Roses are red, this cockerel is blue, he needs a new home, could it be with you? Two national animal welfare charities have joined forces
The country’s leading chicken charity has announced it will offer research grants to veterinarians and vet and agricultural students to improve pet hen health across
The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs has confirmed that a low pathogenic strain of Avian Influenza was found on a commercial farm in
In a recent article for The Daily Telegraph, columnist Rowan Pelling questions the joy and satisfaction that comes from keeping hens. This obviously came as
We’re welcoming the news that Sainsbury’s has committed to selling only free-range eggs in its stores from April 2020, joining the likes of the Co-op,
A Suitably Qualified Person (SQP) is an animal medicines advisor, a legal category of professionally qualified persons who are entitled to supply certain veterinary medicines under the Veterinary
The British Hen Welfare Trust has met with DEFRA and its equivalents in Scotland and Wales to discuss ways of improving communications and simplifying the
Fireworks will be going off with a bang all over the country this weekend, and we can’t wait! However it’s important to remember your hens,
We’re welcoming the news this morning that eggs stamped with the Lion mark have been officially declared safe for vulnerable people such as pregnant women
The British Hen Welfare Trust is celebrating being shortlisted in two prestigious charity awards. The charity is one of five charities shortlisted in the Small
Nine-year-old BHWT supporter Benjamin Nicholson is taking on global biscuit brand McVitie’s in a bid to get them to stop using caged hen eggs. After
As part of our promise to keep you AI informed, we have more information for you regarding the registration of your flocks with APHA (the
Check with your local council before adopting hens. Some properties have covenants forbidding the keeping of hens due to their classification as livestock. However The
There have been outbreaks of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N8) across Europe. As a result Defra last night declared an Avian Influenza Prevention Zone across England,
Great news – Tesco has pledged to end the sale of colony caged eggs in its stores…unfortunately by 2025! Tesco has said it will transition
Have you heard our big news this morning? (Our) Jane Howorth, Founder of the British Hen Welfare Trust has been awarded an MBE in the
