Thank you from North London Hen Rescue

[henrescue]

Big thanks to everyone, including several members of this forum, who helped with the NLHR rescue this weekend and to everyone who gave homes to many of the 1,715 birds we brought out. Good wishes at the same time to our friends in the BHWT who took out many hundreds of birds from the same farm just before we went in, and to the Swindon and District Animal Haven who came in on a similar mission after we had gone.

I came back with kind Norfolk volunteers to pull out one final van load of hens for rehomers in March, Doncaster and London, just before the slaughtermen came in. We appreciate the patience of the farmer who held the slaughtermen back in order to give us time to get out our final consignment a day later than we had intended. Sadly there were still a few hundred girls left behind for the slaughterhouse - perhaps one more vanload - after all our energies, funds, transport and time were exhausted. This was all the sadder because we knew we had homes for them, if only we had had the resources to get them out. I hope that one day - through the joint or separate efforts of whatever organisation or individuals - we will be able to report that at the end of the day the sheds were empty and the slaughtermen went away empty handed.

Meanwhile, however, it's been lovely to read on forums and in my email about the progress of the lucky rescued birds, who will mercifully never know what further indignities they have avoided, but who will certainly enjoy the rich and wonderful new lives that their kind rehomers have given them.

Love to all, Carly
North London Hen Rescue

[Ratty]

THANK YOU Carly. We are over the moon with our 4 girls who we collected on Sunday. They have already laid some eggs (I told them this isn't strictly necessary just yet as we'd rather they worked on getting better & growing their feathers back!) and have worked out that they should go back in their coop at dusk! Well apart from the girl who fell asleep under the wheelbarrow last night and was fished out by OH! We would love to help out with future rescues - we have an estate car with air conditioning so please do bear us in mind.

Kind regards
(Sam & Tom Stephenson)

[Thomzo]

Thank you for mine as well. I can't believe how hard you worked on Sunday - it must have been an incredibly long day for you.

One of my poor girls is almost completely naked so I'm glad that it's stayed quite warm. The three get on very well, they cuddle up together at night and there doesn't seem to be any fighting. They are certainly in a lot worse condition than the ex-bats I had last year so my main aim is to get them fit and well.

Zoe