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  1. S

    Sick ex batt

    Hi all, I have a BHWT hen that we’ve had for about a year and a half (so she’s about 3). She’s been off colour for a few days. I thought at first she was just keeping my older hen (6 years old) company and just lying around but then I realised that she’d stopped eating. I’ve gone from thinking...
  2. edgy6ellie

    hen vomiting thick white and yellow liquid

    ive been having many issues with my hen Pootle recently, she was very lethargic for a few weeks and wouldnt eat, she then perked up for about 2 weeks before becoming very aggressive and is now back to being lethargic and not eating. i picked her up earlier to check her for any signs of whats...
  3. Nenad

    My new ex-batts stopped laying

    I got 4 ex-battery hens couple of weeks ago, first 4-5 days they were laying. After that all of them stopped for 5 days and 6th day is today. Why is that? Do they molt? When will they continue? They have all that they need. And also their pelvic bones closed to 2 fingers- first few days they...
  4. S

    Advice for my sister

    Asking on behalf of my sister. She rescued some ex laying birds about 6 months ago now. She’s has on going problems with one bird in particular. She’s completely bald on her bum and looks red raw. All the other have feathered up and are well. She’s been purple spraying to prevent pecking, not...
  5. Ruffle

    Soft shell broken inside - what to do after the shell is extracted?

    My beloved ex-batt Major Maggie (the tiniest chicken who is the queen of the flock) is unwell. I discovered today that she had a soft-shell which had broken inside. With baths and lube and oil and cuddles I've finally got the shell out (with a lot of effort from her), but I dont know if its...
  6. woodworm

    Ex batt's not roosting - sleeping in egg box

    Hi everyone I believe this to be a 'patience' type of thing, but if I'm wrong then best to confirm .... We received our 10 x ex battery hens around 6-7 weeks ago - anyone that has had ex-batts know that they take some time settling in before showing true chicken behaviours. We have found they...
  7. NightFury06

    Ex-batts not eating

    Hey everyone! I got 3 ex-battery hens yesterday, and I have put them in our old chicken coop. To start with, I put the water inside the coop. However, they kept knocking it over and I was worried that they would get some sort of fungal infection or something, so I need to find a place to put...
  8. H

    Ex-battery hens, no feathers. Worried about winter months.

    Hi Everyone! In July 2019, I adopted four ex-battery hens. When they arrived, they were all very pale looking, scruffy/missing feathers and quite thin. Over the past 4 months, the girls have thrived! Their combs and faces are red, they have gained weight and love rummaging about in my garden...
  9. Aerliss

    Ex-batt with malfunctioning crop suddenly passing clear liquid.

    James came to me with a crop the size of a gala melon two or three months ago. Vet could find no obvious reason for it, and put it down to the stress of rescue. Several months on and she's still wearing her support harness. However, she lays just fine and has acted normally up until this...
  10. Equiem

    Not sour crop - doughy crop to fluid filled and not emptying - ADVICE PLEASE

    Prudence is my one original ex-battery hen that has never had to go to the vets... yet! She is 13 months free after being rescued from slaughter in March of 2018. I am in the UK and she is one of 6! Background: Thursday morning, she was slow to come out so I caught her (much to her disgust -...
  11. Bethemma

    Introducing vaccinated birds to non-vaccinated Marek's survivors

    I am wanting to give a home to some ex-battery hens which I can potentially pick up on Sunday. I believe that all 'commerical' chickens are vaccinated against things such as marek's. This is good because unfortunately my small flock was exposed to marek's in the past. The hens that survived...
  12. Mulu52

    Ex Batt with floppy light pink comb

    One of the 3 ex Batts I've had since Aug 18 has lost the bright pink colour from her comb. She's eating and drinking although have seen the leader of my pack try to push out the way (only way to describe it). Any suggestions welcome.
  13. Equiem

    Sick chicken, will leave one alone if she dies

    One of my ex-battery hens has been on "palliative" care and anti-inflammatory medicatiom for almost 2 weeks now and had been absolutely fine up until this morning (she even laid a proper shelled egg the other day). But now, she isn't leaving the coop, is puffed up and isn't eating at all. I...
  14. Equiem

    Is my chicken unwell or just feeling the cold?

    Gertrude is an ex-battery hen who is almost 2.5yrs old (rescued in March last year). She has had a couple of health hiccups - nothing major. Currently laying sporadically, maybe had 1 egg from her in the past couple of weeks - can't feel any egg in oviduct (hoping there's no egg peritonitis but...
  15. CCUK

    Lost my first ex batt

    Today I lost my first ex battery hen. Flora was a ISA Brown the more commonly used hens for this purpose. She had been unwell for some time and losing weight. She had been eating and drinking fine and out and about with the others but didn't have the same stamina and would often stand hunched...
  16. K

    Ex-Batt Hen with dramatic explosive diarrhoea, 4 weeks now (warning: Pics!)

    Hi all, On the 7th April one of my hens (whilst relaxing under the kitchen table!) had a sudden and very noisy diarrhoea poo, it was black and very nasty looking but, since it didn't seem to put her mood up nor down, I just assumed it was something she had eaten (my neighbour had put out bird...
  17. C

    Five Ex-Batts for re-home

    Hello I have 5 ex-batts for collection. I live in Worthing, west susex, England . The hens are in very good health and are still laying, we get around 5 eggs per day. They are large hens and have been allowed to free range the majority of the day and like alot of exercise. They would not suit a...
  18. jlcn

    Poorly ex batt. :(

    Hi all. My ex bat, who must be roughly 3 years old now has been looking more and more poorly these past few days. It started off with her comb turning purple at the ends and not being her energetic, feisty self. We brought her indoors last night. She will only drink (which I've put pick me up...
  19. Carlyle37

    Ex batts

    Hi, I've had my 2 ex batts for 4 months now and they've recovered their feathers and are laying regularly. 2 days ago, one of them was just standing hunched and not being her usual bossy self. since she had been laying soft shell eggs for 2 days prior to this. I brought her in and gave her a...
  20. Ratassasin

    Is my cockerel good match for ex batts?

    I was looking for a cockerel for my 7 ex batts, so went to a local lady who runs local chicken rescue she seemed very knowledgable and suggested I took a four week old cockerel along with hen so he wasn't alone. The only thing now is the cockerel is a hen and the hen is the cockerel and they are...
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