Author Topic: Freedom for Ex Battery Hens  (Read 17212 times)

doganjo

  • Joined Aug 2012
  • Clackmannanshire
  • Qui? Moi?
Re: Freedom for Ex Battery Hens
« Reply #30 on: September 06, 2009, 12:00:54 am »
Hmmm - thinking I may go down this route - we're inheriting a hen house that can house 100 buy sadly not the hens so we'll have to stock it! Probably wouldn't get too many at first. Is there any limit on how many you can 'save'?
Off to look at the website........ :chook:
(I'll see if I can put a pin in the map too!)

Last time I went to East Torrie there was someone there taking 25 girls.
Always have been, always will be, a WYSIWYG - black is black, white is white - no grey in my life! But I'm mellowing in my old age

MiriMaran

  • Joined Feb 2009
  • Derbyshire
Re: Freedom for Ex Battery Hens
« Reply #31 on: September 06, 2009, 05:50:50 pm »
When I got Ex-batts we waited until everyone else had taken theirs and then we had the rest - approx 30 if I remember right.  10, 3 and 3 went to friends of ours.  I was told that had we been new to hen keeping they would have done a home check first with that number of birds.

Unicorn

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Re: Freedom for Ex Battery Hens
« Reply #32 on: September 06, 2009, 10:18:16 pm »
THats good - at least they do care that they will be looked after properly.

 :chook: :chook:

ballingall

  • Joined Sep 2008
  • Avonbridge, Falkirk
Re: Freedom for Ex Battery Hens
« Reply #33 on: September 06, 2009, 10:24:35 pm »
We are due to pick up our ex-bat hens tomorrow (Sunday) from the co-ordinator in Camelford, Cornwall, very excited  :chook:
We have spent the last week erecting the coop, sorting the run, scratching our heads about whether to hang the galvanised feeder and drinker up off the ground to stop insects/slugs etc - what is the norm?
We've signed up for 6-8  :)
Tish

We hang up the water drinkers for our chickens- it helps to stop the hens scratching earth into and stuff. We use clothes line to hang it form the ceiling of the run or from a piece of wood across the run, knot the clothes line, then use a metal S shape hook http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/8-X-S-HOOKS_W0QQitemZ290346973796QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Storage?hash=item439a073a64&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14 to hook the feeder to the line.

Sudanpan

  • Joined Jan 2009
  • West Cornwall
    • Movement is Life
Re: Freedom for Ex Battery Hens
« Reply #34 on: September 07, 2009, 09:24:34 pm »
Thanks for that  :) We created a 'T' bar post and hung the feeder from one end and the waer drinker from the other - we were a bit worried that the hens wouldn't find the feeder and drinker but 1 day in they have discovered both  :)
They hung around inside the coop for ages after we got home - no clucking or anything which was a bit worrying - but this morning there were 3 eggs and all have ventured out at some stage - indeed I had to do some persuading to get them to go back in this evening!!
We were quite surprised at the condition of the chickens - much better than anticipated, more feathers and certainly strong legs so walking around and hopping is no problem - however we were told that this batch all have red mite so we have to sort that out.
Its great   ;D

sandy

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Re: Freedom for Ex Battery Hens
« Reply #35 on: September 11, 2009, 11:02:44 pm »
THe 7 ex batts I had soon got into being normal chickens, they are all so very different!!!! One common thing is they stay up much longer than my 8 Black Rocks, Ex Battery hens are party animals!!!

Rosemary

  • Joined Oct 2007
  • Barry, Angus, Scotland
    • The Accidental Smallholder
Re: Freedom for Ex Battery Hens
« Reply #36 on: September 12, 2009, 09:04:59 am »
I think it might be thre breed. Our Black Rocks are in bed ages before the Warrens, although the Warrens are still "teenagers". Hope they manage to live long enough to go to bed early!

 

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