Find the latest information and updates concerning the Ex Battery Hens forum here (ONLY STAFF CAN POST HERE) ------------------------------------------- NOTE: Potential new members, you will need to validate your membership before you can read posts and join in. Please click on the email that gets sent to you to validate your membership :)

Feel free to say hello to us all and tell us all about your girls if you have any

Post photos of your hens here and show them off!

Post your video clips of your girls here

Its amazing how in such a short space of time ex batts look completely different since rescue day! Amaze us all with your before and after photos here.

Discuss health, meds, care and behaviour concerns here

A quick reference guide of PAST HEALTH POSTS that have been moved here because they are useful and informative. As with any animal, please do not rely on what you read, always seek the attention of a vet if you are in doubt. ** New topics cannot be started in this section, it is a reference section only **

Find advice on all aspects of housing, runs, security etc and show off your peckingham palace here!

Food, treats, supplements and feeding equipment discussed here

Help and advice regarding integrating new hens together or into an existing flock

Chicken droppings are a good indicator of your chickens health. Post and share photos here of any poops that cause you concern or you are not sure about.

Foxes, rats, lice, mites and mice etc, discuss concerns and share advice.

Sometimes strange but mostly wonderful! Discuss them here. Odd sizes or shapes, no shell, your first one, reference photos of them. Its all here!

READ ONLY information reference guide for novice chicken keepers. Information guides on feeding, health/pests and housing requirements as well as a few helpful tips to make chicken keeping a little easier for the first time chicken keeper.

If you cannot find a section for your question or post pop it in here

News articles concerning ex battery hens and other poultry. Bird flu outbreaks can be posted here too.

For general discussions about our hens. How are they getting on? What have they been up to today? We all love clucking about them!

Scrummy ideas for all those surplus eggs

Find out the latest goings on with Petra's hens. We loved her garden bench tales so much we just had to give them a section of their own.

Discuss campaigns, fundraising and matters concerning the welfare of battery hens

Can you donate anything to help with a forthcoming rescue ie transport, feed, crates ? Hen rescues, please post any donation requirements that may help with a rescue here.

Please read Mel's diary of how little broken Phillis is getting on after being rescued in July 2008 from a battery farm, and taken home to be cared for by Mel

If you would like some EX BATTERY HENS please post your request along with your location here and a few details of your set up. Someone from a hen rescue will get back to you ASAP. From time to time posts asking for homes for ex battery hens will appear here too.
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Up to date information about the BHWT (British Hen Welfare Trust) and their forthcoming rescue dates.

Up to date information about Free At Last (FAL) and their forthcoming rescue dates.

Up to date information about the Fresh Start for Hens (FSFH) and their forthcoming rescue dates.

Up to date information about Little Hen Rescue (LHR) and their forthcoming rescue dates.

Up to date information about Lucky Hens Rescue and their forthcoming rescue dates.

Information and contact details

Information and contact details

Information and Contacts

Bit of Easter fun! Two new and fun photo competitions for you to enter; Pretty Eggs and Strange Eggs.

For those who grow veg in the garden, allotment or smallholding etc. Share tips or ask advice.

Discuss fruit trees, bush fruit.

Recipes and ideas to put a glut to good use, including jams and chutneys etc

Discuss anything you like (within reason!)

Chat away about your other pets and share your photos

Jokes, games and funny stuff

Share your hobbies and talents with us here

Discuss gardening tips and ideas, garden design, plants, shrubs and flowers here.

Discuss wildlife, sightings, tips to attract wildlife to your garden and wildlife conservation

Tell us if it is your birthday or other celebration so we can all join in and cheer hip hip hooray!!

Sell your unwanted items here. STRICTLY NO TRADE SALES OR ADS TO SELL HENS OR OTHER LIVESTOCK.

Swap your unwanted items here

Got unwanted items to give away for free? Post them here! *Strictly no livestock*