Here you’ll find hen health tips from our resident vet nurse Gaynor Davies as well as our latest news, be it feathery or fundraising-related. Enjoy!
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,
In our A/W issue: Celeb sCoop with Sarah Beeny; WIN an automatic coop door opener!; Be Avian Flu aware this winter; Putting hens behind bars at HMP Guys Marsh
In our summer 2019 issue we give you the chance to win a Todhunter hamper and Higgidy vouchers, plus find out what you told us in our last Hensus survey!
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
Believe it or not hens can get stressed too. A visit from a neighbour’s dog or a close shave with a fox can leave your
Spring 2019: Take part in Hensus – Meet the hens changing lives – How we plan to help hens in the next six years – WIN an Omlet Eglu Go UP
Hens are not the most aerodynamic of birds! Heavy breeds such as Marans and Orpingtons seldom attempt flight but some lighter breeds are more adventurous.
The British Hen Welfare Trust has been named the JustGiving Charity of the Year! We were one of three shortlisted charities who received the most
Firework season is upon us, and bonfire night itself is nearing, which is terrific news for those of us who enjoy this time of year.
Autumn / Winter 2018: Celeb sCoop with Dick and Angel Strawbridge – British Hen Welfare Day – WIN one of five feed bundles – We talk hidden eggs with Jamie and Jimmy
Not an inevitable part of hen-keeping: It is often said that keeping hens will attract rats – but actually the two do not have to
With all this hot and stuffy weather, it’s beginning to feel like summer will go on forever, but it will soon be that time of
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
When the weather heats up, so do your hens, so it’s important to keep them as chilled as possible. There are several steps you can
