Author: Lisa Shakespeare

2024 new dates

We are winding down now to our Christmas break, with just one remaining flock to rehome this coming weekend (9th – all hens are reserved)
However, our 2024 diary is filling up FAST, with another 15,000 hens booked in this week alone!
If you are interested in rehoming hens early next year, please visit our website to reserve. Not all the logistics of who will open and when have been worked out yet, but the spring dates are now confirmed:
January – 20th – Cornwall hens – free range (almost all reserved)
February – 17th – free range
February – 24th – free range
March – 2nd – barn hens
March – 9th – free range
March – 16th – free range organic
March – 23rd – free range organic
April – 6th – Mac’s hens – Free range organic
April – 13th – Mac’s hens – Free range organic
April – 20th – Cornwall hens – free range
That will keep us nicely busy!
With so much planned, it’s a very exciting time to come on board as a volunteer so do please visit our website, fill in a form and be a part of this amazing team, who write a new success story every week ❤

September & November 2023 – reservations now open!

**UPDATE** September & 4th November reservations now closed. 11th November will be closing very shortly.
Our next rehome will be on 30th September with Penkridge and Selby will be open – 250 hens.
The 4th & 11th November will see us rehoming 5500 lovely organic hens from The Macs Farm, we know these girls are extremely popular!
The following collection points will be open below which includes 4 new locations!
Alfreton – 11th November
Ammanford – 4th & 11th November
Atherstone **NEW** – 11th November
Aylesford – 4th & 11th November
Basildon – 4th November
Basingstoke – 11th November
Braintree – 4th November
Brecon – 4th November
Bristol – 11th November
Brixham – 4th November
Brundall – 4th November
Burton on Trent – 11th November
Callington – 11th November
Charlwood & Newdigate **NEW** – 4th November
Chelmsford – 11th November
Colchester – 11th November
Congleton – 11th November
Corwen – 11th November
Coventry – 4th November
Crowborough **NEW** – 4th November
Devizes – 4th November
Durham – 11th November
Eastleigh – 4th November
Evesham – 5th November
Folkestone – 4th November
Guildford – 11th November
Harrogate – 4th November
Herstmonceux – 4th November
Hertford – 11th November
High Wycombe – 4th November
Holsworthy – 11th November
Horsham – 4th & 11th November
Ipswich – 4th & 11th November
Lincoln – 11th November
Loughborough **NEW** – 11th November
Mablethorpe – 4th November
Malvern – 11th November
Market Rasen – 11th November
Melton Mowbray – 11th November
Newark – 11th November
North Walsham – 11th November
Northampton – 4th November
Pencader – 11th November
Petersfield – 4th November
Ross-on-Wye – 12th November
Rugby **NEW** – 11th November
Scunthorpe – 4th November
Selby – 5th November
Solihull – 4th November
Sturminster Newton – 11th November
Taunton – 4th November
Wakefield – 5th November
Watton – 4th November
Whaley Bridge – 11th November
Whitland – 4th November
Wisbech – 11th November
To reserve some hens please visit our website www.freshstartforhens.co.uk
If there is not a location open close to you and you can open a collection point or drive a van (fuel and hire paid) we would love to hear from you! We are always looking to expand our network.

Two new rehome dates for 2023

✅🐔 Reservations are now open for 25th February & 4th March 🐔✅
We have lots of collection points open for both of these dates please see below the full list.
Two more dates will be going live shortly with some more collection points coming soon!
🐔Alfreton – 25th February & 4th March
🐔Ammanford – 25th February & 4th March
🐔Aylesford – 25th February & 4th March
🐔Barry – 4th March
🐔Basildon – 25th February & 4th March
🐔Basingstoke – coming soon
🐔Beccles – coming soon
🐔Bedford – 4th March
🐔Boston – 5th March
🐔Brixham **NEW** – 25th February
🐔Burford ** NEW ** – 25th February & 4th March
🐔Burton on Trent – 4th March
🐔Callington **NEW** – 25th February
🐔Chelmsford – 4th March
🐔Colchester – 25th February & 4th March
🐔Corwen – 4th March
🐔Coventry – 25th February & 4th March
🐔Crewe – 4th March
🐔Devizes – 25th February
🐔Durham – coming soon
🐔Eastleigh – coming soon
🐔Evesham – Sunday 5th March
🐔Faversham **NEW** – 4th March
🐔Folkestone – 4th March
🐔Guildford – 25th February
🐔Hailsham – coming soon
🐔Harrogate – coming soon
🐔Heathfield **NEW** – coming soon
🐔Hertford – 4th March
🐔High Wycombe – 25th February & 4th March
🐔Hitchin 25th February & 4th March
🐔Holsworthy**NEW** – 25th February
🐔Horsham – Hens available NOW
🐔Huntingdon – 26th February & 4th March
🐔Ipswich – 4th March
🐔Lingfield – Hens available NOW
🐔Llanidloes – coming soon
🐔Mablethorpe – coming soon
🐔Market Rasen – 4th March
🐔Melton Mowbray – 25th February
🐔Milton Keynes – 4th March
🐔Newark **NEW** – 25th February
🐔Northampton **NEW** – 4th March
🐔Penkridge – coming soon
🐔Reading – 4th March
🐔Selby – 5th March
🐔Solihull – 25th February
🐔Southam – 4th March
🐔Southampton – 25th February
🐔Southminster -coming soon
🐔Spalding – 5th March
🐔St Austell – 25th February
🐔Sturminster Newton ** NEW** – 25th February
🐔Sutton Coldfield – 4th March
🐔Taunton – 25th February
🐔Thanet – 4th March
🐔Whaley Bridge – coming soon
🐔Wisbech – 25th February & 4th March
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