ex batts roosting bars?

I'd leave them in Lucy, it never took our ex batts long to get used to perching.

thankyou very much for your responses. weve just got back and i put them straight into ther ark (with bars leftt in - thanks) i will definately get photos in the morning but they are not great beauties poor things i cant wait to see if they start scratching in the grass lucyloux

poor things - they have been lying outstretched in the sun for a lot of the day and a couple of them have been having a bit of a wobbly scratch around. i had 2 softies and 3 hard shelled eggs off them today - but one was broken between the roosting bars. one of the girls spent almost all day inside the house - but she had been eating coz i felt her crop at bedtime and it wasnt empty.

Hi lucylou, glad to hear you got your girls ok - but you say they aren't great beauties? Blimey, you should've seen the state of the ones there last year, mostly oven-readies with just a few feathered ones thrown in for good measure. It broke my heart to see them like that but it was a joy to watch them feathering up over the next few months.

I also picked up my girls from Taylors RSPCA last Saturday - have yours all found their names yet? Mine are Rusty, Goldie, Rosie and Afro (coz she's got a massive comb!) I'd love to post photos, especially of that fantastic comb, but still haven't figured out how... (tried following the link I was sent before but still can't get them on the site, will have to get a tecchie mate to show me how)

Great to hear you're getting eggs, only Goldie has obliged so far. Oh, mine cottoned on to the roosting bar pretty quick and already hate being cooped up!

Anne