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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Life...so far

We're (so far) bringing back 71 ex battery hens + 1 cockerel for new homes in Lincolnshire & Cambridgeshire so we'll have a full van load. I'm going over in the car on Fri then sleeping over with the chooks and Mark will come along on saturday for the half day and to collect the hens.

The Pekins are growing gradually, the Lavenders are the biggest. Their wing feathers are huge and they keep flitting about now so we've moved them from the indoor guinea pig cage and into the dog crate with Correx panels around the sides so they can't get out and the dogs paws can't get in to play with them. Little Flipper is fine and there's no sign of the splayed legs that "it" hatched with.

Sadly we unexpectedly lost 2 of our ex batt ladies recently. At least they had a lovely happy life whilst here.


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Hen Rescue Easter weekend

The next hen rescue will be held over easter; Thursday, Good Friday & Saturday.
We will be bringing hens back to Sutton Bridge on Saturday the 11th so if you are not already on the rehoming list please contact Jo through Little Hen rescue
Hopefully you can adopt your hens and they'll lay you some REAL easter eggs on Easter Sunday



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Next LHR rescue

The weekend before easter will be when you can next get hens from Little Hen Rescue so please get yourself on the rehoming list asap if interested.


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Another successful LHR rehoming day :-)

Today we had glorious sunshine, lots of mainly feathered hens and some lovely rehomers collecting their new pets. A French TV crew were also on site filming people collecting hens.
We spent the day at LHR. I was manning the Bearts stall selling layers meal, feeders, drinkers and various poultry tonics. My dear other half was directing traffic as well as catching hens.
We brought 21 hens back to Sutton Bridge for other people including 6 for our friend, Karen whose hens laid an egg on the way back in the crate.
I bought 2 poorlies home again. This time named after Emmerdale characters, Edna Birch and Betty "Eggleton" (Yes I know Betty's name is actually spelt Eagleton but it's more fun with the egg relevance) Both ladies are "off their legs" so will need extra TLC to get them standing and walking again but we've managed it with the others so we should be ok.
Mini came with us. Joe stayed home as "animal supervisor/carer" and the others went to their local Grandparents for the day.
I think today was a very successful and enjoyable day.
Can't wait until next month for the next one. Click the pics to enlarge them. These are Jo at LHR's photo's as I took no camera with me.









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LATEST NEWS FROM LHR REGARDING WEEKEND RESCUE

Due to the possible out break of the Avian flu virus at 2 Bernard Matthews Turkey farms in East Anglia, we have to cancel the rescue for this weekend.
I am really sorry to all that were hoping to get hens from us.
The good news is that the hens will not be slaughtered and are being kept until we know the results from DEFRA. If all is clear and there are NO restrictions in place then we can collect the hens next weekend. All your time slots will be moved forward to Sunday 8th March.


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2nd Pekin egg

Haven't managed to keep up with the blog due to illness and chaos and children off school etc....
Everything tends to go into meltdown as routine goes out of the window.
Helping at Little hen rescue this Sunday. Taking some cockerels to Jo and bringing a few hens back for other peeps.


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Next Hen rescue, Feb 28th

Anyone wishing to rehome ex battery hens from the next rescue, please see Little Hen Rescue's website then fill in a contact form.
If you wish to collect from Sutton Bridge, please say so clearly on the contact form.


Bit of advertising for LHR.
Click picture to enlarge it sufficiently to see.
May as well use the space on the back of the car for something practical.
The vinyl lettering was only £2.50 + £1.50 postage off eBay.
The chap who made the guinea pig logo is also making me some hen silhouettes in 8 year vinyl too.

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Maps for hen collection

These maps will enable anyone wondering how to find us if they are planning on ordering any hens from Little Hen Rescue. http://tinyurl.com/LHRSB

Let me explain the procedure if you are wanting any ex battery hens.
Take a look at the website for Little Hen Rescue and read everything there is to know about homing these hens- accommodation, feed, bedding, health etc....

If you are able to provide what these ladies need and are still interested, please fill in one of the contact forms on the LHR website which will go through to Jo who runs and co ordinates each rescue.

Jo will email you back to say you are on the rehomers list and you will be told approximately when the next rescue is likely to be. Take this time from being told you are on the waiting list to make/buy your hens house, fence off any area you'd like your hens to be in and generally prepare for their arrival.

Please STATE CLEARLY from the outset that you wish to collect hens from Sutton Bridge. You will need to pay Jo in advance for hens collected from Sutton Bridge. Each hen requires a donation of £1.50 per bird but any extra is always gratefully received as the £1.50 is never enough. You can pay by cheque payable to Little Hen rescue or Paypal via the website. If you use paypal, try to include a little extra if you can because Paypal take fees from payments made thru them.

When a rescue approaches, Jo will be in touch and you will be given a date for receiving your hens. Assuming you have stated you wish to collect them from Sutton Bridge and they have been paid for in advance, you should receive your hens that evening.
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On the day of the rescue, everyone is VERY busy. Your hens will be collected from the farm and taken back to base for a general health check.

It will usually be evening time when your hens arrive in Sutton Bridge as we have a full days rehoming to do first. We will call you once we know what time we will be there and you can see from the map and tinyurl where the meeting point is.

Once you collect your hens, take them home and put them straight in their hen house and shut them in until next morning. In the morning you can let them out into their pen and ensure they drink and eat. Your hens will have had a very long shocking day. They have never seen the great outdoors or experienced freedom to even flap their wings. They've never been able to look up and see the sky or scratched in the soil.

Hopefully you will grow to love your hens like we love ours and they will reward you with a few eggs which we always think are a gesture of goodwill for saving them from the abbatoir.

If you don't want to collect your hens from Sutton Bridge and can drive to Norwich instead, you are able to pay on collection day for them.

These images can be clicked twice to enlarge them. We hope they help you.



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Little Hen Rescue, hens in jumpers

Have a look at these sweeties and support Little Hen Rescue if you can.