Lisa Shakespeare, Author at Fresh Start For Hens

First rehome of 2021 will be 650 Cherry Valley ducks!

Sunday 17th January will be the rehome date when we will rehome 650 Cherry Valley Ducks!

They will be available from;

Bristol

Chelmsford

Evesham

Gilberdyke

Guildford

High Wycombe

Hitchin

Huntingdon

Lingfield

Milton Keynes

Newton Abbot

Penkridge

Petersfield

Selby

Sheffield

Southam

Southampton

St Austell

Sutton Coldfield

Swanley

Wareham

To reserve some you will need to visit the website www.freshstartforhens.co.uk and register.

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.

HENMERGENCY 1500 caged hens need YOUR HELP!

HENMERGENCY!!

Next WEDNESDAY 16th December 1500 hens will be liberated from their cages and they WILL be the last ones from this farm as it closes and the cages removed!

We NEED YOUR HELP!!

Hens will be available from the following points:

Colchester

Coventry

Daventry

Evesham

Gilberdyke (collect on 19th December)

Harrogate

Huntingdon

Lingfield

Malvern

Milton Keynes

Newton Abbot

North Walsham

Penkridge

Reading

Selby

Sutton Coldfield

Swanley

Wareham

Wisbech (collect on 19th December)

Please visit the website www.freshstartforhens.co.uk to register.

Collection points are limited due to the mid week rehome but some may be flexible on the pick up depending on their own setup so please ask.

If you can not take some for yourself, we would appreciate your shares with friends, family and local pages.

New December collection points

2500 hens have secured their forever homes for this weekend and the final touches are being made.

When the opportunity came up to rehome another 1800 hens from a barn farm we grabbed it with both hands! Now we need your help!

The following collection points have now been added:

Andover

Anglesey

Burton on Trent

Darlington

Dolgellau

Eastleigh

Leyburn

Newcastle

Newton Abbot

Penkridge

Petersfield

Reading

Scunthorpe

Sunderland

Sutton coldfield

Wareham

Weston-super-Mare

If you can offer a home to some hens visit the “register” form on the website.

There are more collection points already open on the 5th December and again on the 12th December with good national coverage.

November & December rehome dates

We have 3 rescue dates, 28th November and 5th & 12th December.

Multiple collection points are available throughout England & Wales.

We have around 5,000 hens yet to be reserved for these dates, that’s a LOT of hens that need help!

We’re operating to a COVID secure cluck & collect model and currently have APHA written permission to continue; we’ve ensured that we’re “above board” from both COVID & AI perspectives.

2020 has been a pretty rubbish year for most of us; what better way to see it out than by saving a few precious lives…and maybe getting some of the best eggs ever into the bargain?

28th November (2500 free-range hens)

Ammanford, Andover, Aylesford, Basildon, Bristol, Burton on Trent, Chelmsford, Colchester, Congleton, Coventry, Dolgellau, Folkestone, Horsham, Huntingdon, Ipswich, Llanidloes, Mablethorpe, Market Rasen, Melton Mowbray, Merthyr Tydfil, Newcastle, Pencader, Scunthorpe, Selby, Sheffield, Solihull, Spalding., Sunderland, Swanley, Wareham, Warminster, Watton, Whitland, Wisbech

5th December (1600 free-range hens)

Acle , Basildon, Beccles, Chelmsford, Colchester, Coventry, Evesham, Harrogate, Herne Bay, Hitchin, Huntingdon, Ilkeston, Ipswich, Lingfield, Market Rasen, Melton Mowbray, Milton Keynes, North Walsham, Selby, Spalding, Solihull, Swanley, Thanet, Tunbridge Wells, Wisbech

12th December (2500 free-range hens)

Alfreton, Barnsley, Barry, Basildon, Basingstoke, Bradford

Burton on Trent, Chelmsford, Congleton, Coventry, Daventry, Dolgellau, Eastleigh, Gosport, Hailsham, Harrogate, Hastings, Haverfordwest, Hitchin, Horsham, Ipswich, Lingfield, Llanidloes, Malvern, Market Rasen, Melton Mowbray, Milton Keynes, North Walsham, Reading, Ross on Wye, Sandhurst, Solihull, St Austell, Sutton Coldfield, Taunton, Wakefield, Wareham, Warminster, Watton, Whitland, Winsford, Wendover

To register for any of these dates please visit the “register hens” section on the website.

7th & 14th November rehome dates

Less than 2 weeks to go until our next back to back rehomes.

2400 hens – 7th November & 2500 hens – 14th November

The following collection points are available, with the majority of our collection points either have no waiting lists now or are very short.

7th November

Ammanford (FULL) – Andover – Barnsley – Boston – Bradford (FULL)

– Congleton – Darlington – Dolgellau (FULL) – Guildford (NEW) – Harrogate (NEW) – High Wycombe – Hitchin – Huntingdon – Leyburn (FULL) – Mablethorpe – Malvern – Milton Keynes – North Walsham (FULL) – Oxford – Reading (NEW) – Ross on Wye – Sandhurst – Selby – Sheffield – Solihull – Spalding – Stourbridge – Watton – Wendover – Winsford – Whitland

14th November

Alfreton (FULL) – Anglesey – Barnsley – Basildon – Basingstoke – Bromsgrove – Burton on Trent – Chelmsford – Colchester – Coventry – Eastleigh – Folkestone (NEW) – Gilberdyke – Hailsham – Hastings – Herne Bay (NEW) – Horsham – Ilkeston – Isle of Wight (NEW) – Lingfield – Market Rasen – Melton Mowbray (FULL) – Newton Abbot – Nottingham – Rugby – Sandhurst – Scunthorpe – Solihull – Taunton – Tenterden – Thanet – Tunbridge Wells (FULL) – Wakefield – Wareham

Two more dates are being planned and will be announced shortly.

Hens are allocated on a first come first served basis, both collection points and van have limited capacity. Please note your reservation is not complete until both your donation and photos are received.

Visit the website to register and our reservations team will be in contact. www.freshstartforhens.co.uk

Duck rehome date – 17th October

300 ducks looking for homes!

17th October the following collection points will be open for our Cherry Valley rehome

Braintree

Chelmsford

Huntingdon

Lingfield

Newton Abbot

Solihull

Spaulding

St Austell

Swanley

Wareham

Reservations can be made by emailing ducks@freshstartforhens.co.uk

Please include;

Name

Collection point

Address

Contact number(s)

Number of ducks (maximum of 10 due to limited availability)

Photo of setup

Ducks are a minimum donation of £5 each which can be made by visiting our website www.freshstartforhens.co.uk

Be quick as these will be allocated on a first come first served basis and they really get quacked up!

2000 hens NEED homes!

WE NEED YOUR HELP!

2000 hens NEED homes!

Please SHARE our post!

Our farm team will be collecting these over 2 dates (3rd & 10th October) and have lots of spare capacity at several collection points around the country.

We hope these can be rehomed very quickly with your help sharing our post

The map below shows the locations with spare van space.

If you can offer these lovely girls a retirement they deserve please visit our website www.freshstartforhens.co.uk to complete a registration form with the October date if you are ready to rehome them.

To help our small reservations team please send your photos to adminteam@freshstartforhens.co.uk and include your collection point and the collection date you would like.

Donations can be made by clicking on the “donate” button on the website.

Did you know we have over 100 collection points and are planning our next 4 rehome dates before Christmas and our duck date will be launched tomorrow

You can register on the website for any of our collection points and the team will be in contact once reservations are open.

3rd & 10th October collection points

URGENT – can you or someone you know help?

3 weeks to go and 3000 hens without homes!

We can only do this if they have homes to go to.

5500 free range hens across England and Wales on the 7th & 14th March.

New collection points have been added for this rehome date including Selby (7th & 14th March), Ross-on-Wye (14th March), Mansfield (7th March) and direct from Minskip Farm Shop (7th March)

If you would like to reserve some hens please click here to complete an application form.

URGENT – can you or someone you know help?

3 weeks to go and 3000 hens without homes!

We can only do this if they have homes to go to.

5500 free range hens across England and Wales on the 7th & 14th March.

New collection points have been added for this rehome date including Selby (7th & 14th March), Ross-on-Wye (14th March), Mansfield (7th March) and direct from Minskip Farm Shop (7th March)

If you would like to reserve some hens please click here to complete an application form.