http://www.pocketfarm.co.uk/debate-should-we-really-be-rehoming-ex-battery-hens/ Self-sufficiency, farming, conservation, ecology and rural crafts Wed, 23 May 2018 15:30:44 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.32 http://www.pocketfarm.co.uk/debate-should-we-really-be-rehoming-ex-battery-hens/#comment-109096 Wed, 21 Sep 2016 12:35:15 +0000 http://www.pocketfarm.co.uk/?p=4171#comment-109096 Sounds like they are very happy in their new home. Love to see a before an after pic.

]]> http://www.pocketfarm.co.uk/debate-should-we-really-be-rehoming-ex-battery-hens/#comment-109089 Tue, 20 Sep 2016 16:20:33 +0000 http://www.pocketfarm.co.uk/?p=4171#comment-109089 I have five ex bat hens they lay me five eggs a day and were in appalling condition when they came!

]]> http://www.pocketfarm.co.uk/debate-should-we-really-be-rehoming-ex-battery-hens/#comment-89524 Wed, 30 Sep 2015 18:58:29 +0000 http://www.pocketfarm.co.uk/?p=4171#comment-89524 Hi yes it is stressful being moved from one environment to another that is alien to the ex batts, but they learn to adapt and cope with it. Daisy is an ex batt, so loving and sweet, wonderful charater. If they only last a few weeks, it is better than been thorn from there cage, very roughly and sent off to slaughter and ending up in dog or cat food etc., I feel all that laying and giving us eggs, they deserve there retirement. Jerry

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