[red]

Got my confirmation date for the ex-bat chickens

So its off to Shropshire this Saturday to pick them up, really looking forward to getting my coop and run into use now.

[lmpd]

Fantastic, we've had ours a few weeks now and they are such fun and a joy to have around, then on top of that...........they give you eggs!!!

[Elcie]

That is good news, have you been waiting long?

[orionsquare]

Wonderful! Hope you find as much joy in your ex-bat as I did!

[red]

I have been waiting two weeks Elcie, got my email to say there were some in shropshire this weekend or I could wait until October for a nearer collaection but for an extra 20 mile, I bit the bullet

Positive I am going to enjoy them, already got people wanting eggs

[Lindeggs]

I don't want to be a party pooper, but it might be a while before you have any eggs to give people!  Battery hens are usually culled when they come into moult, as the factories don't want to keep feeding them while they are moulting and not laying.  So yours might be ready to take a break from laying until they grow their new feathers after the moult.

Also just the stress of all the changes might put them off the lay for a while.

So just give them lots of good food, lots of TLC, and treat any eggs as an unexpected bonus.

[storme37]

yeah there great ugly as sin when you 1st get them but they really grow on you.

[storme37]

we have four we get 3 to 4 eggs a day and they are huge

[Carla]

I adore mine completely I have 2 'normal' chickens too, and I wouldnt have any normals again, only ex-batts. Super friendly and nosey, they are a joy. Harder work than normals, brace yourself for random illnesses, but providing you keep a close eye, you'll be able to treat most things yourself (with the help of the good folk on here!). Had mine just over a year, and they stopped laying about 3 months ago, so they are just pets now, but I saw eggs as a bonus anyway, I didnt care if they didnt lay again, it was the good life I wanted for them. Hope your girls bring you as much pleasure as mine have. Bravo xx