Yes a free range life isn'ttoo much better than a battery life. Chickens still get their beak tips burnt off to stop them pecking each other, and the barns they "sleep" in are not nice. Sometimes they don't even go outside for the majority of the time because the farmers don't like to round them all up

I want a chicken! i love chickens

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Good for you Ive just got some chickens and I find it really nice listening to their little cackles and clucks, they are quite anti stessing. We had some ex battery hens when I lived at home and they were fab, we kept them free range and they laid loads of eggs as if they were grateful. Good luck with yours.

Hi Jeanie, What a lovely story that is, I'd have rescued her from the road too. How interesting to hear that a cat and the chicken got on so well. I have 2 cats and am wondering how they will react to my chickens when I get them. Im still waiting for the BHWT to contact me but they've reassured me I'm now at the top of the waiting list for some.

Thanks Gilly, I'm still waing for my chickens though but the BHWT have assured me I'm at the top of the waiting list for some, it's hard being so patient!

Best of luck with everything! I'm sure you'll all have a great time-looking after ex-bats is so rewarding!

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[quote=michelle fuller;109279]Hi all,

I'm in the process of building a chicken coop and enclosure (lucky my husband's a builder) for 6 ex-battery hens

Thats really nice, i would make them some nesting boxes, you have to think theses chickens have been caged, so dont worry if they are a little all over cos they have never had freedom. just feed them laying pellets sweetcorn greens and they will be fine it will take them 3 -4 days to settle in.

Hi again all - it's been ages. Just thought I'd let you all know that my 6 ex batts are doing great. I give them cous cous every day and they love it. Does anyone know if garden worms are ok for the chickens to eat. When it's been raining mine find loads in the earth and I just wondered if it does them any harm to have too many also all the earth they're swallowing?

I have 6 ex batts and I love them to bits.

I recently found some old pics of them, of when I first got them and was completely amazed by the transformation.

They roam free range around the garden now like they have been doing it for ever, they also follow me around like a dog.

You will love them. Well done for taking 6 deserving girls out of their cages

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Lea

yay more battery hen rescuers i got my ex-bats for bhwt to-and i got the merch too

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Hi Lovely to hear your x batts are doing well Michelle, bet they love every min of it good for you , mine used to eat lots of worms and i when i used to cook spagetti he used to love that too,