Anna's hens

[Shadrach]

They are such lovely hens. Anna has done a fine job raising them. Pedro seems to have become my DD's little shadow! I wonder why!

Will you try to combine Anna's hens with yours at some point CCUK?

 

[CCUK]

I've just gone a locked everybody in for the night and they have taken themselves in! Sleeping arrangements tonight.

 

[Shadrach]

I've just gone a locked everybody in for the night and they have taken themselves in! Sleeping arrangements tonight. View attachment 1800214

 

[CCUK]

Will you try to combine Anna's hens with yours at some point CCUK?

Yes. I'm going to let them settle in for a couple of weeks and get used to seeing each other. There has been a few squabbles through the fence already. I'll let them all out into the main part of the garden first and see how they go. I'm hoping it will be trouble free!

 

[CCUK]

Hens are doing good. Roo had been laying some soft shell eggs due to a cat attack before she came here. Anna got her laying normal eggs again by giving her oyster shell on bread with a bit of yoghurt. With the stress of moving she started laying soft eggs again and so did lilah. Anyway today there was 4 beautiful perfect eggs!

They spent most of this afternoon helping in the garden!

They were also on layers mash but as my hens are all on pellets I tried to mix some pellets with the mash to transition them over. The feeder was emptied of pellets and all the mash was left so now it's 100% pellets! Transition complete!

 

[AmyJane725]

That is just awful they made her give up her babies. I'd tell the neighborhood to get bent and move away. (I know that's not very realistic, but still ) What a horrible thing to do to someone. Those hens weren't hurting anybody. People need to mind their own business.

I'm so glad she was able to give them to someone who would love them and give them such a nice home though. At least she can rest easy knowing that. And if she does ever move somewhere else she can always have them back again.

 

[Shadrach]

I can see they are adapting to your daughter but how about you CCUK?
Have you noticed any differences in their behaviour compared to your rescue hens?
Is that a rescue pub bench?

 

[CCUK]

I can see they are adapting to your daughter but how about you CCUK?
Have you noticed any differences in their behaviour compared to your rescue hens?
Is that a rescue pub bench?

Ha ha! I am a bit of a collector. Especially pint glasses! I don't think the wife could get a whole bench in her handbag!
I find that Pedro is very much like my rescues. She really does like to be around people and follows my DD around.....probanly because she always has something in her hand! Roo is very inquisitive about what's going on around her and lilah and jellybean are still a bit stand offish but give them some mealworms and they'll come straight up to me!

 

[CCUK]

It's been 4 weeks to the day since Anna's hens came here. There hasn't been much happening since my last update. The weather has been a bit british, so that means plenty of rain! Last week I let them all out together on the main part of my garden, which, is neutral territory! And.....nothing! No fighting or pecking or chasing! So on Thursday night I let them all out together in the run and same again.....nothing! So I left them. My ex battery hens gave moved back into the coop with Anna's hens and all seems bliss! They are now all out together and behaving and being nice! This was absolutely not what I was expecting so I am happy that they seem to be all getting along without any incident! I'll post some pictures but my phones a bit temperamental at the moment. All seems good!

 

[drumstick diva]

So glad the birds are accepting of each other. Major headache prevented