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Ex-commercial hen rescue - new homes needed

Arsenetatters
Arsenetatters Posts: 5,975
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Mods - if this 'advert' isn't allowed then please sink.

I'm helping with a big hen rescue in May. The hens are 18 months old and are now considered 'spent'.

If anyone would like to give some hens a good retirement home (they still lay, but not 7 a week) please have a look at the website of Fresh Start For Hens, www.fsfh.org.uk

There are various collection points around Kent. (When asked, all hens said the team they hated most was Palarse).
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  • Arsenetatters
    Arsenetatters Posts: 5,975
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  • kentaddick
    kentaddick Posts: 18,729
    Sunday’s roast sorted. Cheers mate!
  • CAFCsayer
    CAFCsayer Posts: 10,223
    kentaddick said:

    Sunday’s roast sorted. Cheers mate!

    That joke is fowl, mate.
  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    edited April 2018
    "HENry Irving" or RedHENry might be able to assist. :smiley:
  • N01R4M
    N01R4M Posts: 2,577
    I hope this isn't a yolk at our expense, @Arsenetatters !
    Or maybe a condition of rehoming is to provide a supply of ROTten eggs to chuck at Roly if he appears at the hustings??
  • Arsenetatters
    Arsenetatters Posts: 5,975
    N01R4M said:

    I hope this isn't a yolk at our expense, @Arsenetatters !
    Or maybe a condition of rehoming is to provide a supply of ROTten eggs to chuck at Roly if he appears at the hustings??

    Did you know that there are chickens near the square in St Truiden? They are part of 'The Cosmopolitan Chicken Project' (not joking!)
    Here they are
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,008
    Arsenetatters said:

    N01R4M said:

    I hope this isn't a yolk at our expense, @Arsenetatters !
    Or maybe a condition of rehoming is to provide a supply of ROTten eggs to chuck at Roly if he appears at the hustings??

    Did you know that there are chickens near the square in St Truiden? They are part of 'The Cosmopolitan Chicken Project' (not joking!)
    Here they are
    Take the hens to St Truiden and free them in RD's hotel :wink:
  • N01R4M
    N01R4M Posts: 2,577
    Arsenetatters said:

    N01R4M said:

    I hope this isn't a yolk at our expense, @Arsenetatters !
    Or maybe a condition of rehoming is to provide a supply of ROTten eggs to chuck at Roly if he appears at the hustings??

    Did you know that there are chickens near the square in St Truiden? They are part of 'The Cosmopolitan Chicken Project' (not joking!)
    Here they are
    They are probably safer there than they would be in my garden, with all the foxes there are in my neighbourhood! Although I doubt if the cockerel is popular with the locals if he greets the dawn in traditional manner.
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  • Fanny Fanackapan
    Fanny Fanackapan Posts: 18,738
    Sadly, we have no room in our small garden here otherwise we'd gladly have a couple.

    When we had some in Dartford, we too were plagued with foxes visiting but if the coop is made properly, with wire extending well below ground level, and even cemented in, there shouldn't be any problems.

    Definitely worth considering if you have a reasonable sized garden and especially if you have kids. They love to collect the eggs & feed the chooks !

    And the eggs taste very special !
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,008
    cafcledbury said:

    No way after the day I had with them. 30:000 of them Had to fix a drinker line. Customer said it only take two minutes to tighten. I’ve never been pecked so many times in my life. Trying to tighten the lever valve. Bum crack hanging out bloody chicken pecking my ass drops my spanner into a pit 2 ft down into loads of pooh trying to retrieve it had to do a lye down reach and the bastards decided that I was there dinner. NEVER AGAIN.

    So you're saying you were hen pecked ?
  • EastStand
    EastStand Posts: 4,109
    cafcledbury said:

    No way after the day I had with them. 30:000 of them Had to fix a drinker line. Customer said it only take two minutes to tighten. I’ve never been pecked so many times in my life. Trying to tighten the lever valve. Bum crack hanging out bloody chicken pecking my ass drops my spanner into a pit 2 ft down into loads of pooh trying to retrieve it had to do a lye down reach and the bastards decided that I was there dinner. NEVER AGAIN.

    Revenge!
  • A-R-T-H-U-R
    A-R-T-H-U-R Posts: 7,678
    I suspect fowl pay.
  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 26,127
    edited April 2018
    Hoping to rehouse some battery hens later in the year when my garden is ready. Not close enough to Kent for this one though.
  • Arsenetatters
    Arsenetatters Posts: 5,975
    The Red Robin said:

    Hoping to rehouse some battery hens later in the year when my garde is ready. Not close enough to Kent for this one though.

    Fresh Start For Hens rescue 5000 at a time and we put them in crates to be driven to all areas in England. We do rescues throughout the year so please keep an eye on our website
  • Bigbadbozman
    Bigbadbozman Posts: 1,775
    The charity I work for can house a dozen or so, PM if they are available still for more details cheers bbb
  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 26,127
    https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2018/apr/16/how-half-a-million-hens-were-saved-from-battery-farm-hell-video
  • Arsenetatters
    Arsenetatters Posts: 5,975
    The day has come!

    Here are a few of the lucky hens being transported to their new homes
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  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 26,127
    My garden / land is due to be sorted for them by the end of August so I should be ready for my hens around September time.
  • Arsenetatters
    Arsenetatters Posts: 5,975
    The Red Robin said:

    My garden / land is due to be sorted for them by the end of August so I should be ready for my hens around September time.

    That's great news! We do rescues quite a few times a year - there's a massive one in August, 11,000 hens. It might be possible to save some of these for you.
  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 26,127
    edited May 2018
    Arsenetatters said:

    The Red Robin said:

    My garden / land is due to be sorted for them by the end of August so I should be ready for my hens around September time.

    That's great news! We do rescues quite a few times a year - there's a massive one in August, 11,000 hens. It might be possible to save some of these for you.
    Perfect, if you send me a message at the time that would be great. Looking to house three. Based in West Yorkshire but I noticed there was a rescue / pickup in Leeds last time round.
  • Big in Brasov
    Big in Brasov Posts: 743
    @Arsenetatters this is great work
  • Arsenetatters
    Arsenetatters Posts: 5,975
    One of our latest rescue hens - has spent 18 months in a small cage. After a long time she came out into the sun for the first time. So pale and skinny but her feathers will grow back. Rescued from slaughter for baby food and now able to dig and scratch, free.
  • Arsenetatters
    Arsenetatters Posts: 5,975
    Update. Tiny feathers are appearing :smile:
  • SDAddick
    SDAddick Posts: 14,467
    Awwww I'd love to keep chickens. It's a surprisingly common thing here, even in the residential areas. I just don't have the right type of yard for it, unfortunately. But you're a star for doing this @Arsenetatters.
  • Arsenetatters
    Arsenetatters Posts: 5,975
    Update. Still a way to go but she's got new feathers coming through in most places - except her tail.
  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 26,127
    Great work, well done.
  • Arsenetatters
    Arsenetatters Posts: 5,975
    Update
    Looking so well now, just the main wing and tail feathers missing.

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