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:http://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 call me asap on 01590 624731 if you are able to take any. I am hoping to get a list of rescue homes in the New Forest so we can make it as efficient as possible in terms of transport costs to bring a load down here. I also think it will be a lovely place for some poor ex-battery hens to find a new life.

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.

Best Regards

Dr Caroline Wilkins
Tel: 01590 624731 (Brockenhurst)
Doris Banham Dog Rescue -http://www.dogsos.co.uk
RescuePet -http://rescuepet.org

Homes have been offered for 96 chickens in the forest so far. Excellent progress for just the first few hours of the appeal. Will keep you all updated.

I am delighted to be able to report that all 11,000 chickens have been saved and are now safely transported to homes nearer to Norfolk. There won't be a transport down to the New Forest as it was thought better to use the home offers closer to their point of origin (saves on travel stress and casualties).

I would like to say a massive THANK YOU to the New Forest people who called me and offered homes for nearly 300 chickens! It was fantastic to get that support and know there are so many lovely, caring people out there.

I will post on here again if/when there is another appeal. Many thanks

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