Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[no fly zone]

She's dead along with evey other hen C "rehomed."

That's horrible. She sold them as food?

 

[Shadrach]

That's horrible. She sold them as food?

Matilda, who was the top hen at the field got taken by a farm in Somerset. The place didn't look too bad but one needs to be complete idiot to rehome the top hen in all but the most extreme circumstances. A coupleopf the CCL went with her and a couple of Ex Battery Hens. Apparently a fox got them.
One lot of Ex Battery hens went to a women just down the road. I've seen the place. It was disgusting. They died there.
I've just been told by that the other Ex Battery hens are dead.

 

[no fly zone]

Matilda, who was the top hen at the field got taken by a farm in Somerset. The place didn't look too bad but one needs to be complete idiot to rehome the top hen in all but the most extreme circumstances. A coupleopf the CCL went with her and a couple of Ex Battery Hens. Apparently a fox got them.
One lot of Ex Battery hens went to a women just down the road. I've seen the place. It was disgusting. They died there.
I've just been told by that the other Ex Battery hens are dead.

Poor girls. You did so much to improve their living conditions, then that happened. C clearly has only two brain cells that are both fighting for third place.

 

[kcan2]

Matilda, who was the top hen at the field got taken by a farm in Somerset. The place didn't look too bad but one needs to be complete idiot to rehome the top hen in all but the most extreme circumstances. A coupleopf the CCL went with her and a couple of Ex Battery Hens. Apparently a fox got them.
One lot of Ex Battery hens went to a women just down the road. I've seen the place. It was disgusting. They died there.
I've just been told by that the other Ex Battery hens are dead.

Yikes and ouch. Wish they had had the opportunity to stay with you, as well as the birds under your care in Spain.

 

[Shadrach]

Yikes and ouch. Wish they had had the opportunity to stay with you, as well as the birds under your care in Spain.

It's one of the reasons I won't rehome chickens here in the UK and would rather give them a quick clean death and eat them. It is difficult to know just what kind of conditions they are likely to have to endure. Although the field chickens don't get the freedom I would like to give them, they do get out in a large area with lots of interesting things to forage for. One only needs to watch them waitng at the extended run gate waiting to to go on to the allotments to realise what joy the freedom they get for two or three hours gives them. The younger ones fly out with the more mature running behind.
Of course, access to the field helps to keep them fir both physically and mentally.

 

[kcan2]

It's one of the reasons I won't rehome chickens here in the UK and would rather give them a quick clean death and eat them. It is difficult to know just what kind of conditions they are likely to have to endure. Although the field chickens don't get the freedom I would like to give them, they do get out in a large area with lots of interesting things to forage for. One only needs to watch them waitng at the extended run gate waiting to to go on to the allotments to realise what joy the freedom they get for two or three hours gives them. The younger ones fly out with the more mature running behind.
Of course, access to the field helps to keep them fir both physically and mentally.

There has been much to learn here (in this thread) about the various benefits of foraging which has been very educational. Generally, it seems true that finding the balance of time as the primary caretaker, good free ranging conditions, routine hygienic control, and safety are all huge considerations that most probably don't factor into the responsibility of tending. Sheer neglect aside, most flocks I know of in person are certainly lacking in at least one or more of those aspects!

 

[L-plate chicken mum]

Day off today.
A young Henry with his daughter Matilda. Don't know anything about the mother.View attachment 3950420

I do hope Matilda found a really good home after being taken away at such short notice. Same for the rest although I suspect many, like Lima are no longer alive. Sadly, in the pursuit of cheap food the chickens often pay the highest price

 

[L-plate chicken mum]

I do hope Matilda found a really good home after being taken away at such short notice. Same for the rest although I suspect many, like Lima are no longer alive. Sadly, in the pursuit of cheap food the chickens often pay the highest price

Oops hadn’t properly read the full thread this morning. RIP Matilda & friends. Looking at the picture of Henry and Matilda their run was utterly awful even then. How sad the ex bats moved from there to a home just as bad. Sadly all too common.
Sunday night/ Monday morning’s rain here was quite something..

Luckily the run is on slightly higher ground & covered in tarps so dry. Apparently a month’s rain in 4 hours. 4 hours later it had drained away & the rain eased but chooks didn’t want to come out until the evening

 

[Shadrach]

https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/09/23/chickens-lack-the-most-basic-legal-protection/

 

[L-plate chicken mum]

https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/09/23/chickens-lack-the-most-basic-legal-protection/

And there was this: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-65691321 - laughable if it wasn’t so awful…..