General Chat

Getting three rescue battery hens on Sunday !!!!

Can't wait !!! xx

thats fab! my mum and dad started keeping chickens by having rescue ones.....poor things...but they were eggsellent layers once they were healthy again! I did suggest to OH that we should get some, but he reckons the horrible neighbour would completely flip out, and given the threats he made over car parking......! enjpy!

Muffy thats fab, .....

becareful about befriending them tho' ....... I used to have a pet chicken

Thank you !!!! I know they're going to be in a sorry state when they arrive but I'm looking forward to watching them blossom.

Poor little souls were heading for the slaughter house........the local rescue society is doing a rehoming day to rescue as many of them as possible.....we're taking 3 this time ........and if we get the extension on the run done in time we'll take another 3 on the next rehoming day xx

Ooh that's brilliant Muffy.

I keep fretting that the chickens on my fb farm might get a bit cramped.

Humane animal husbandry and optimum crop rotation methods are ruling my every waking thought at the moment. Good job I've got a week away soon, I need a break from facebook!

Maria xx

I doubt my neighbours are over impressed mamidau......but hey......never mind lolololol

Uzzi the two I've got are silly tame now. Youngest cuddles them like babies lol.

I sell all my cyber ones now Broggy........can't even bear to look at cyber ones cooped up in small spaces either lol xx

you're a braver woman than me then! lol!

I'll bribe them with eggs if necessary lol xx

oooooooh good plan.....! maybe I could try that.....hmmmmmm...I could inject something into the egg...to get em back for being such horrible neighbours!!!!! thanks Muffy!! lol!!!

Muffy enjoy them lovely bundles of fluff providing food. Spas my pet she lived to a ripe old age ( long after her egg days )

Oh I will ...thank you Uzzi.

If anyone lives in the Cambridgeshire area and fancies having a go.......there is a rescue day this Sunday.......they need to try and find homes for 2000 hens from 3 different farms....you have to book ahead and have a chat with the rescue people first though.

If anyone is able to give them a second chance...pm me and I'll send you the details.xx

Excitedly waiting for the arrival of *pip* *squawk* and * Pecky Becky* tomorrow.

Thank you all for the pm's expressing an interest.

Please let me know if you have any updates xx

Let us know how you get on :)

Eager to hear how they are tomorrow,

hope they all settle in nicely

Maria xx

Thank you !!!

Yes I'll most likely bore the pants off you all with news of their every move lololol xx

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Thats great Muffs..

theres a few old chicks due here sometime soon as well,,,,:}}}}}}~~~~~

So there are lol xx

Muffy if it doesn't work out with the chicks you can always adopt this old girl, can't promise l'll lay you any eggs but l will have a good try, lol.

pmsl........I'll keep you in mind Mummo...not overly fussed about the eggs but you'd have to put up with two little girls cuddling you at every opportunity lol xx

Muffy
we got 3 ex battery hens in June one is looking beautiful now and really soft the other two are a bit scraggly still but they are eating out of our hands now.
They didnt take long to learn to use the ramp into their house and are good chucks and are in bed around 8.30pm so no dirty stop outs.

I give my neighbour and space eggs to keep them sweet but he says they dont bother them.

d x