OK, I'm jumping in to battery hen rescue...now what?!!!!

[Miss Lydia]

If you can do that ChickieBooBoo, I think it would be great, I have never heard of this before here in the USA or not in our area anyway. I can't believe this stuff goes on in civilized countries, How sad.

 

[ChickieBooBoo]

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I agree, my family was invited to go for a tour at a local huterite colony. They had about 10,000 layers in 2 barns, small scale compared to some farms. It was so sad, half of them had no feathers anymore

After seeing that I wanted to do something to help, I cant take very many because I dont have huge coops but its certainly better then nothing.

 

[kickinchicken]

I'm thinking I have cornish x as well. I took their food away, not that they were eating anyway. They seem less stressed right now and at least they are clean. I have applied Bag Balm to their wounds. They had a lot of foot sores. I'm wondering what the one hen has on the bottom of her feet as it looks like burns. When I got a glimpse of her feet at the so-called shop, I thought it was bumble foot. I'm glad its not but I hope whatever it is heals soon. I don't want anything to hinder their ability to walk.
Their poo is like a ricotta cheese consistency and smeeeeeeeeelllllly. Woo! I have a Tums as well as poly visol in their water. I will offer some leafy greens tomorrow and offer layer feed as well. I am also going to move them to a bigger room in the basement and spread out the food and water to promote exercise. We have a closed off 10x8 room in the basement. This would be a better location than the 4x4 area they are in now.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Go for it and keep us updated.

 

[ChickieBooBoo]

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Thanks Miss Lydia, I have to downsize a bit to free up half of the coop but then we can start!

 

[ChickieBooBoo]

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Sounds like you got the right idea, keep us posted!

 

[wood&feathers]

Could the "burns" on her feet be from living on wire?

 

[Miss Lydia]

Please explain to me what a poultry shop is.

 

[kickinchicken]

This is all new to me as I have 6 bantams of various breeds and let me just say....wow! do these hens have HUGE feet! OMG they are like ostrich feet. I just want to get them to a more manageable weight that will allow them to do chicken things outside...like scratch and walk and maybe fly a few feet across the yard like my bantams do.

They are really sweet birds. One is a bigger and bit of a diva, so I named her Aretha. One is smaller than the other 2 and her name is Mildred and the one that perched on my leg while I was drying her...I want to name her something that truly defines her. I am thinking Fiona. Its a sweet name and so is she!

Oh, for the meatie owners.....will these girls roost or will they be floor dwellers? My bantams all roost at night and the coop is 4x8. Covered in a nice layer of straw and shavings...nice and warm. Will they be ok to sleep on the floor at night or will they want to roost? I'm thinking a low roost, if anything. My bantams are like 5 feet up in the coop. This would be much too high for my new girls.

Oh, they are just so cute! You should see them sleeping in their little pen. One is on a towel. I put it in there so that they'd have a soft place to sleep. The other 2 are nestled in together on a pile of straw...and I have a space heater on low to help them stay warmer as they have like half the feathers they should have at this point.

 

[Miss Lydia]

That is so sweet, can you show us pictures? I commend you for doing this.