Show Off Your Rescue Chickens!

[dalasgalas]

Rotisserie the rescue "hood" mixed breed. She has 2 white feathers that grow out of her leg.

 

[dalasgalas]

Love seeing all the wonderful rescue chickens!

 

[Chick-N-Fun]

What a beautiful flock! They are so lucky to have “found” you!

 

[drumstick diva]

what a difference good home and care make

 

[MillersFarm]

Well, She's not a chicken but my worse rescue yet was a turkey I named Dorthy. Her previous owner found her as a lone poult near her mother's pond. She took her in with good intentions but had no idea how to take care of her. She was feed kitchen scraps and no grain, She was kept in a very small, muddy yard with chickens, dogs, and a goat (Who I also took in) She was over weight and very pale when I got her. Missing all of her feathers around her chest, Under her wings, and around her vent. She also smelled like she'd been sleeping in crap for months. I didn't think to take pictures of her the very day I got her but I do have pics of her 2 months after I got her. And more recent pictures of her now

Her then.

Her now.

 

[HollyWoozle]

This is a lovely thread! Jane, Charlotte and Angelina are beautiful, as are the others.

I took on 6 ex-battery hens here in the UK in early June: Ragnhild, Ingrid, Astrid, Frida, Runa and Helga. They live in our orchard where my parents keep chickens, although mine are still separate until fully feathered (which is taking some time!). One of our family hens who sustained an injury, Emily, has been in with them for most of that time and is a sort of godmother to them.

Here are some photos of them the day they arrived.

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• HollyWoozle
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• HollyWoozle
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• HollyWoozle
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• HollyWoozle
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• HollyWoozle
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They have made excellent progress and I really enjoy spending time with them. Most of them have filled in quite well in the feather department but Ragnhild (the most bald of the photos) has a long way to go. They are really friendly and inquisitive.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

This is a lovely thread! Jane, Charlotte and Angelina are beautiful, as are the others.

I took on 6 ex-battery hens here in the UK in early June: Ragnhild, Ingrid, Astrid, Frida, Runa and Helga. They live in our orchard where my parents keep chickens, although mine are still separate until fully feathered (which is taking some time!). One of our family hens who sustained an injury, Emily, has been in with them for most of that time and is a sort of godmother to them.

Here are some photos of them the day they arrived.

Arrivalday10

• HollyWoozle
• Sep 19, 2018

Arrivalday09

• HollyWoozle
• Sep 19, 2018

Arrivalday08

• HollyWoozle
• Sep 19, 2018

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• HollyWoozle
• Sep 19, 2018

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• HollyWoozle
• Sep 19, 2018

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• HollyWoozle
• Sep 19, 2018

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• HollyWoozle
• Sep 19, 2018

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• HollyWoozle
• Sep 19, 2018

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• HollyWoozle
• Sep 19, 2018

Arrivalday01

• HollyWoozle
• Sep 19, 2018
• 3

They have made excellent progress and I really enjoy spending time with them. Most of them have filled in quite well in the feather department but Ragnhild (the most bald of the photos) has a long way to go. They are really friendly and inquisitive.

Bless you for rescuing them!
I wish that there were more battery hen rescues in the US.

 

[dalasgalas]

Bless you for rescuing them!
I wish that there were more battery hen rescues in the US.

I am ashamed to admit I'd never heard of battery chickens. When I googled it I felt a lot better about not buying eggs any longer.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

@Trish1974

 

[Trish1974]

I have two recused EEs from my careless neighbor that like to feed the local predators. First is Mutton Chops. One morning I was headed out the front door, and this hen comes flying up on the porch, straight at me, to the point I had to duck. There was a fox chasing her, and it made a quick retreat when it saw me. She sat on my porch swing for awhile, clearly in shock, and all I could think about was this poor little hen is going to be fox food if I don't keep her. So I picked her up and put her in a dog crate.
This is what she looked like when I saved her. He may have tackled her; she was pretty roughed up:

This is what she looks like today. And oh boy is she a little sweetheart! I just love her to pieces:

Just a few weeks after that incident, I had just come in from fox hunting one morning, sat down for a cup of coffee and in my security camera I see Mutton Chop's sister being chased by a fox. I ran down and got my gun, went out on the back deck and saw the fox carrying her off towards the woods. I shot, and he dropped her but quickly picked her up again. So I shot again, he dropped her a second time, and as he went back at her I started shooting rapid fire and he took off. I found her huddled up against a tree, in pretty bad shape. I got her back to the house and kept her in my utility room as I treated her wounds. She was missing half her tail and had feathers ripped out of her back, and two teeth marks where the fox was carrying her. This is what she looked like when I got her to the house:

And this is her today. Her name - Lucky!