Last week we obtained some more hens, ten battery hens from a refuge and ten point-of-lay pullets.
The battery hens tend to be a little aggressive with the young ones, but they are settling down and are growing new feathers where they were very bare. The point-of-lay have no combs yet, but one laid a tiny egg today, so they're getting the idea.
On Saturday we had a lecture and demo about poultry by a lady from Bedfordshire. She talked about diet and disease in poultry and showed us how to make nutritious treats for the hens.Then we inspected the pen and practised holding them.
