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Hello,

I know this is probably telling my grandma how to suck eggs but I notice that there is no mention of the Battery Hens Welfare Association on this site and I think it is a same, as the mentality of the fantastic people who run this organisation is very similar to that of this site.

Basically they take as many hens as they can from battery farms which would otherwise, after one year of miserable life, be destined for the Whiskas factory or supermarket own brand chicken pie.

They trim their overgrown nails, repair broken legs and find new homes for them to live out a (quite productive) retirement, with people like us. I am new to henkeeping but have now had my flock of 5 for a year, and they could not be nicer pets. Everyone should have at least two!!

Please check out the website at www.thehenshouse.co.uk and have a look at the heartwarming work they do.

Thanks!!

If I could keep hens I would get them from this org. I think it's fantastic.

When/ if I leave my terraced house with it's tiny yard, I look forward to getting some hens.

It sounds like an excellent program, we don't have anything like it here in Canada, but some farms will let you buy "culls" for a very small amount of money.

We only know of one farm giving away birds after a year and we haven't located it yet, but a friend did and got us our hens at the same time.

Lois

Any idea who to get ex-batterys from in Scotland, I'd love to give a home to a few, but the hens house don't do this far north.

By the way, its a fab idea.

Hi
I'm sure we have discussed them in the past but they are worth mentioning again.

I got my girls from the BHWT and they are brilliant. They have settled in really well and the ladies of the BHWT were really helpful and gave me loads of advice.

I certainly support them.

Zoe

I'm pretty sure they've been discussed too.

Please, stick around and offer help and advice! There are plenty of people who join asking about getting/rehabilitating poultry, so your knowledge could be invaluable!

Hello bno-17

Please try to register again so you don't have to post as a guest. Unfortunately you were deleted because you didn't give any info that could let us know that you were not a spammer, and googling your user name came up with a mention in a east european language, so that's why you were deleted! Sorry!

I met a lady through my local freecycle group who re-homes battery hens here on the IOW. My 3 aren't ex-bat but we did save the 1st one from an uncertain future and the other 2 we acquired from another local who was splitting up their flock. I have room for a couple more and am just waiting for the next lot of ex-bats to arrive.