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I am very jealous My girls come for treats but were 18 months old when we got them they were ex battery hens and i agree with everything said chooks make wonderful pets i just love them wish they enjoyed a cuddle as much as I would with them

many thanks for reply we think she may be about 3yrs she is an ex battery girl and a very sweet hen we have had her for 15 months

No shell just this rubberyness all the way through she had not layed for several months

pretty firm inside but no sign of yolk or white just rubbery all the way through she had finished laying or so we thought

one of my hens stopped laying several months ago she is an ex battery girl, however today she layed this rubbery very firm egg like thing it was solid with no discernable differentation of part has any one seen one of these. this evening she seem ok I think

We dont have a rooster but I will keep an eye out for bullying in my small flock of 3 rescue girls one barn and two battery, thanks for the reply Carole O

My 3+ year old rescue barn hen is loosing her comb it is slowly getting smaller does any one know why please

many thanks for the reply from what you say I guess she is ok

My hen passes dark watery unpleasant smelling motions eary in the day, these change as the day goes on to firmer "normal" looking motions we have noticed this as she now spends so much more time with us inside with the arrival of a severe winter, is this unusual ??

:weeemany thanks for suggestion, our little horrors bully in the run where I cannot reach them !!!

:cd:cdTwo of my Rescue girls seem to get on well but one in particular bullies the third one any ideas please how to stop this

Many thanks for your reply but I couldnt harm Dot unless the vet had to do the kind thing as she is such a lovely girl and the most intelligent of my three!! I guess you are in the US we here in the UK have an organisation called The Battery Hen Welfare Trust who put me in touch with a local...

:(We have three ex battery hens adopted in March Banty, Bonnie and Dot, Dot has been unwell passing what can only be described as "eggy" or corn coloured poo and generally looked unwell , fluffed up head down and not eating or drinking so I brought her in for some loving care, she stayed two...