Ex-Battery Hen Keeper
Posted: 28 Apr 2007, 22:01
Dori
I have taken in retired battery hens for some years now. In the last couple of years I have found it increasingly difficult to track them down. Probably a good thing! Means the farms are dying out,I hope. Roll on 2012! This week I managed to buy another 12. Under the circumstances and thinking back to others I have had, this lot look quite good and surprisingly the beaks do not appear to be clipped. If I had the room I would have more. I do have to keep them in a run when I am not at home because of a recent daytime visit from Mr Foxy, but they get out every opportunity possible to roam the garden. Although my new lot will have to adapt a little first.. they are feeling a little agrophobic at the moment!! It won't be long before they to are enjoying the rest of the garden. Nice website, Dori
Carolyn
Our hens were supposedly from a free range unit but most spent their time inside and ours had their beaks cut but they were delightful and layed well and were very tame and had a lovely life until the fox took them in the day
Joe
can anyone tell me where i can get an ex battery hen
Magenta
We got our battery hens from an egg farm listed in the yellow pages. We were put on to them by someone on another board, obvious really but we didn't think of it.
We rang and asked if they had any end of lay hens and were offered as many as we wanted for 50p each.
Mr.Macca
Just got to say what you guys do to give these ex-battery hens another life is outstanding!
If i had the room i would do the same without a doubt.
Plese keep up the good work guys and all the best.
Wendy
Get onto the Battery Hen Welfare Trust website and they have list of local co ordinators who will let you know when more are coming out.
I am sorry to say when my girls came home 31st October 2005 they really were quite badly pecked and look very oven ready. Three of their beaks are quite markedly cut the fourth has had it done but not so bad.
I am always amazed that people can live with themselves with this going on in sheds where they work. I also feel sure if most people realised what was happening to these little birds they wouldn't buy eggs from caged hens.
Yes my girls cost 50p [although we donated more] but it has been the best money we have ever spent. They are so funny and haven't stopped laying since we got them, bless them
Richard
Nice thread this !
By the way Matt, I have to confess when I started out with chickens, I brought the 'ex-batts' ignorant they were ex-batts. It's simply at 25p per bird, it seemed a bargain.
Then, when I realised what they were, it turned me onto 'the cause'.
Good for everyone. They may only be birds, but surely they have some rights in this World. They were here before we were !
Ash
Hiya all ,
Iv enjoyed reading this thread , im meeting up with some of the battery hen welfare trust on the 12th dec , to pick up some ex batts , really looking forward to it .
Wendy
Hi Again Kenny,
You have answered the question I asked on your other post. LOL
Not long for these little girls to have to wait, to come out from the hell they are living in at this time. Lets hope it passes quickly for them.
Well done.
Ash
And i answered your question on the other post lol ,
Yes i also hope time passes quickly for them , they are rescueing 1000 perhaps more if the farmer will allow them . Im glad were meeting up after they have got them from the farmer usure how i would cope seeing them all in them awful cages , iv only ever seen pics on the internet and that brought tears to my eyes , anyway if anyone is nr bristol contact me if your interested in giving some a home .thanks
Colin
I was due to collect 6 ex-battery girls on Saturday but, unfortunately, I'll have to wait a bit longer since the BHWT has decided to stop collections until the situation in Suffolk is resolved. Disappointing but understandable.
This will be my first batch of ex-battery hens and I intend to put them in with my existing flock of hybrids and pure breeds. However I'm a little concerned that the diseases, against which the battery hens will have been vaccinated, could end up being passed to my existing birds. Does anyone know if this really is a risk?
I have taken in retired battery hens for some years now. In the last couple of years I have found it increasingly difficult to track them down. Probably a good thing! Means the farms are dying out,I hope. Roll on 2012! This week I managed to buy another 12. Under the circumstances and thinking back to others I have had, this lot look quite good and surprisingly the beaks do not appear to be clipped. If I had the room I would have more. I do have to keep them in a run when I am not at home because of a recent daytime visit from Mr Foxy, but they get out every opportunity possible to roam the garden. Although my new lot will have to adapt a little first.. they are feeling a little agrophobic at the moment!! It won't be long before they to are enjoying the rest of the garden. Nice website, Dori
Carolyn
Our hens were supposedly from a free range unit but most spent their time inside and ours had their beaks cut but they were delightful and layed well and were very tame and had a lovely life until the fox took them in the day
Joe
can anyone tell me where i can get an ex battery hen
Magenta
We got our battery hens from an egg farm listed in the yellow pages. We were put on to them by someone on another board, obvious really but we didn't think of it.
We rang and asked if they had any end of lay hens and were offered as many as we wanted for 50p each.
Mr.Macca
Just got to say what you guys do to give these ex-battery hens another life is outstanding!
If i had the room i would do the same without a doubt.
Plese keep up the good work guys and all the best.
Wendy
Get onto the Battery Hen Welfare Trust website and they have list of local co ordinators who will let you know when more are coming out.
I am sorry to say when my girls came home 31st October 2005 they really were quite badly pecked and look very oven ready. Three of their beaks are quite markedly cut the fourth has had it done but not so bad.
I am always amazed that people can live with themselves with this going on in sheds where they work. I also feel sure if most people realised what was happening to these little birds they wouldn't buy eggs from caged hens.
Yes my girls cost 50p [although we donated more] but it has been the best money we have ever spent. They are so funny and haven't stopped laying since we got them, bless them
Richard
Nice thread this !
By the way Matt, I have to confess when I started out with chickens, I brought the 'ex-batts' ignorant they were ex-batts. It's simply at 25p per bird, it seemed a bargain.
Then, when I realised what they were, it turned me onto 'the cause'.
Good for everyone. They may only be birds, but surely they have some rights in this World. They were here before we were !
Ash
Hiya all ,
Iv enjoyed reading this thread , im meeting up with some of the battery hen welfare trust on the 12th dec , to pick up some ex batts , really looking forward to it .
Wendy
Hi Again Kenny,
You have answered the question I asked on your other post. LOL
Not long for these little girls to have to wait, to come out from the hell they are living in at this time. Lets hope it passes quickly for them.
Well done.
Ash
And i answered your question on the other post lol ,
Yes i also hope time passes quickly for them , they are rescueing 1000 perhaps more if the farmer will allow them . Im glad were meeting up after they have got them from the farmer usure how i would cope seeing them all in them awful cages , iv only ever seen pics on the internet and that brought tears to my eyes , anyway if anyone is nr bristol contact me if your interested in giving some a home .thanks
Colin
I was due to collect 6 ex-battery girls on Saturday but, unfortunately, I'll have to wait a bit longer since the BHWT has decided to stop collections until the situation in Suffolk is resolved. Disappointing but understandable.
This will be my first batch of ex-battery hens and I intend to put them in with my existing flock of hybrids and pure breeds. However I'm a little concerned that the diseases, against which the battery hens will have been vaccinated, could end up being passed to my existing birds. Does anyone know if this really is a risk?