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Merlins Mum
Hectare
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At last I have my girls
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September 22, 2006, 15:00:47 »
I am now the proud owner of two ex battery hens ;D Picked them up on Sunday and they are a joy. :) They don't always lay every day but both are laying which is a bonus for me as they are as much pets as they are producers of eggs.
Going to show them off now
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katynewbie
Hectare
Posts: 2,823
Manchester
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September 22, 2006, 18:46:58 »
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
GORGEOUS!!! Hope they are happy now they have a great home and someone who loves them...sorry, I get soppy about hens!
Well done you for taking them in!
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OliveOil
Hectare
Posts: 1,543
Lincs
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September 22, 2006, 22:13:15 »
Awww I have the opportunity to get either ex battery or ex free range hens... I'm tempted!
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Merlins Mum
Hectare
Posts: 744
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September 23, 2006, 08:19:16 »
Get some ex bettery OO, they've had such a miserable existance, they deserve better.
MM
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loz
Half Acre
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November 06, 2006, 14:21:08 »
Well done MM, a worthy cause :D
Now if I could just convince you to have another two and think about saving rare breeds............................................................. ;D
Loz ;)
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Merlins Mum
Hectare
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November 06, 2006, 17:34:24 »
hi loz, I would if I thought I had the space but we only have an ark and I think three is my limit. one of the original two died after a neighbours dog got into our garden :'( so we replaced her with two more. :)
just out of interest what rare breeds?
MM
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Marymary
Hectare
Posts: 1,584
Norwich
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November 06, 2006, 18:05:27 »
What beautiful chicks MM. I reguarly get news of rescued hens and they never look like yours, healthy with all their feathers & laying too. I rescued 2 last year - not ex battery but badly neglected & they laid all last winter but are having a little rest along with the other 7 so no eggies for breakfast here.
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Merlins Mum
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November 06, 2006, 18:48:48 »
Hi Mary, I think I took pics of their best sides ;D but one had a bald bum and very few feathers on her underside and the other had a lot missing on her neck and front. One of the 3 I have at the moment is going through a moult and really looks tatty. she only has to shake and some feathers fall out and you always know where she roosted as there is a pile of feathers under the perch, lol But they do have more feathers than a lot of ex battery hens. The farm they came from only keeps 4 to a cage and not 6 so that might help a bit.
MM
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Marymary
Hectare
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Norwich
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November 06, 2006, 20:59:45 »
I know what you mean about all the feathers coming out in a heap but why oh WHY do the silly things shed their feathers just when the weather is getting cold & they need all the warmth they can get. Last year I had healthy but almost completely naked chickens standing shivering in the snow! ::) I saw an American website once with knitting patterns for jumpers for chickens - I was tempted. 8)
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Merlins Mum
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November 07, 2006, 09:08:58 »
Mary, I have seen pics on the Battery Hen Welfare Trusts website of chickens with little jumpers on because they were so bald and poorly when they were rescued. I do hope mine don't get to that stage. It does seem to depend on the hen, some seem to lose a few at a time so you don't notice it so much but others just fall apart. My other two girls don't look too bad at the moment
MM
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