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That's the life! The weather must be nicer where you are; your ground looks dry. My girls had a bit of time to enjoy the sun today but then the heavens opened and they had to run for shelter!
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They look so chilled. Bobette especially totally zoned out
Pam has such gorgeous plumage
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Can you imagine being a rescue hen? How absolutely gorgeous it must be to be able to eat aubergine and sunbathe! What a lovely life they are having now
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Do they like to paddle? A shallow container with water in might help?
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Most of them put up a fight and jumped out of the container immediately when I lowered them into cool water.
All apart from Mildred who
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Yes that's a good idea, I haven't got one. Might experiment with a hose spray and see how they react to it.
The thing is apart from drinking it hens don't like water.
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The others may get the idea now Mildred has shown them it's not scary
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A bonus of the new forum layout - found this thread. How lovely to see your rescues and how wonderful and happy they look. I got 3 last year too - ex free range (they look just like yours lol).
I was told that free range just means that they have day time access to and area outside from a lift up panel along one side of the barn.
Mine came from a barn of 3000 who I don’t think had ever been outside. They could not tell the difference between night and day, had no fear at all and were in a sorry state. It’s been lovely to see them blossom and gosh - how many eggs we get. I was told they were slowing down but I reckon they each lay 6/7 days a week.
I couldn’t believe how friendly and docile they were from day one having had little human contact. And what characters they were.
I’d always had posh hens prior to the rescues (Buff Orpington’s) but they have really opened my eyes to how wonderful these poor lab bred rescues are.
Tip for hot weather - fridge watermelon and grapes as they have good water content.
I was told that free range just means that they have day time access to and area outside from a lift up panel along one side of the barn.
Mine came from a barn of 3000 who I don’t think had ever been outside. They could not tell the difference between night and day, had no fear at all and were in a sorry state. It’s been lovely to see them blossom and gosh - how many eggs we get. I was told they were slowing down but I reckon they each lay 6/7 days a week.
I couldn’t believe how friendly and docile they were from day one having had little human contact. And what characters they were.
I’d always had posh hens prior to the rescues (Buff Orpington’s) but they have really opened my eyes to how wonderful these poor lab bred rescues are.
Tip for hot weather - fridge watermelon and grapes as they have good water content.
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