battery hens

  1. Diveks

    Recovery on battery hens?

    Someone was selling off their battery hens (still in lay), and I was looking for some dark egg layers so I picked them up, they don’t really look 100%. They are bald in some places and their combs look pretty wrinkled and pale. But they are not in terrible shape as they haven’t been battery hens...
  2. Chicken Chiquita

    The truth behind store eggs.

    Have you ever wondered where the store eggs come from? The truth? (besides chickens of course.) Though it varies on each type and brand, most (who are called "battery hens,") live their 1-2 year lives in very small cages with anywhere from 1-10 others, each chicken may be given an amount of...
  3. TheChiggens

    Venting About Factory Chicken Farming

    I just really needed to vent on this because it gets harder and harder every day to think about. As I am sure you all know hens are being kept in confinement the size of a sheet of paper! Now I don't know how far back someone thought well this seems humane. Yes, I know its a very productive...
  4. D

    URGENT SICK HEN

    Hi, This is not much of introduction... I'll have to do one later! One of my ex-battery hens (I have had for around 2 months) fell ill last Saturday- I diagnosed her with an impacted crop and spent the last week massaging it and taking her to the vet. The vet was willing to cut it open and...
  5. Mama_femme

    Hello from the UK!

    Hi all, I’m relatively new to chicken keeping having rescued 4x ex battery hens in December last year. All four are settling well. They’re not bald anymore and follow me around the garden. I’ve attached a photo of the girls. I am a fully vegan mother of two boys. We love having chickens and...
  6. JaneBrook

    Newbie.... HI EVERYONE

    Finally I joined ‘back yard chickens’ site as I have 10 hens - 6 bantams & 4 ex battery hens that I saved from slaughter. I’ve often used this site as reference for concerns (in panic usually) & reading others ‘problems’ helps calm me to diagnose symptoms & treatments! SO THANKS TO YOU ALL- for...
  7. Mitsos Lamprogiorgos

    Layer Test!!! Ho ho ho.

    All the layer tests big companies have done to their layers are: a) per cage system b) with artificial lighting c) with expensive high density layer feed d) with a specific temperature e) without the stressed and unpredictable conditions of a free range system f) with a water 100% clean of...
  8. P

    Looking for Spent Hens

    Hello all, I live in northeast PA and am new to backyard chicken keeping. I have decided to adopt ex-battery hens instead of going the designer breed route but I am at a loss as to how to find some poor girls that will be processed out at 18 months from an egg production farm. I thought that I...
  9. FairyFowl

    Hi there from the UK

    Hello everyone I've had chickens in the past and after many years without them, I'm now waiting on a call to begin my new flock. I'm rescuing 6 battery hens soon with the help of The British Hen Welfare Trust, sometime during the month of April. I'm looking forward to seeing what you all get...
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