Hi
We moved to France full time over two years ago and have kept rescue hens for 18 months.
We live in Lot et Garonne about a 90 minute drive from Bordeaux
Hi Midim
We free range our hens and we were prepared to accept the loss to predators in order to give them a large area to forage. We had a near miss with a fox but managed to drive him off. We started with 8 hens, 2 simply disappeared on separate occasions, 2 died of sour crop and we lost 2 to...
If you have a closed run suggest you use a bug trap to hang from the frame, when its full feed the hens with the contents the hens love bugs. We use cheap beer to attract flies and wasps, does not attract bees.
Hi my name is Terry
We live in France and a few months ago took delivery of 12 rescue hens. Commercial hens are slaughtered at 18 months old here so there are a number of charities that take the entire flock and re- home them
We have seen the transformation from a moth eaten group of traumatised...
