
Ex-Cage Hens Find Free-Range Freedom in Cheshire
Looking back at some of this year’s achievements, we’ve connected with the Bernard family who rehomed an amazing 80 hens last year in the hopes
Looking back at some of this year’s achievements, we’ve connected with the Bernard family who rehomed an amazing 80 hens last year in the hopes
Want to make your hens a special treat this Christmas? Join us in making a festive wreath for your hens this year, packed with yummy veg!
New DEFRA-approved Nettex Virocur disinfectant here to help flocks stay safe this winter. Make sure you’re ready for anything and check out the latest DEFRA-approved Nettex Virocur here.
After receiving such a lovely fundraising donation from a holistic animal therapist, Martine, we thought we’d have an in-depth look into how she gets involved with the BHWT.
From 14th December 2020 it is a legal requirement for all poultry keepers to keep their hens housed or under netting to prevent contact with wild birds.
Leila Scobie, one of our amazing Team Scotland volunteers shares her journey from hen welfare to creating The Happy Hen Hotel. Our hen journey began
This month, Mochdre Veterinary Practice in Wales named us their charity of the month. Read how we got the honour.
Give your hens a Christmas treat with this amazing recipe for homemade Flock Seed Block. Click here to find out how to make your own!
2020 doesn’t have to be all doom and gloom. A heart-melting story of boy and hen. If you need a little pick me up, discover the boy who wrote a card to his hen; Agnes. Find out more about this wonderful friendship and their hen friends here.
Our Jane got to sit down and chat with another Jane… Dr. Jane Goodall! To say we’re a little excited is an understatement. What an incredible, once-in-a-life-time opportunity!
David and Sarah Marek coordinate and host the charity’s Cheshire rehomings from their home in Nantwich. They, and rest of the Cheshire team, were delighted to reach an astonishing milestone on the 24th October when the 10,000th hen passed through their field on her way to a happy retirement.
Late in September, after we’d finish the last issue of Fresh Laid News, our Founder and Mother Hen, Jane Howorth, won Woman&Home’s 2020 Amazing Woman Award! See the fun pictures from the photo shoot and learn why Woman&Home chose her.
With winter approaching our thoughts turn to the annual wild bird migration and the impact that this can have on our own pet hen’s health.
Demand for rehoming hens is still high and we have lots of hens ready to find their new homes in November.
2020 has been a challenging year for all of us, charities included, and our fundraising efforts for rehoming hens and hen welfare has taken a hit.
Autumn is now showing its colours, and with the days beginning to draw in all too quickly, it is important to pay close attention to
Autumn is now showing its colours, and with the days beginning to draw in all too quickly, it is important to pay close attention to
Falling foul of soft-shell eggs and other autumnal issues Autumn is now showing its colours, and with the days beginning to draw in all too
Special Delivery to Professor Ben Garrod’s Community Project in Bristol
Saturday, September 19th, 2020, Jane hand-delivered twelve very lucky hens to Professor Ben Garrod, evolutionary biologist, primatologist and TV broadcaster. Learn about Ben’s project and how he and his neighbours created a mini poultry paradise.
Could you take in sick or injured hens if needed? On average our teams rehome 300 to 400 hens on a collection day and may find 3-6 hens in each collection that we do not consider fit enough to be rehomed the same day. If this happens, could you take in foster hens? Learn more here.
Phew! September was a whirlwind! From bringing on new volunteer teams and pop-up locations to finding homes for 12,000 hens, it seems like we didn’t sit down at all.
Got some old furniture, bric-a-brac or unwanted stuff laying around? Learn how one of our supporters turned junk into treasure and made £35,000 for BHWT!
With chilly days ahead you’ll want to keep your hens warm and cosy, so fill the coop with Dengie’s Fresh Bed. Developed in association with the British Hen Welfare Trust, Dengie Fresh Bed for Chickens is a chopped straw bedding with pine oil added for its natural anti-bacterial and anti-fungal properties.
If you’d like to hear about what we get up to on a monthly basis with topics that include insights from Jane, hen advice and health tips from our knowledgeable experts, rehoming updates, volunteer perspectives, product reviews, egg industry news and anything else we think is suitably hen-related… then please subscribe to Fresh Laid News! We look forward to talking chicken with you!
P.S. As a new subscriber we’ll give you a 10% discount in our shop on your first order, so you can spoil your hens from the start.
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