grracee Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 Thought this would be the best place to ask, does anyone know how you can find out collection points for battery hens? My auntie is looking to get a few hens in the new year and was thinking along the rescuing battery hens route so would be grateful of any advice. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mollie333 Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 http://www.bhwt.org.uk/cms/re-home-some-hens/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 There is a post in the FAQ section with some info and links too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 If she is thinking about it, the time to do it is this side of the New Year rather than just after! Current battery cages are being banned as of 2012 and so there are around 14 million battery hens that need to be cleared out of their cages before then. There will still be battery hens available but they'll be from the Enriched Cages. As there are so many all going in to the Enriched cages in such a short space of time, there may be a rush of those coming out in 12/18 months time. Nice that she's thinking about it, hope she gets some Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfer_chicken Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 Sorry if this has an obvious answer , but I was wondering, why do the hens from the battery cages have to be slaughtered/rehomed? Why can't they just be transferred into the enriched cages? I'm going to get some ex-batties just after Christmas the perfect present Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 I'm guessing they aren't new hens so will be a year/18 months old and so becoming commercially less viable or productive ... if they moult they won't be laying eggs, and they'll lay less eggs as they get older. Its also the logistics of clearing 30,000 birds from a shed, having somewhere to hold them while the old shed is taken apart and enriched cages installed and then putting them back in. From a farmers point of view (running it as a business) it is easier to have a completely new flock, who will be used to the new enriched cages and will lay more eggs, especially after the cost of installing enriched cages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grracee Posted December 4, 2011 Author Share Posted December 4, 2011 Thanks for all the advice, will pass it on to her. Have looked on their website and there is a collection point very close to us which is perfect. As we are stuck in the middle of nowhere things like that are normally a good couple of hours away but I think it will be about 40 mins which isn't too bad and their next re-homing date is 28th December. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grracee Posted December 6, 2011 Author Share Posted December 6, 2011 Just found out that the collection point is actually only 25 mins from us, perfect! Will see what my auntie thinks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 Even better! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
