A group of charity volunteers re-homed their 20,000th hen in Great Totham this month. The group volunteers tirelessly for the British Hen Welfare Trust and

The British Hen Welfare Trust is once again stocking the Allen & Page Smallholder Range feed in its online shop.

Chocolate cake lovers have the perfect excuse to tuck in to a slice today. But the British Hen Welfare Trust is reminding cake lovers to

Together we can help make hens happier A HEN charity in North Devon is putting on a new national event to help raise funds to

The British Hen Welfare Trust has this year alone re-homed 56,000 hens which ranks as one of its top three re-homing years since it was

Thistle and her friends, at just 18 months old have reached the end of their commercial laying life, and are now destined for slaughter. Hen welfare charity, the British Hen Welfare Trust, is holding a pop-up Hen Collection in St. Andrews on 6th June and hopes to find loving homes for hundreds of ex-colony laying hens just like Thistle.

Are you an animal lover? Do you have a stable or barn you could lend out once in a while? Then you could be the

A charity set up to educate the public about laying hen welfare celebrates its 10th anniversary today (April 15th 2015).

The British Hen Welfare Trust, best known for its re-homing initiative, has found pet homes for over 450,000 commercial laying hens destined for slaughter since it was established in 2005. Jane Howorth, the Trust’s Founder, was moved by a Panorama documentary in 1977 which illustrated the stark conditions inside battery cages, and she is delighted to have reached this first milestone birthday: “I am thrilled to be celebrating our tenth anniversary, and more importantly to have found homes for so many hens and introduced people to the joys of keeping our lovely ex-bats. Of course we could not have achieved this without our wonderful team of 300+ volunteers around the UK; they have worked so hard to help so many hens.”

Get the feel good factor and help save hens from slaughter Are you an animal lover? Do you have a stable or barn you could

A small group of volunteers have collectively helped save a staggering 15,000 ex-commercial hens from slaughter. The British Hen Welfare Trust volunteers held their latest

A pair of hens went from cage to altar when they took on the role of ring bearers at their owners’ wedding. Blossom and Clucky,

Viewers of Coronation Street will be aware of the current storyline involving the Nazir family and their hens. Sharif, Grandfather to Zeedan and Alya, was given the hens as a gift and ever since taking delivery of the chickens has been like an expectant father awaiting his first delivery… of an egg.

But concern for the storyline is growing amongst the increasing flock of chicken enthusiasts across the country. The British Hen Welfare Trust, a national charity that finds pet homes for approximately 50,000 ex-commercial hens each year, has been watching the soap with great interest, not least because Antony Cotton (aka Sean Tully) is one of its patrons.

The Pet Food Manufacturer’s Association’s Pet Data Report 2017 stated around 600,000 people now keep domestic fowl, ranking them above guinea pigs, hamsters and lizards.

A NORTH Devon charity last week launched its fundraising appeal to build the UK’s first dedicated hen welfare and education centre. The British Hen Welfare

Clucky Birthday Prince George! Flower girls Eva and Eliza Hinks from Dorset help to celebrate Prince George’s Birthday with their British Hen Welfare Trust hens