The Gals are here!!
Collected our wee feathered (or not as you will see from the photos) friends on Saturday, which was also their first day of freedom. They’d been living in a cage for 18 months, all 5 in one cage. Apparently there’s 20 million chickens living in battery cages in the UK alone.
Anyway, they don’t look pretty yet but they’ll get there.
This is Miss Moneyhenny having her first scratch around for bugs n grubs! Her comb is very floppy and yes she does look a right state but come summertime she’ll look like a different chuck altogether.
moneyhenny & princess layer
And a nice surprise on Sunday morning were these!
their first free range eggs!
We went for 5 chucks in the end, the rescue organisation – Battery Hen Welfare – had rescued 600 that morning from the battery farm. It was so lovely to see how many people were patiently waiting to re-home these poor little creatures. Much better than ending up in a tin of pet food!
More updates soon!
