Just rescued some more Battery Hens *pics*

[Brandi Leigh]

 

[Johnn]

Based off the time its took Edwina to get this far. I can safely say that yous will get a FULL recovery pic in 2-3 weeks. Heres a teaser pic but she obviously isnt fully recovered!

 

[MADZ of Animal]

How do you rescue battery hens?

 

[Johnn]

How do you rescue battery hens?

Depends where you are really. It's easier to rescue them in the UK.

UK: If you live in the UK there is usually lots of chicken rescues around and you can rehome them from there.

US: There are some rescues in the US I think, but hardly any. Its hard to rescue them there. What I recommend is that you rather find a farm, find the number and ring and ask when they will be getting rid of the hens and if you could rehome some. Or look on eggs boxes (the ones with labels saying "from caged hens") find out their company name/website/email address or phone number and call them.

 

[Johnn]

If you are in the UK I might be able to help you find a rescue.

 

[Johnn]

Edwina in the tree

 

[Roosterlover5]

Shes so cute.

Yes its very hard to get a battery hen in the US.

 

[CherishHolland]

My rescues came from animal control that was where 11 came from 4 came from a lady who kept them in a 3x3 cage note 2 RIR and 2 Leghorns all 4 months old in this tiny thing

standing in about 6 inches of poop. They had cocci and were severely underweight,my guess is they probably would have died that week if I had not stepped in and took them when I did.

She had them outside in the "tractor" no water no food and my goodness I have a strong stomach smells and other stuff don't make me gag but when I raised the tractor to place them in

the carrier I about lost my breakfast the stench was overwhelming. I have had them for about a month now cocci is cleared up and they are starting to plump out and feathers are no

longer looking dull. What got me is she said "They were so cute as babies,I just had to have them." When she said that I had to bite my tongue in order to keep myself from saying

something. I have pictures just have to get them off my phone. The 11 from the animal shelter were underweight with a bad case of mites/lice. They are still in the quarantine pin mites are

gone but they are still putting weight on before I feel comfortable introducing them to the flock. The employees at the shelter told me that the chickens were put in the dead animal drop

box overnight. The shelter has my number and they usually call when chickens are either seized or dropped off. I looked for factory farms around here with no luck so I opted to go to the shelters and have had luck so far,I even take the roosters they have a spiffy bachelor pad set up.

 

[Johnn]

Edwina:

 

[FuscoFamily]

DUMB QUESTION:

How do you GET those chickens? I mean... do you go to one of those huge egg producers and offer to buy their older gals or something? I've searched these forums and cannot find information on this. I would like to rescue some farm animals - and hens! Forgive my ignorance.