Keeping Chickens Newsletter

The life expectancy of an ex-battery hen can vary - you may be giving them a few months, perhaps a few years. However long they have outside a cage is great, as they no longer have to be an egg laying machine but can have a real life - a life that they would otherwise never have known. The satisfaction that you will receive from watching these hens become more like a normal healthy chicken is beyond words. They will show you how much they appreciate this second chance, not just by the amount of eggs they lay, but in the life that you can see being injected back in to them as you watch them develop and grow in confidence and health before your eyes.