Got me 2 new ladys :D

[davefromthechipie]

Hi all
i'm chuffed Went to get some eggs today from a industrial freerange farm. Got chatting to the lady and it turns out they too have to get rid of hens at 72 weeks ,Cut a long story short I got me 2 of the older ones that would of been killed sooner then later . They are really healthy happy ladys .
Got homr ;10min later I get a call from a really nice lady from Bhwt and ended up ordering 3 ex bats on the 19th july . Anyway heres a picy :P

[Birdie Wife]

What a lovely story! They look like they're settling in really well already. Hope they continue to lay you lots of lovely eggs!

[TPeers]

Marvelous! Enjoy wasting time with them!

[davefromthechipie]

can't believe it .just went out there and have 2 eggs one per nest box

[shirlthegirl43]

Ooh, lucky you. Wish we were getting closer to having chooks

[Claire72]

Why do they have to get rid of them at 72 weeks????

[TPeers]

'They' don't *have* to - just at 72 weeks the rate of egg laying will start to drop and the hens are no longer comercially viable.