New Owner - Pushy Hens!

[clubby]

I have 7 x-batterys since may , i took out 42 and rehomed the others , i open their door at 7am and im sure theyv been standing there since 6am , haveing been locked in a cage for 72 weeks i can understand the rush , i still get a kick out of seeing them run and doing stuff they could never do in a cage , at first they were very aggressive and constantly pecked each other but with so much space now thats all stopped,also the eggs have realy improuved, the shells are harder and the yolk is a lovely yellow .
The funny thing is the guy i got them from restocked and my eggs are much bigger and tastier than his,altho i dont like to think about the ones that are only starting their life in the same cages as my girls were in .

 

[kevinhannan]

Yes, I have loved watching their behaviour - often imagining the life
they had and how it must be strange for them now.

Mine were lovely, how-do-you-do, mindful-mannered little ladies at
first and now the pecking order has started and there are some right
bully-girls!

As I say, I always knew I would enjoy them and I've fallen completely
in love with them! I easily spend around 2 hours over the day in their
coop - I'm the worm-guy!

 

[mikensara]

I have a girl who likes anything that dangles weather it be a hoodie or shoe laces. learned you cannot wear anything that may get her attention or she will follow you and stay close just to get a few pecks.

 

[Help_battery_hens]

lol mine are the same pecking at toggles and anything that looks remotely interesting. they are all wonderful personalities i could spend all day with them. dont worry too much about the pecking order it will sort itself out and usually calm down after a couple of weeks. mine are all settled it took about six weeks and now the only time there is any pecking is over food and it literally is just one peck.