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Maps for hen collection

SUTTON BRIDGE


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NORWICH


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Today I've found out the chicks except 1 are cockerels so they'll be off to Little Hen Rescue at the weekend :-(

Sat morn we're offloading kids at Nanny & Grandads then picking the trailer up at 7pm and heading to Norwich to bring back 300+ hens and then take the trailer back to Holbeach ish at night.......only to pick it up again in the morning and take Jo's crates back and bring back just over 100 hens for Heacham and Wisbech.

Monday I am trying to confirm hens and rehomers. Yes it's short notice but I wasn't originally doing all 3 days but the people want the hens and we want to save the hens so what can we do? Jo will help us with our fuel bill which will be a godsend and we always get some good donations for her.
Mark is currently off homechecking at Heacham and dropping off Defra paperwork for a lady wanting 100 hens. Think he'll also take the little ones to Hunstanton to give me a break to do chook emails which is great as I had a headache earlier so once I took my pills I was groggy (can't win)


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So so busy

Sorry we're not updating the blog often at the moment. Truth is we are so busy sorting dates/trailers/hen crates etc for upcoming rescues we haven't time for yapping about it.
Every time I log on, my inbox is full and as I read and reply, new emails keep on clicking in so it's never ending.

That coupled with a rabbit who had babies- thanks to the kids who let a boy rabbit out to play with a girl one (luckily only 3 babies, 2 blk, 1 white). They're fully furred but eyes not opened yet. The cage they were in wasn't suitable as it was a double decker and a couple of times the babies had ended up at the bottom of the ladder....so they are now in a bunny palace which was donated by Chris Beal and they are safely in a "downstairs bedroom"

Mark is building another hen house, well it's a garden store actually but perfect for the chooks. We really need less in our green hen house as they all huddle and obviously it'll be dangerously hot as the summer arrives. We did try to persuade a few to use the playhouse but they weren't keen as the white Amber Links are bossy and the ducks were in there too. The ducks have now moved into a kennel.
Now the ducks are in their newer accommodation and the new is almost sorted (just the roof to go on) they will be able to choose where they sleep and spread themselves out a bit.

We've then got to get the Pekin chicks sexed as any cockerels are off to Little Hen rescue possibly next week......any hens can stay (possibly) and Flipper-Midas.

Then we need to sort more housing as the tiny chicks will start growing soon and need more room............and we are now collecting eggs daily so we don't have another baby boom. That's it for this year unless anyone gives me some fertile Aylesbury duck eggs ;-) as Eyup and Roland need wives to stop them chasing the chooks.


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**New** web shop for LHR

Little Hen rescue have a new web shop www.buy.at/littlehenrescue


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More Pekin chicks

Amber & Fenella seem to have been sitting on the same box of eggs for so long and today a tiny black and yellow chick hatched followed by a lavender one this evening.
I suppose there will be even more tomorrow.
The Pekins are all classed as my daughter's, the one who volunteers at Little Hen Rescue so she is thrilled (again)
After this lot, they will be collecting eggs daily and eating them as they are very popular amongst the family with having more yolk than egg white.
We're getting overloaded with eggs again so tonight was omelette night (my speciality, lol) Each kid (except K) had 4 eggs each....and J had 2 whole omelettes.



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Pickle the foster hen (hence Pickle Foster)

Pickle is one of our foster hens along with Pingu, Caramel, Lizzy, Joan, Rita and many more.
Some hens have stayed until well and gone home but the majority have stayed.
Pickle now has her own Facebook page. Please look her up, add her to your friends and suggest your friends add her too.
Pickle and Pingu's picture has been entered in a "pets on the net" competition in my OLD local rag, the Eastwood & Kimberley Advertiser in Nottinghamshire.
When voting gets underway, I will let you know as the prize is a £100 Pets at Home voucher which would REALLY benefit the rescue.


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Press Release RE 11000 hens

Press release sent to;
Fenland Today, Lynn News, Spalding Today, Boston Today, Newark Advertiser

Hello,

I am the Lincolnshire Coordinator for Little Hen Rescue who rescue and rehome ex battery hens when the farmers discard them in favour of younger birds.

These hens are only just over a year old and have spent their life in the space of an A4 sheet of paper in a wire based cage with 4-6 other birds and when they are rescued, they have feathers missing, broken toes, damaged wings, arthritic joints, peritonitis and crush injuries. They are also barbarically debeaked with a hot blade as chicks to supposedly stop them pecking each other but this can cause lifetime deformities. WE DO NOT REHOME ILL BIRDS!

Besides all the negatives, many are healthy birds. The healthy birds will have feathers missing and often long floppy combs as they regulate their body heat through their combs and the battery farms are very hot places.

Rescuing these hens is with the help and agreement of the farmers involved and we couldn't do it without them.

We do have one predicament though of a mammoth scale. We need to rehome 11,000 hens by the 29th June and if we cannot get them all, the rest are destined for slaughter and end up as "mechanically recovered meat" as there is actually so little meat on their bones.

There is such a high interest in rehoming ex battery hens these days, after television programmes by Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall and Jamie Oliver but many people do not know where to start regarding getting themselves a few for the garden.

These hens still lay eggs, although their supply does lessen as they age. They can live for many more years. They are fascinating to watch, don't make much noise and the pleasure gained from watching them go from tufty little girls into beautiful well feathered ladies is immense. The first time they look at the sky to see a bird or aeroplane fly past, or walk on grass then gravel and feel the different textures on their feet, it's beautiful to see.

These ladies are only to be rehomed as pets. People must regard the eggs purely as a bonus and if they can no longer keep them for any reason, Little Hen rescue will take them back without passing any judgement whatsoever.

LHR ask a minimum donation of £1.50 per bird and currently the closest collection point is Sutton Bridge in Lincolnshire BUT if there is enough interest, we will set up a collection point in your area. (http://www.tinyurl.com/lhrsb )

We have found though that people are happy to travel to save these girls.

I am hoping that you could possibly do an article highlighting the plight of these hens and if you wish, I can send pictures of how some birds look on coming out from the farms. I didn't want to add an attachment in case this email to yourself was rejected.

Please see our Norfolk website Home

and also my own site with details more for Lincolnshire (regarding suppliers of housing etc)

Lincs Little Hens

Anyone interested needs to view the websites to see if they can cater for the needs of these hens, regarding housing and diet and if they would still like to rehome some, please email me (Lyn) on lincslittlehens@aol.com for Sutton Bridge collection (possibly your area too) or Jo on littlehenrescue@aol.com for Norwich collection

Little Hen Rescue was originally started in June/July last year by Jo Eglen of Norwich and has currently rehomed almost 9000 hens in total. Our biggest mass rescue so far has been for 3000 hens so you can appreciate what a task lays ahead.

Please, if you can help in any way or even sponsor a crate to help us rescue more hens, we would be grateful. If you can circulate the information about the plight of these hens it will help us reach that target of 11000 hens and enable us to not leave any behind, looking at us, hoping for their turn to come to freedom.

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HUGE APPEAL

**** OUR BIGGEST APPEAL EVER ****

Homes needed for 11,000 Battery hens by 29th June!!

Please help us spread the word! Add us to your websites and forums, add us to your local newsletters!

Please contact Jo - littlehenrescue@aol.com for Norwich Collection

or Lyn - lincslittlehens@aol.com for Sutton Bridge collection.

Lots of collection dates coming up!

Go to www.littlehenrescue.co.uk

or www.devoted.to/exbatteryhenrescue

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