Gosh. I have been keeping hens on and off for 20 years and like most people on here was reticent about these new fangled things. I have had no problems using them and having tried to use everything else first etc etc. However after three years of employing the entertainment, upping the protein, addi...

Well no-one ever got back to me from the ex-batt welfare, but neither did the local chicken farmer. I think there is a further problem. Farmers now want to ship off the whole lot to the exbatts or the dog food factory, they dont want small concerns involved. Too much hassle and risk of exposure to u...

Yes thank you actually I have already contacted the local co-ordinator to enquire although I do have some reservations about going that route. I was just hoping someone might know of a farmer who I could contact directly. I am trying to avoid the hens being stressed through being evacuated en masse ...

Hi everybody,

I am finally all set up to start keeping chickens again but have always bought in ex battery hens.

Does anyone here know where I can get hold of some?
Looking in the Newton Abbott, Totnes, Ashburton area.

Many thanks