Little Hen Rescue©

If you are in the Essex area and would like to book to rehome some ex battery hens then please contact via the details below. 

Please only contact between the times shown below, and preferable method is email contact.

Russell: 07869 286406 (between 11am-5pm, Monday to Friday)

Email Russell on henfest2011@hotmail.co.uk

Thank you...

A  massive  congratulations to Petra for finishing the london marathon in very good time! An even bigger thank you to Petra and her sponsors for running for Little Hen Rescue!  This is a massive thing for us and much needed.  Well done Petra! 

For those who haven't paid their sponsorship money yet please do so below. 

Sadly Little Hen Rescue suffered a break in on the 10th April, in the early hours of the morning.  Losing money, tools, and sadly broken locks.  They also left the doors open allowing the hens to wander outside.  Luckily no harm came to them but potentially a dog or fox could have killed them all after it was left unsecured.

Its a shame that people would want to empty our collection box as well as our till, these people should be ashamed of themselves stealing from a rescue that just manages to survive on the donations it asks for rescued battery hens.  Lets hope what goes around, comes around.

If you would like to donate towards our new alarm system to stop them ever doing this again, please click the donate button below. Thank you so much.

'Dorothy'

A book on a very special little hen, thats overcome all odds and turned into a superstar!  Jenny Armstrong is her owner or you could say her manager!

Jenny has had Dorothy's book published to raise money for Little Hen Rescue and Water Aid. 

Please if you could support Jenny in her plight by buying a book the link is below.

Thank you..

21/01/11

A huge thank you to Petra Otto who is running the London Marathon for Little Hen Rescue.

Petra has completed 17 marathons so far, many of them for various charities.  However, having seen herself the work that Little Hen Rescue does, giving ex battery hens a new lease of life, she feels that the time has come to do more for those precious 'girls'.  Petra was lucky enough to finally get an entry to the 2011 Virgin London Marathon, which will take place on 17th of April.

To sponsor Petra and support her supporting us please donate via our link below, it will be taken as sponsorship (we just can't work out the sponsorship button).

10/01/11 

Please click this link to sign a petition against de-beaking, this is a cruel and unnecessary practise.

Help needed advertising hens!!  We are struggling to rehome our hens, we still have 800 from our July 24th rescue of ex battery hens. 

Please if you are able to put little posters up or our cards in veterinary surgerys, pet shops, local stores, it makes all the difference to us.

Please, lets try and rehome these girls because if we can't we will be unable to collect the 2300 hens that are waiting in the battery farm and ready to collect on the 11th September.  We really do not want to turn them down. 

Thank you

Thank you to Bartlett signs for donating the sign writing on our van!

www.bartlettsigns.co.uk

Our new residents... 

We decided that LHR needed some natural *Green* lawnmowers!  Since using a local tractor driver to top our grass, and strimming around the pens we decided that we were to rescue some lambs and goats to do the job for us...

They have taken on the role very nicely!

We welcome...

Rupert 

Yogi 

Flower

Daisy

Sad news for Little Hen Rescue. On Saturday 22nd May 2010, when returning from a farm, one of our trailers turned over on the A14. 

This has been an incredibly sad and stressful time for us.  Tragically we lost around 100 hens but have the other 700 happily recouping at LHR. 

Lets all pray for their little souls, and try to focus on the girls we have saved.

It's been a frightening time, and our worst nightmare.  To add to the upset of losing some of our girls, we also had the 18 ft trailer destroyed and a 4 x 4 written off. 

At this current time we are looking at buying a flat bed truck or a 3 axle trailer.  This will bring more security when travelling with the hens.  We are going to try to raise the funds because a truck or trailer will be expensive and trucks have high running costs.  We hope we can manage it.

If you can help us raise money for the new trailer or truck, even donating a pound, please use our Google checkout or send a cheque to us written out to Little Hen Rescue. Thank you.

Thank you to all our volunteers that have worked hard this weekend.

George

George our new turkey has arrived from another rescue centre to be a husband for our small turkey ladies.. 

Boy haven't you grown!

Believe us or not below is the photos of our 2 male sponsor turkeys!!  They are currently annoyed at their limited food supply, they are simply growing to heavy to fast!

Our 2 female turkeys are also doing very very well..  Daphne sadly had to be separated from the others when she grew to heavy and  the larger hen bird started to pick at her.  She is now settled in with our recent residents 4 small Norfolk black turkeys and again on a serious diet. 

The sad case of 'meat' birds, they put weight on just thinking about food, white turkeys aren't usually allowed to live over 22 weeks. At this age they are extremely large.  Our babies were born beginning of July. 

Our new babies..

Our newbies were rescued from a farm and were due to be destroyed when they weren't making the weight they should have been for there age.  They now belong to LHR, and so will any of their brothers or sisters with the same fate.

These babies will soon be up for sponsorship!  So keep an eye on our sponsorship page!

A huge Thank you to Brackencraft for making ORANGE, LEMONGRASS & CINNAMON soap to help raise money for Little Hen Rescue. 

To get some soap and support us please click below to visit web site;

Sadly our best boy Buster died of a heart attack.  Buster was our ex meat (broiler) chicken, originally destined for the supermarket.  He came to us and

enjoyed his last days in our fields. 

RIP Buster.

Sadly, we have no longer our Lincolnshire collection point.  We will occasionally have a Peterborough/Cambs drop off point, if you are interested in collecting from there please state this when contacting us through our >> Contact us << page or contact Mel direct on cambslhr@googlemail.com

Welcome our new sponsor cockerel

Buster

Buster has been with LHR for around 2 months, came to us from a family that could no longer have him and were very sad to see him go. 

Buster is a broiler chicken, bred and built as a table bird, a breed that is used in nearly all farms that supply the bigger meat chickens destined for the supermarkets.  Buster would have been given around 15 weeks of life before his slaughter date.  A fast growing chicken that isn't actually meant to live over that age. 

Buster's original owners rescued him from a intensive farm and hoped to keep him, but found due to his enormous size he was unsafe to keep with their pet hens.  Buster is now a permanent resident at LHR, he will need his weight monitored and he is to heavy to go in with hens.  He has his own area surrounded by other chickens that chat to him through his fence.  Buster is a content, friendly and happy boy

If you feel you could sponsor Buster for £15 a year to help us support him for the rest of his natural life then please visit our >>Sponsor a chicken << page.

Much to our disappointment we currently unable to take in any cockerels for the time being. 

We have a high amount of youngsters which are still to vulnerable to be re-homed with our large feisty girls, so we are lacking in space.  Our turn over for re-homing our boys is usually quite high, but recently we have had to turn people away who wanted them as they are to young.   We are able to advertise your boys on our adopt a bird page and will also be able to take adult cock birds close to 10th October rescue as we have a large re-homing weekend and they can go almost immediately.  Please check your boys for lice and treat if needed, as will not be re-home them with our hens until they are clear.  Battles louse powder dusted onto their bodies seems to have the best result.

The high number of boys is due to people hatching eggs with no realisation to the high ratio of male to female.  Please if you are considering hatching eggs, then please think about what you are going to do with a high number of male chicks before you do it.  

Welcome our new residents

Bernard Matthews turkeys born on 1st July, they were taken off site and are not allowed to be returned due to bio-security. 

These little guys will now be our lovely resident turkeys, hopefully joining us for shows, and educational visits.  

Soon our little bernards will be up for sponsorship, so keep an eye on our slightly different gift!