Save some Battery Hens hurry!

[cafarmgirl]

I agree that they deserve a happy ending. Just do so with care, that's all any of us are saying. It's easy to call us "doom monger's" but those of us who have had a respiratory disease or other disease brought in know how devastating it can be. And once you have certain diseases on your property it's very hard to get rid of, if ever. If you've never had to watch an entire flock get sick, one after the other, then I'm sure it's easy to say "do the right thing" and ignore the naysayers. And yes, I hope there are people who can give these birds homes. In my case I've decided the first birds I have to watch over are the ones I already own.

 

[GoldenSparrow]

I have rescued battery hens and they have been brilliant. In desperate need of tender loving care of course, but great girls anyway. Ours laid like it was going out of fashion, and when their egg production declined we kept them anyway because they deserved no less. I would urge anyone who has the capacity to take on these girls to give it a whirl. Of course usual quarantine period applies but i have run battery girls alongside unvaccinated birds no problem. Don't be put off by doom mongers, do the decent thing.

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I understand what you ALL are saying, It is very devastating when you lose your much loved flock because you brought a new bird in...We all have different opinions about this, and different advice. Please let us just respect each other and not argue.
I DONT want this thread locked or closed, as I just want these hens not to get slaughtered.
This is not a discussion thread.

Thank you all.

 

[GoldenSparrow]

I found PICTURES! of the Battery Hens.

http://fingerlakes.craigslist.org/grd/3687435154.html

 

[Sarah1031]

If i lived closer i would totally adopt some......i hope they find loving homes

 

[punk-a-doodle]

Poor things! The feathers and feet are better than some I see, but they just look so pale.

 

[cassie]

Poor things! The feathers and feet are better than some I see, but they just look so pale.

Heavy layers at the end of their laying cycle are often pale.

 

[chickened]

I understand what you ALL are saying, It is very devastating when you lose your much loved flock because you brought a new bird in...We all have different opinions about this, and different advice.  Please let us just respect each other and not argue.
I DONT want this thread locked or closed, as I just want these hens not to get slaughtered.
This is not a discussion thread.

Thank you all.

 

What is wrong with slaughter? I. Am serious what really is wrong about the use of old hens to make into food for people and or pets? I applaud those for their nobility that take in these birds but for us that raise very valuable birds it is too great of a risk to have birds that god knows what they are packing in our flocks or near them That is my main objection to rehoming them. People dump them around here thinking I will take them in and I cull them instead. I guess I have seen the negative side of rehoming them

 

[chickened]

I should mention that if you don't want a subject discussed then put it in the BST listings not in RR

 

[cassie]

I understand what you ALL are saying, It is very devastating when you lose your much loved flock because you brought a new bird in...We all have different opinions about this, and different advice. Please let us just respect each other and not argue.
I DONT want this thread locked or closed, as I just want these hens not to get slaughtered.
This is not a discussion thread.

Thank you all.

Actually, Random Ramblings IS a discussion thread. That is what it is for. As for not sending these hens to slaughter, what do you propose should be done with laying chickens that are too old to lay? Seriously. How many people can afford to set up a retirement home for old chickens, whether they are a backyard flock raised to provide eggs for a single family or battery hens from a commercial egg farm? Think about it.

Chickens can be useful in many different ways. They can be pets, producers of eggs, producers of meat, producers of feathers, or any combination thereof. In the wild, they just end up as some critter's dinner. Most domestic chickens end up the same way.

 

[FrankiesMom]

Actually, Random Ramblings IS a discussion thread. That is what it is for. As for not sending these hens to slaughter, what do you propose should be done with laying chickens that are too old to lay? Seriously. How many people can afford to set up a retirement home for old chickens, whether they are a backyard flock raised to provide eggs for a single family or battery hens from a commercial egg farm? Think about it.

Chickens can be useful in many different ways. They can be pets, producers of eggs, producers of meat, producers of feathers, or any combination thereof. In the wild, they just end up as some critter's dinner. Most domestic chickens end up the same way.

I understand GoldenSparrow posted here not knowing where else to post. So, it wasn't intended as the start of a discussion forum.

That said, GS now knows where to post in order to not read other people's opinions. Because that's what these are OPINIONS - and everybody has one. And everybody has the right to one.

GS, I agree that these hens need a better life, even if it's just a few weeks to fatten them up before they become dinner. IMHO of course.
Personally, I'd add a couple to my flock if I could - after carefully having quaranteened of course!