Keeping Chickens Newsletter

Even though ex-battery hens are considered to be at the end of their commercial egg-laying life, they will in most cases still continue to lay eggs. It may take them a little while to get going again - perhaps a few weeks or months - but most will give you eggs. A poultry vitamin / nutrient supplement such as Avia Charge 2000 may help get them back to their full health. You will also want to feed them a layers feed. They already have a lot to get used to and will most likely have been fed a layers mash at the farm (you can double check with the farmer / rehoming organisation), so if you can continue with the format they are used to for at least a few weeks then that should also help them settle in quicker.