Battery hens
Mar 22nd 2016 | 3:49 pm
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Re: Battery hens
Shame.
Perhaps try asking the UK rehome battery hen societies and groups. The may well network and have links to those in France doing this good work.
We've had a few rescued hens now . None were battery hens though. They were hens deemed past their prime production days who people did not want to bother with anymore. Given good care and attention they still gave us lovely eggs , just not exhaustively all the time. Our next few will hopefully be battery hens but for us in New Zealand it will likely mean an 8 hour return trip to pick them up.
I love birds. Chickens may look a little pecky but they all have differing personalities and ways.
Perhaps try asking the UK rehome battery hen societies and groups. The may well network and have links to those in France doing this good work.
We've had a few rescued hens now . None were battery hens though. They were hens deemed past their prime production days who people did not want to bother with anymore. Given good care and attention they still gave us lovely eggs , just not exhaustively all the time. Our next few will hopefully be battery hens but for us in New Zealand it will likely mean an 8 hour return trip to pick them up.
I love birds. Chickens may look a little pecky but they all have differing personalities and ways.
Mar 22nd 2016 | 7:52 pm
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Re: Battery hens
Shame.
Perhaps try asking the UK rehome battery hen societies and groups. The may well network and have links to those in France doing this good work.
We've had a few rescued hens now . None were battery hens though. They were hens deemed past their prime production days who people did not want to bother with anymore. Given good care and attention they still gave us lovely eggs , just not exhaustively all the time. Our next few will hopefully be battery hens but for us in New Zealand it will likely mean an 8 hour return trip to pick them up.
I love birds. Chickens may look a little pecky but they all have differing personalities and ways.
Perhaps try asking the UK rehome battery hen societies and groups. The may well network and have links to those in France doing this good work.
We've had a few rescued hens now . None were battery hens though. They were hens deemed past their prime production days who people did not want to bother with anymore. Given good care and attention they still gave us lovely eggs , just not exhaustively all the time. Our next few will hopefully be battery hens but for us in New Zealand it will likely mean an 8 hour return trip to pick them up.
I love birds. Chickens may look a little pecky but they all have differing personalities and ways.
Mar 23rd 2016 | 12:25 am
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From: Lot-et-Garonne (47)
Re: Battery hens
Instead of battery hens you could look around to get some hens from the local farmers who cull their egg-producing stock once a year, in order to clean the huge farm buildings. Prior to the cull they usually advertise the hens for sale at a euro or two. Some of the birds will be in good condition but if there's 3,000 or more hens in a farm (even if advertised as free-range) quite a lot won't ever manage to get through into the sunshine. When the farm near use has its cull we ask the farmer if we can go in afterwards and take the escapees and just a few weeks ago got 26 hens, some of them in good condition but around 15 in a very sorry state. They've all been rehomed and I've kept some and they are very friendly and rewarding us with eggs. Good luck. There's a 'Chicken Keepers In France' group on Facebook, by the way.
Mar 23rd 2016 | 1:03 am
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Re: Battery hens
Instead of battery hens you could look around to get some hens from the local farmers who cull their egg-producing stock once a year, in order to clean the huge farm buildings. Prior to the cull they usually advertise the hens for sale at a euro or two. Some of the birds will be in good condition but if there's 3,000 or more hens in a farm (even if advertised as free-range) quite a lot won't ever manage to get through into the sunshine. When the farm near use has its cull we ask the farmer if we can go in afterwards and take the escapees and just a few weeks ago got 26 hens, some of them in good condition but around 15 in a very sorry state. They've all been rehomed and I've kept some and they are very friendly and rewarding us with eggs. Good luck. There's a 'Chicken Keepers In France' group on Facebook, by the way.
