Leicester_H Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 Hi - am concerned about a post I saw on Facebook - about farmer who is getting rid of his battery hens *again* as he is ill. 4800 hens - simply asking people to turn up with boxes (on 3 specified weekends) and pay £2.50 per hen. Whilst I'd never want to deprive an ex-bat of a lovely home, are there any rules about this ? I assumed commercial organisations would have rules about disposal of livestock? I realise that 4800 x £2.50 = £12k - a lot of money for a farmer (well anyone, actually). Do hens need to be checked health-wise ? Do adopters need to be checked ? Do records need to be kept (suppose eg. avian flu was later found in some of the hens - wouldn't the others need to be traceable) ? Anyone know about this sort of thing ?? H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrannyTrish Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 I'd check with DEFRA and perhaps the British Hen Welfare Trust if no one here knows. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 As far as I know there are no restrictions beyond keeping details for traceability. It's not like other livestock which require passports/ear tags and CPH numbers. It's only the same as someone breeding and selling hens, a vet wouldn't need to check them beforehand and buyers aren't checked. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
