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Quote: We went to a special sanctuary that rescues them from battery farms that are closing down. They'd otherwise be incinerated or turned into feed for other livestock. The organisation we used was Little Hen Rescue but there are plenty of other organisations doing the same thing across the UK

Quote: Just uploaded a few pics of our chickens in the snow here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=280631 We took loads more, let me know if you want to see them and I will upload them. Our chickens took about an hour to 'pluck' up the courage before venturing into...

23954 + 3 = 23957! 43 to go until 24,000!

These are our rescued battery-hens enjoying snow for the first time. Lucky they have grown a thick plumage of feathers in time!

LOL, as I expected then! Do you think I could train them to perform tricks in order to earn the scraps!!?

My 3 girls are constantly wanting scraps from us, as soon as we go near our patio doors, they run to the glass waiting and pecking at the glass! They have plenty of standard feed which they eat no problem, there is always some left too so its not as if we are not feeding them enough. They are...

Thanks so much for your help, I've learnt a lot today and to be honest I considered myself quite a competent chicken owner! I guess there's always more to learn no matter how well you think you know something!

Wow thanks for your informative reply. We feed them layers mash all the time and they have a handful of grain before bedtime. I do have oystel shells but I haven't used it for a while because we found another type of grit which is much finer and easier to mix. I'm at work now but I've asked...

We have three chickens who put themselves to bed each night in thier chicken house. Tonight, when I went to lock up the coop and check the chickens were OK I found that one was missing. After searching the garden I found one egg with a really thin flexible shell and then I found the chicken...