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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.

An unexpected COVID-19 consequence must surely be the threat to commercial birds, and our own pet hens, from Red Kites. Originally valued as a scavenger

As summer draws to an end, and the nights close in, our natural biorhythms kick in and our eating patterns and nutritional needs change. The same is true for our feathered friends. To counter any cooler weather blues your hens may experience, we sell a variety of products and supplements by Verm-X.

Our friends at Verm-X have launched a virtual Summer Show, with multiple categories being judged, such as pure-breeds, rare breeds, rescued animals, talented dogs, perfect ponies, fluffy friends, and yes ‘Young Chicken Keeper of the Year’!

August saw us bustling around busily again, rehoming hens all the while implementing strict COVID-19 safety measures to protect our staff, volunteers and rehomers. It was not a quiet month!

We all appreciate that those of us without a ready supply of fresh eggs in the garden initially had to cope with egg shortages, but what has it been like for the egg industry during this pandemic?

We’re thrilled that Support Adoption for Pets, an animal rescue and pet adoption charity governed by Pets at Home, have kindly granted us £9,600 to spend on improving the way we rehome hens during COVID-19!

The Hen Central team have been incredibly busy taking bookings for hens since COVID-19 struck, and although we had little idea a few weeks ago when we’d be rehoming again, lockdown rules are now allowing us to make it all happen, safely.

Celeb sCoop with Jake Wood, WIN a £150 voucher for Sophie Allport goodies!, Celebrating the lucky 750,000th BHWT hen, An eggsclusive interview with our Mother Hen

Jamie Oliver has supported the charity since 2008 when he inspired a surge in interest after Jane Howorth appeared on Jamie’s Fowl Dinners, a Channel 4 programme about the chicken industry.

Looking for ways to hentertain your little ones this Easter? Then enter our Eggs Factor Competition! We are inviting children across the UK, at home

As schools have shut their doors to the majority of pupils, we are offering advice to those schools caring for hens on site during this

As the situation regarding COVID-19 continues to evolve, please be assured we are regularly reviewing the latest information and government updates to ensure our life-saving

In response to the flurry of media coverage about white and brown eggs, we wanted to share some chicken & egg truths. It is, in

National treasure, Pam Ayres, became a patron of the British Hen Welfare Trust in 2006.

In 2010 Jimmy filmed The Private Life of Chickens at the British Hen Welfare Trust’s Devon headquarters to find out what goes on behind the hen-house door through a series of experiments and observations to understand the behaviour and psychology of chickens.

Kate Humble is a fantastic ambassador for the charity and we are thrilled to have her on board as a patron.

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