Spring Chickens looking for homes...

Following on from two very successful events in January and February where the British Hen Welfare Trust helped over 700 hens find pet homes, the charity has another re-homing of 240 hard-working ex-caged hens coming up on Saturday, 23rd March.

The BHWT re-homes over 60,000 ex-commercial hens every year and the majority of these hens have spent their lives in cages, laying eggs day in,day out, to be sold in supermarkets or put into processed foods. At 18 months old their egg laying begins to slow down so they are sent to slaughter.

That is, unless the BHWT steps in and saves them from their fate. Instead, we take them to one of 40 pop up re-homing points around the UK where people will come to re-home them.

If you have space in your coop and would like to give a few hens a retirement filled with fresh air, green grass and sunshine, please ensure you're registered with the BHWT via their website here and then give Hen Central a call on 01884 860084.

This article is from our news archive. As a result pictures or videos originally associated with it may have been removed and some of the content may no longer be accurate or relevant.