Homes urgently needed- 10,000 rescued battery hens

[Caroline]

The dog rescue organisation I volunteer for is working with Little Hen Rescue to find homes for and transport 10,000 battery hens. (http://www.dogsos.co.uk/#/henrescue/4533674012)

A battery farm in Norwich is closing down. They have said we can have whatever hens we can take - and that means we can rescue as many of the 10,000 as we can find homes for.

Information on re-homing battery hens here: littlehenrescue.co.uk/care.aspx

We ask that you only offer a home to a chicken if you can promise to look after her and not kill and eat her. (Obviously!)

Please contact Little Hen Rescue if you are able to take any. We will be doing a series of big transport runs, so it doesn't matter whereabouts you are in the country.

Contact details here: littlehenrescue.co.uk/contactus.aspx

Also - any help anyone can give with the transport operation would be very much appreciated.

We don't know which hens will be actively laying, but I would have thought that the vast majority will be as they would have been killed by now if they stopped laying in a commercial environment.

This is a massive rescue operation - so please cross-post this

Best Regards

Dr Caroline Wilkins
Tel: [phone]
Doris Banham Dog Rescue - www.dogsos.co.uk
RescuePet - rescuepet.org

[suenf]

Have emailed and offered 40 ex batts a home, to go with our current 43!! Thanks Caroline for posting this.

[Caroline]

Wonderful! Thanks Sue

I am arranging a run down to the forest with a load for various people that responded to my NFED advert. I will speak to Little Hen tomorrow and see if we can co-ordinate it all efficiently. (Transport costs can be crippling in these operations)

A lady in Bournemouth has offered use of her 5 stables as a drop off and collection point.

My phone has turned into Chicken Line this week! lol With your lovely offer, I think we are up to 196 chicken home offers in the New Forest so far...

[nic1]

Is there any coming Stoke way. Was looking to take some on, don't have a house for them yet, but have plenty of space for them,

Nic