mattk
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This morning I took a trip to Rossendale to collect some ex battery hens, battery hens have a 72 weeks life which they spend in a cage with a floor area the size of an A4 peice of paper, I knew they wernt going to be a pretty sight but I was still quite shocked when I seen them, what feathers they have are useless, their wings look like they are bare bones and they weigh absolutly nothing, they are full of mites and you can see from their faces they are very frail, their faces and combs are pure white because they have never seen natural sunlight before, I was only supposed to have 3 but there were 2 more that were set aside for someone who never turned up so I took them too.
In a few weeks they should be fully feathered and looking nice and healthy like the rest of my flock, Mortality rates are quite high for rescue chickens because the re homing proceedure cant be very stressfull for them and they are already frail enough, I think Il manage it though
And here is a pic of one of my healthy chickens, it hardly has a comb cause it was only young when the pic was took
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cunningham
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Registered: 25th May 05
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they still look tastey!
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Hammer
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Well jealous of that plot you've got, would love something like that!
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Bonney
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They look half dead as it is!
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DannyB
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Wait till they're at the end of their laying life and they're completely bald, they look awfull.
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_Allan_
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Finger lickin good Matt 
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gavin18787
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Registered: 22nd Feb 05
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I saw willays clan when I went to the farm today 
Drives supercharged Tec with torque 
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mattk
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chickens are fantastic, you can sit and watch them all day they are hillarious, mine keep trying to fight with next door through the fence
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gavin18787
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Ive always fancied those white ducks you can get. Apparently they make good pets.
Dont think the parents would approve though 
Drives supercharged Tec with torque
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Ollie_B
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Registered: 1st Jun 08
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Yep in work we've put about 10 chickens in a pen, and two massive cock's lol, but they had to be moved because they where literally eating the chickens and there's also two indian runner ducks in there, they are funny things to watch.
[Edited on 11-10-2009 by Ollie_B]
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baza31
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we had ducks and geese, they are funny we had a goose called george and he was like a dog, he knew not to go further than the kitchen and he would chase off postman etc but never us lot.
chickens are good to watch though and free eggs
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Whittie
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Registered: 11th Aug 06
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Lol I saw this on facebook Matt...
Your status night before last was something like... Looking forward to picking my chickens up tomorrow.
And yesterday... "My new chickens look horrific" 
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Tomnova16
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Registered: 21st Jan 06
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i want chickens, might have to rescue some, they cost hardley anything to maintain dont they?
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Located in Chalfont st Peter
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mattk
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yeah they dont really need anything, just a little shed to sleep in, a 20kg bag of food pellets costs £5 and lasts them about a month
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