Hello All
We started off 18 months ago with 3 ex batts. We lost one earlier in the year
We have 2 left which no longer lay eggs (not a problem as we knew this would happen with ex batts)
We have an enclosed run of 12 square metres and I would like to get a couple more chucks now.
Towards the end of my ex batts laying life they were laying very thin shells and got into the habbit of eating what they were laying
Anyway! The OH is reluctant to get more chucks as he thinks that the eggs they lay will be eaten by the ex batts. Is there a breed that lay strong shells that my prevent this happening?
I tell my OH that if we wait until the ex batts 'pop their clogs' they are very unlikely to go at the same time which means we will have a lonely chicken which is not acceptable.
What do you think?