Yesterday saw 2 barns emptied with almost 3400 hens in their new retirement homes.
This is a special little girl who was found when the Aylesford team unloaded the hens from the crates. This is known as a cross beak or as the volunteers call them a “wonky hen” (they are very popular amongst the farm team who spot them). This will have happened as a result of a birth defect, she has survived 18 months already and will continue to thrive.
A couple of more dates have been announced on the website including a few collection points that have not been open for a little while. More collection points are due to be added this week.
New rehome dates are now live for reservations on the website www.freshstartforhens.co.uk with the following collection points open;
We can not do this without your support in the form of rehoming a few hens or sharing the love for the work we do by sharing our posts to friends, family and other groups.
Yesterday saw 2 barns emptied with almost 3400 hens in their new retirement homes.
This is a special little girl who was found when the Aylesford team unloaded the hens from the crates. This is known as a cross beak or as the volunteers call them a “wonky hen” (they are very popular amongst the farm team who spot them). This will have happened as a result of a birth defect, she has survived 18 months already and will continue to thrive.
A couple of more dates have been announced on the website including a few collection points that have not been open for a little while. More collection points are due to be added this week.
New rehome dates are now live for reservations on the website www.freshstartforhens.co.uk with the following collection points open;
We can not do this without your support in the form of rehoming a few hens or sharing the love for the work we do by sharing our posts to friends, family and other groups.
August has been a continuation of a busy summer for Fresh Start for Hens.
Hens need our help to be rescued and FSFH has risen to the challenge.
Rehomes events have been taking place every week across England & Wales since the 17th July and they are set to continue weekly until November! This is where we need your help!
Three dates are currently taking reservations which are 4th, 11th & 18th September from the following collection points;
25th September and 2nd October dates will be coming shortly with further October dates announced later as well. More collection points will be open on future dates soon.
Next Saturday (17th July) will be our next rehome and we still have 1500 hens who are still looking for homes next Saturday – can you help or know someone who would like some hens?
The following collections points will be open;
Alston
Anglesey
Andover
Barry
Basingstoke
Bromsgrove
Chelmsford
Darlington
Dolgellau
Evesham
Gosport
Hailsham
Harrogate
High Wycombe
Hitchin
Horsham
Ipswich
Lingfield
Llanidloes
Newcastle
Newton Abbot
Pencader
Penkridge
Petersfield
Reading
Ross on Wye
Scunthorpe
Selby
Southampton
Southminster
Spalding
St Austell
Sutton Coldfield
Taunton
Tenbury Wells
Wareham
Watton
Wendover
Whitland
Winsford
Wisbech
Worthing
If you would like to offer some hens a forever home please visit our website to register.
24th July will be our CAGED HENS rehome and there are around 1000 of these still available as well;
Aylesford
Ammanford
Basildon
Beccles
Bridlington
Burton on Trent
Colchester
Congleton
Coventry
Daventry
Eastleigh
Folkestone
Garstang
Huntingdon
Lingfield
Malvern
Merthyr Tydfil
Nottingham
Penkridge
Reading
Rugby
Spalding
Stoke-on-Trent
Sutton Coldfield
Swanley
Thanet
Wakefield
Wareham
Warminster
Three new dates are being planned for August as we speak and these should be announced hopefully next week.
Are you ready for hens? Can you send through your photos and donation over the weekend? If so please complete the registration form. Please share with friends and any local groups who can help.
5th June – 1000 free range hens still available from;
Basingstoke
Burton on Trenthttp://209.97.134.234/sun24-registration-form/
The sun is shining, the days are getting longer and with flockdown coming to an end there is a real buzz amongst all our volunteers at Fresh Start For Hens!
Three new dates have been announced for May including our largest rehome in a single day.
We will be rehoming 5500 free range organic hens from our friends at The Macs farm on the 8th & 15th May. These hens are very popular and if you would prefer to reserve some of these girls please add a note when you are reserving.
22nd May will be our biggest single rehoming in one day! 6k in one day! The fantastic volunteers will be catching, transporting and rehoming these girls in one single day.
There is a good spread of collection points across England and Wales and may be able to open a couple more sites in the next couple of weeks. The collection points open for our May dates plus for a limited number on the 17th April are listed below;
If you are interested in one of these dates please complete a registration form including the rehome date you would be interested in.
We need your help to make their dreams of a Fresh Start in life a reality! If you can not take any then we do appreciate you sharing our rehome dates. If you would like to share about our rehomes on social media we are on Facebook & Twitter.
Please include a note in the additional information section requesting ducks.
The girls are 2 years old and currently in a commercial setting for eggs.
The usual home checks apply and we ask for a minimum donation of £5 per duck.
If you would like more information you can email our duck team on ducks@freshstartforhens.co.uk
Remember sharing is caring to help get these girls a Fresh Start for the new year.
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