[hughesy]

Anyone seen the article in country smallholding magazine about someone's ex batt hen having a rather complicated operation to fix a broken leg? £600 apparently . I have to say it'd be a case of another bone being broken before I'd be spending like that on a chicken, it's neck.

[Mammyshaz]

Awww it's obviously a much loved family pet.

It deserves somebody who cares after the life it previously had.
Good on them  I say, taking on the role of animal owning as a full responsibility and of course having the dosh to do it.
 ( tho I'm sure a lollypop stick bandaged to it's leg would do the same trick  )

[princesspiggy]

£600 could save alot of battery hens.

[robert waddell]

i just cant understand some people

[plumseverywhere]

Do you know what  this reminds me of taking my daughters' cockerel to the vet with bumblefoot!  I had to take him twice and got a combined bill of £60 which I had to hide from hubby     Daughters much loved pet and the replacement for her xmas present cockerel who dropped dead 'on the job' so I felt i had to try !

[Bramblecot]

We all choose to spend our money in different ways.  I can't believe what some people spend on cars/ restaurants/nail extensions /hair dye/new clothes/lottery tickets - then go and buy untraceable meat or eggs from caged birds - but that is their choice.  However, I think their vet probably saw them coming...

[deepinthewoods]

how daft will they feel when its built in obsolescence kicks in next week, will they payout for a pm?

i wonder, can you get pet insurance for a chicken?

[plumseverywhere]

when i took the cochin cockerel in, even the veternary nurses at the desk said "woah, its a chicken" when they saw in the box!! I don't think even in rural area's its common practise 
i bet the insurance companies would jump to insure hens 

[Womble]

It might even be worth it. After all, if you have a flock of 500 Isa Browns, you surely only need to insure one of them! 

[LouiseG]

I like your thinking womble 

[plumseverywhere]

I like your thinking womble 

so do I that's brilliant 

[doganjo]

What's teh betting they want them microchipped! 

[chrismahon]

Have friends who spent £2000 fixing up their run-over cat which died 3 months later. £600 for a pet is acceptable in my book, if you have the money. We used to waste that amount every month in the pub, before we stopped drinking completely. If our pet cockerel (who lives in the house) was ill we'd throw everything we had at him to fix it. Unfortunately we haven't got a lot to throw at the moment.

I'll enquire about pet insurance with the vet.

[JEP]

we were given a hen that's had a broken leg
runs OK with a limp
 

[allyb]

outright madness if you ask me and regards to the vet at least Dick Turpin wore a mask