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Meet a lady who saves rescued Battery HensWendy speaks about her hens and what they mean to herAfter seeing a program that had a piece about The Battery Hen Welfare Trust. My husband and I decided to adopt some Battery hens. We rang a co-ordinator in Kent and were told we had to wait until October, this was June. It seemed a long while, but it did give us plenty of time to get everything set up. We cleared out a section of the garden, and a friend built us a little hen house. Now all we needed was the hens. I duly came home with four Marion, Brenda, Janice and Priscilla and it was trial and error. Thank goodness I found the down the lane site, because I had [what now seems] many silly questions, I was such a novice. They have survived and have grown into quite magnificent birds, although I may be biased. It still breaks my heart when I remember the first day home. When they stood rigid at the sight of ˜the big world’ and at first would not walk, they were used to wire under their feet rather than lush grass. How they pitifully ducked when a bird flew overhead. Vegetables were another new experience for them. Then were rewarded for all their efforts with death and stock cubes or chicken nuggets. How badly we treat animals that have no worth. I was asked for 50p per hen, if that is what the farmer charges from people who want to give them homes. What is he paid by a large company….. certainly no where near 50p each. But my girls weren’t finished their laying. They have laid 4 eggs a day for many, many months. Eggs were not the reason I got them, but how they have repaid me for giving them their little lives. Wendy is from Bushey in Hertfordshire and has been a Canine Behaviour expert and Trainer for over 30 years. |
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