You know the recent chicken publicity? Anyone want to keep battery hens? Not as battery hens, you understand...

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DH suggested it to me after vetoing my suggestion that we looked into keeping chickens.

Anyone else interested? If we do, shall I name them after MNers? Ooh, you could sponsor some of the cost of my henhouse and get yourself a chicken with your name Then you can tell everyone what a good lay(er) you are

would LOVE to!

but we're renting.

i quite like chickens. my sister has 3 laying hence: faith, hope and charity.

hens.

she also had a goat she adopted from SPCA who is called Dakota.

three mongrel dogs and two moggies.

used to have two guinea pigs, but they got some weirdo guinea pig disease and died.

We have a similar charity near us and are going to add to our hen collection from them!

I looked into it but they wanted me to go fetch the hens. I ain't go no car so I couldn't

NMC, did you decide to get a car after that thread the other day? Not for the chickens, you understand!

We got our first 4 hens from a similar group. Well worth it.

We have had lots of these. They arrive looking very poorly, dishevelled and bald but after their first moult they look fab. They also carry on laying for years. Our current two have been laying for about 3 years now.

You can see them on one of my (numerous must have a tidy up )profile pics, they are with their Eb our rooster (who lovces them too)

would love to, but cant