[Janette1970]

Hello all,
just wanted to say a big thank you to anyone out there who has ever had anything to do with rehoming ex-batts.
I LOVE MY GIRLS. 
I got them last saturday and have had few problems with them. They are now quite happy to go to bed. They are all feeding really well. No eggs today but we have been getting 3 or 4 a day!!!! I think they are all FAR too busy pecking and scratting and enjoying a range of food.
I'm not convinced they know what they are scratting for!!!! However they seem to be really enjoying it.
I was a little disappointed on Sunday. I went to 'The Festival of the Plough' a lovely day out for the family in walking distance. There was a poultry tent with show birds and a stand selling stuff.
There were 2 things that bothered me
                         1. Some of the chickens had NO water!!! All day!!!
                         2. The people on the stall were anti-exbatts!!!

I couldn't believe it    I was proud to be offering these lovely creatures even a glimpse of a natural life (had they not survived rehoming!!) The woman said, 'You see people think they are doing them a favour when actually they're not. We have more phonecalls from people with problems than any other group!' 
She had people in the crowd agreeing with her!!!! Whats that all about 
These poor things have had such a bad time. I was soooo excited. And they were SOOO negative.
I have much more of an issue with those terrible owners that were showing their poor birds and  not providing for their most basic of needs!!! She didn't have an issue with these sad individuals!!!

Any way - to happier thoughts - I can't wait to get up in the morning and tend to my lovely ladies. I've also noticed a squirrel is quite keen on the sweetcorn!!!

[doganjo]

Well done, Janette!  I agree wholeheartedly with your sentiments!  This is exactly why I have 10 ex batts!  Yes, I have a Light Sussex as well and I like black rocks so may buy a couple of them too but I love my ex batt girls - they are so friendly and (I think) appreciative of their new life.  These people who say they get problems are just trying to cover up their own snobbish attitudes! IMHO that is   So far I have re-homed quite a number of ex batts and have never had any problems - well no more than any other breed I've owned.  That sort of attitude really annoys me!  Some folk say if you keep buying these girls off the farmers they will keep on having them in the squalid conditions as they get money for them, But it is no more than they get from the knackers so I can't see the logic in that.  The advantage is we give these girls a little bit of the sort of life they deserve.

Long Live Battery Hen Rescue!

[Roxy]

Thank you for giving these birds te chance of a life outside their cages.

I am a co ordinator for Henrehomers UK, and help bring the hens out of the farm and get them to their new homes.  Its  such a nice feeling when those birds come outside for the first time in over a year.  And I have another nice feeling when I hand over the hens to people like you, who care enough to rehome them.

We have another rescue on 10th October, so if you know of anyone wanting hens, please direct them to our website

www.henrehomers.net