Hello All
We started off 18 months ago with 3 ex batts. We lost one earlier in the year
![Sad :(](https://chat.allotment-garden.org/Smileys/green/sad.gif)
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
![mad :mad:](https://chat.allotment-garden.org/Smileys/green/mad.gif)
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?