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jenibrindle · 01-11-2009, 15:21

Just wanted to update this thread and say that we got our Battery Hens from the Battery Hen Welfare Trust about two months ago.

Rather than being the scrawny, light-fearing, non-laying boilers we were expecting, they were rather healthy, entertaining girls that lay virtually every day. We only got three to keep noise and smell to a minimum. Smell isn't really a problem as we keep them clean and they make very little noise. We did check with both neighbours and they quite enjoy watching them too.

They are pretty much free range and only go into coop (which we made ourselves) to lay or sleep.

The downside absolutely has to be the amount of poop in our garden. It is everywhere. We also have one girl who is determined to be inside and makes a run for it as soon as we open patio doors or else sits there pecking on it for most of the day.

Our supplies mainly come from Wolfenden Farm and are very cheap (cheep!). We live in Ossy and Pet Warehouse has now started stocking chicken feed too.

They are the most entertaining "pets" we have ever had. The cost to keep them are minimal and we are getting three eggs a day. They have their own personalities and very much remind me of old biddies. They jabber away about anything they don't like, from the rain to the rabbit roaming in the garden.

They are also eating all the slugs in our garden and we no longer engage in the slug warfare of previous years.

So to anyone reading this and considering getting some - I'd say go for it! Very rewarding.

01-11-2009, 15:21	#15
jenibrindle Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Oswaldtwistle Posts: 89 Liked: 0 times Rep Power: 0	Re: Keeping chickens??? Just wanted to update this thread and say that we got our Battery Hens from the Battery Hen Welfare Trust about two months ago. Rather than being the scrawny, light-fearing, non-laying boilers we were expecting, they were rather healthy, entertaining girls that lay virtually every day. We only got three to keep noise and smell to a minimum. Smell isn't really a problem as we keep them clean and they make very little noise. We did check with both neighbours and they quite enjoy watching them too. They are pretty much free range and only go into coop (which we made ourselves) to lay or sleep. The downside absolutely has to be the amount of poop in our garden. It is everywhere. We also have one girl who is determined to be inside and makes a run for it as soon as we open patio doors or else sits there pecking on it for most of the day. Our supplies mainly come from Wolfenden Farm and are very cheap (cheep!). We live in Ossy and Pet Warehouse has now started stocking chicken feed too. They are the most entertaining "pets" we have ever had. The cost to keep them are minimal and we are getting three eggs a day. They have their own personalities and very much remind me of old biddies. They jabber away about anything they don't like, from the rain to the rabbit roaming in the garden. They are also eating all the slugs in our garden and we no longer engage in the slug warfare of previous years. So to anyone reading this and considering getting some - I'd say go for it! Very rewarding.