibg eggs for you.
Then hopefully "Farmer Fly" you will have learnt a valuable lesson, that ppl are suspicious of ppl they do not know offering cheap goods with only half a story. It is a sad fact of life that way more than 12,000 chickens go to make soup, pies, dog food etc every single week.
I admire your good intentions but you will never be able to save all the chickens in this situation.
You may frown at me, but rest assured my very first chickens were ex-bat from the Battery Hen Welfare Trust and I regularly restock with birds from free range farms as stated in another post.
I hope you have had a few of these hens and it will encourage you to have more in the future?? Maybe even to start breeding yourself? After all, chicken keeping is very addictive!!!
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>:( Henstock
I am only 13 years old trying to help out a kind friend to sell the 12.000 chickens. But now it's too late because they are going to be killed for the chicken soup when in fact they could of be alive liveing a happy life layibg eggs for you.
Farmer Fly,Did you honestly and seriously believe that by coming on this forum you would have sold 12000 hens!?? it is no good blaming people on here because they are all going for soup! Like Henstock says,I hope you purchased some yourself,at least you would be saving a few :)
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Farmer Fly
Why don't you tell us a bit more about yourself on the introductions forum, and join in our various threads and discussions about poultry. I am sure we will all be delighted to help out next time if we can, provided we have more notice and more in formation. There are a few rescue organistions already in place - the British Hen welfare Trust (formerly Battery Hen WT) - www.bhwt.co.uk (http://www.bhwt.co.uk) and this one in Dumfries - We are a battery hen rescue for South Scotland and north england. We are based in Dumfries and we currently have about 90 battery hens still looking for homes. have a look at our website http://www.homes4hens.co.uk (http://www.homes4hens.co.uk) or give us a call on 07866747769
, as well as some in England
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Nicely put Annie :bouquet:
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Thank you for your varying responses you have given my daughter.
She was only trying to help a friend rehome some of the hens. We did buy 18 of them as we do every year. She did realise that they could not all be rehomed. Sadly it seems that if it is cheap there must be something wrong with it. Well our little ladies are laying really well and feathering up nicely.
Maybe she should have put more info, but having been told the awful things that can happen when giving too much info, she chose the pm route to give the phone number for contact.
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Phone number via pm IS a good idea but a little story about what the hens were and why they were for sale would have helped the questioning minds, were not hard harted just know there are a lot of scams out there!
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yep second that one when a new poster comes on there is always a bit of suspicion with regards links etc :farmer:
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Thank you for that. I had no idea that this web site suffered from scams. Shows how innocent I am.
On a lighter note the new hens are fab and very nosey. Great time wasters.
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Thank you for that. I had no idea that this web site suffered from scams. Shows how innocent I am.
On a lighter note the new hens are fab and very nosey. Great time wasters.
Hi Khajou (wonderful username!)
Hope you and your lovely caring daughter will stay on the forum and take part in our discussions. There is a board on here especially for youngsters too.
You can tell us a bit about your family, surroundings and animals, without being specific as to ages, places etc, on the introductions board. I look forward to hearing more about your ex batts and photos too maybe. I got 4 more a few weeks ago and they are still reluctant to come out of their shed. These are ostensibly 'free range' and are very skittish, unlike my ex caged hens which are more humanised. If they are outside long enough I might get a few photos.
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Thank you for that. I had no idea that this web site suffered from scams. Shows how innocent I am.
On a lighter note the new hens are fab and very nosey. Great time wasters.
You have NO IDEA the amount of spammers and scammers Dan deletes from th site on a daily basis. Loads of fly boys (and girls) out there. >:(
I did PM your daughter and suggest she do a wee intro.
Good on you for taking your lot - in the words of a major retailer, every little helps :)
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All I was trying to do was helping a kind friend who was also trying to sell the 12.000 chickens before wednesday night!!
How was I meant to know all the things, like when they are going to be killed ect!! >:(
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All I was trying to do was helping a kind friend who was also trying to sell the 12.000 chickens before wednesday night!!
How was I meant to know all the things, like when they are going to be killed ect!! >:(
You weren't to know and it is very commendable to be so caring. :bouquet: Please join us on the Juniors forum, and on here too. We'd love to hear more about your own hens. :wave:
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Hi Farmer Fly
Well done to you for trying to help those hens. I hope your first try hasn't put you off trying thisnagain in the future. I'm sure you will find that now we know a bit more about you everyone will give you loads of support and do all they can to help.
Please keep us posted on how your rescued hens are doing, I plan to get some of my own next Spring. :thumbsup:
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:) thankyou for all the kindness of the people
Who have relpyed!
I will keep puting information about our new ladies.
Cheers
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Hi Farmer Fly,
I'd love to say how lovely your new ladies are, but perhaps not..... yet!!
Well done to you for taking them on. I'm sure in a few months they'll get all their feathers back, and will be looking beautiful again. Have they laid any eggs for you yet?
Womble.
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They look just like my 4 new girls! Mine aren't ex caged birds though, they are ex free range - well THAT'S a joke! Free range my giddy aunt! A huge barn with one door open and a breed that forages in dark woodland undergrowth in nature - no wish to be out in the daylight. Mine have only ventured outside their hut to eat and drink! And they run from me, unlike my ex batts who were only too pleased to see me. At least they didn't have their beaks chopped off like caged hens. ::)
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Thanks
We have 15 eggs out of the 18 hens!!!
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15 out of 18, hey thats good going, theyre happy hens!! eggsellent behaviour ;), and good effort for earlier. best of luck to you!!
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You see Farmer Fly, a little information goes a long way!
Glad to see you had a few of these girlies, I'm sure you will take great pleasure in seeiing them go from oven ready to fluffy feathered in a few months.
One of our first 4 ex-bats even went broody and raised some chicks, she was the best Mum!
From this.........
(http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz355/smileysal2009/Baldi%20and%20Chicks/21012009182.jpg)
To this!
(http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz355/smileysal2009/Baldi%20and%20Chicks/16082009640.jpg)
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Henstock,
Its so lovely to see how your battery hen has come on. What a change. Well done to you :thumbsup:
Sally
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What a change!
My chickens are sooo frindly!
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I will keep puting infomation about them.
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Hello Farmerfly - I think your new chickens look lovely :) and what a kind hearted girl you are too :)
My (nearly) 10 year old has been asking to join TAS (the juniors bit) but there is never really many people there for her to talk to...would you be interested in having a chat with her? I know you are a bit older than her, but having seen how hard to strived to save these chickens I think you'd have a lot in common.
I will have a word with her later and help her sign up so she can have an account if you are interested you can have a chat on here too :wave:
Lisa
ps. I wasn't sure where about you are so could you PM me if you are in the midlands (England midlands that is) as I'd be interested in trying to save some hens on another occasion x
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Hello Farmer Fly
Glad that you have shared a little more of your story (and that of the hens) - it is all that's needed to bring out the best of the wonderful people who share their stories, questions and advice and encouragement on this forum.
You certainly sound like you are doing a wonderful job with your new girls - they are laying far better than ours are at the moment! And the pictures Henstock posted brought tears to my eyes - how wonderful to see that kind of transformation.
We only started keeping hens last year, and bought in young, healthy, free range POL's. We have been learning the ropes up to now on how to keep our boys and girls happy and healthy. We feel more confident now, having learnt a lot from this site on the art of keeping happy and healthy chickens, and we hope to venture into getting some ex batts next year.
So please share your stories of how your girls progress. Even some of us oldies will learn a lot from you if you share your experiences, and any tips you can share on how to best care for ex batts will be gratefully received.
Good luck!
Dee