ex 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. mariac

    Coccidiosis - how long through treatment before no blood visible?

    I adopted 3 ex-batt hens about 3 weeks ago (they are 18 months old). They were all in a very poor state and had also had the stress of transport before I collected them. I have had them separated from the rest of my girls and have given them much TLC and good quality feed. They were all...
  3. Equiem

    Can chickens lay inconsistent sized eggs?

    Just a question I can't seem to find an answer to It's my first full winter (in the UK) with my 3 rescued ex-batts and I'm still getting 2 eggs a day My theory is that one chicken isn't laying. I've (accidentally) disturbed her - been up to their pen whilst she'd been in the nest box so she has...
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