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    Ex battery hen not eating/drinking after laying an egg

    Good afternoon! - I have to thank you for sharing some of your sun - today is cloudless and very hot (for Ireland)! Consequently, we have moved the girls into a small makeshift pen outside under umbrellas. Their feet have been soaked and cleaned in Hibiscrub (an antiseptic liquid mixed with...
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    Ex battery hen not eating/drinking after laying an egg

    Good morning from a dull, probably going to be wet but warm(ish) Southern Ireland. It is indeed an interesting and beautiful country but only when the sun shines! On dull wet dreary days, of which there are many, it is thoroughly miserable and makes hard work of looking after the horses...
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    Ex battery hen not eating/drinking after laying an egg

    Hi - Pennsylvania - a very pretty State I hear! We are from England but moved here to Southern Ireland 13 years ago and since then have rescued two ex race horses, three dogs, four cats and now eight chickens! In February this year we took in six ex battery hens from a sanctuary that rescued...
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    Ex battery hen not eating/drinking after laying an egg

    Hi - thanks - your advice is invaluable. I made up your recipe (ish) - we don't have some of the ingredients here in Southern Ireland but I made up 1 cup Layers Pellets, 1 can of cat food (unfortunately chicken and liver was the only one I have) 4ml of Johnsons Tonic, 2 tsp apple cider vinegar...
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    Ex battery hen not eating/drinking after laying an egg

    Thank you so much for your reply. All three of our newbies have laid an egg which came as a surprise to me considering their condition. I think that it just took everything out of her for the day as she did eat and drink a little in the evening. It seems that she has a bad bruise on her...
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    Ex battery hen not eating/drinking after laying an egg

    We recently rescued an additional three ex battery hens all of which were in a pretty sorry state. They were frail, featherless and unable to walk. The worst one we have indoors and were feeding her with a dropper until she started feeding herself two days later. They are all gaining strength...
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    Help a bullied hen

    LittleBrownHen.........So sorry to hear of the difficulties your little girl is going through. I know it must be very traumatic for you and of course for her. As you have probably read, we put our bullied girl in a pen within the larger pen so they could all see each other but not touch. She...
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    Help a bullied hen

    Haha..... can I ask you another question please? Some of the hens have a bald (ish), dirty backside - I have read somewhere that we should sit them in warm water to clean it off and then put blue antiseptic spray on it. What would you suggest?
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    Help a bullied hen

    Sorry, meant to address you as CTKen!
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    Help a bullied hen

    Thanks Ken, this is all new to me and I just hate the idea of having an unhappy girl. Your advice is much appreciated.
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    Help a bullied hen

    Thank you for your replies - Rosie, as we have now named our bullied girl, is now starting to interact with the others although they are still chasing her off at meal times. Last night another chicken went into her house to roost and she had no problem joining her. Both were fine until...
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    Help a bullied hen

    About two weeks ago we got 6 ex battery hens. They all seemed to get on well together apart from one that they all picked on. She is bigger than the other hens but has a very small comb which I am thinking may be the reason she is being singled out for bullying. The flock are now free range...
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    Hellow from the Emerald Isle

    Thank you for your kind welcome messages. I am sure I will gain a lot from this forum.....
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    Hellow from the Emerald Isle

    Hi - just got our six ex battery hens from the 7.500 that were saved from the slaughterhouse here in Ireland. They are joining our family of two horses, two dogs and four cats all of which were rescues. I am amazed at how quickly they have adjusted to the wide open world and am now wondering...
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