Just rescued some more Battery Hens *pics*

[Johnn]

Some of the old girls are starting to except them:

Look at the size difference! I rescued the big one in 2010:

 

[Poinsettia]

They look so happy!

 

[LDev]

Love the sunbathing pic! It's so lovely when they get their first taste of the outdoors. Mine HATE going to bed now lol, they would much rather stay out eating bugs!

 

[<3ChickenForever]

That's really awesome that you save these hens! They sure seem like they have bright personalities.

 

[Johnn]

Thank you everyone for the nice comments! Two of them are a bit under the weather today. I am thinking they are stressed due to it being a cold day and they don't have many feathers, they are going in to a early moult or they are passing a soft egg. I will give them some scrambled egg tomorrow!

 

[LDev]

One of mine was a bit like that until the wormer kicked in, after some tlc she was much better, then it looked like she maybe had a crop problem so got her some maggots which got her right back on track. Hope they get better soon John

 

[Suzierd]

That's really weird that the maggots helped her crop problem, I never heard of that.

 

[LDev]

Had seen it mentioned on here somewhere but then the lady from the rescue place said it too so thought i would give it a try. It's because they swallow them whole into their crop, the maggots then work through the blockage. Gross but effective lol! It definitely worked for my hen

 

[Johnn]

Yes magotts do help s hens crop.

 

[Suzierd]

Well ya learn something new everyday, very gross tho.