Adopting ex battery hens on sunday!

[3chimama]

first of all, welcome to BYC and next- thank you for rescuing the hens!!! What a blessing for them and kudos to you!

 

[Highlander]

Good luck with your new girls, they will give you so much pleasure, I promise you.

I agree with the others to keep them in for a few days so they are not too overwhelmed, they probably would be too scared to go out anyway. It will also take them a while to get used to nest boxes, they will lay in all corners of the coop - some may never learn to use the boxes at all. I would advise getting some Poultry Spice or some other nutritional supplement for them as they will need the boost.

Most of all, have fun with them and yes please, remember pics! Good Luck!

 

[kidsnchicks]

How do hens get rescued from an egg farm?

 

[Siler]

I know I've watched a few documentaries on egg farms but I had to google "battery hen". What I've read is making me sick to my stomach. I'm posting links on Facebook today to remind people what their cheap .99 cent/doz eggs are coming from.

Thank you for adopting. I volunteer at my local humane society often even if just to walk the dogs for the day.

 

[revolutionmama]

Congrats to you! I love rescues...woohoo for rescues and to you!

 

[revolutionmama]

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BTW here is just one out of many great sites about farm animal rescues for anyone interested

http://www.farmsanctuary.org/farm/ca/

 

[kidsnchicks]

But my questions is, how do they get from the egg farm to an adoption center? I used to work at an egg farn, the place is bio secure, and sorry to say, once they reached a certain age they were gone and it wasn't to an adoption center. Thats whay I am interested to see how they got to be adoptable.

 

[revolutionmama]

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There are so many scenarios in which a chicken could be rescued, and there are lucky chickens out there that do make it from the egg to loving arms even if they were destined to a bleak future. Like natural catastrophes for instance Hurricane Katrina in which a whole chicken egg facility was destroyed and Farm Sanctuary came in and rescued, mended and gave those chickens a better life than left to die in a destroyed building. Or like KFC, Tyson or other big time corporations that loose there processing plants for chicken cruelty and not following guidelines and regulations, then the chickens are again rescued by organizations that are in a network with each other to help save these animals.

Here is some great websites to look around on so you can understand the beginning to the end process of rescue -

http://www.henrescue.org/hen-rescue/hen-rescue/

http://www.brittonclouse.com/chickenrunrescue/

http://www.hobbyfarms.com/farm-resources/livestock-resources/rescue-groups.aspx

http://www.happytrailsfarm.org/

http://www.squidoo.com/rescuechickensfreeasabird

article about battery hens -

http://www.all-creatures.org/articles/egg-battery.html



It's not all egg farms either, I've rescued chickens and ducks from organizations because people buy them around easter and then realize that it takes time, love and money to raise a chick to a chicken or a duckling to a duck then they drop them off at a nature center realizing they were in over their heads.
"God loved the birds and invented trees. Man loved the birds and invented cages." ~Jacques Deval, Afin de vivre bel et bien

 

[revolutionmama]

A neat YouTube video about a battery hen being saved....

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Enjoy this amazing story

WOOLY KNICKERS - tooo cute

Little Hen Rescue -

 

[kidsnchicks]

Oh I get that there are different reasons why they come to be at adoption center but just never heard of any from egg farms. We don't have those type of weather issues here so that didn't even cross my mind, but I could see that.