Today we lost Lavender. She was one of the 7 hens that became 'The Hazels' that were re-homed in July 2017 and had just over 8 months with us. Lavender had a bad limp when she arrived but she overcame that and blossomed into a lovely hen that soon became…
A milestone recently as The Hazels reached 6 months with us - their official day was the 9th January but they decided to postpone it a little due to Marigold's prolapse and implant the last 2 days. These are the group of 7 hens we re-homed in July 2017, and…
The Hazels have been with us for 3 weeks now and overall we're really pleased with how the injured hens are progressing. We've set up a large run for them in the barn with a perch, cardboard boxes for amusement, sleeping and laying, and there are plenty of food and…
Today was spent properly assessing and settling in the Hazels in their new accommodation, and of course giving them all a name! Honeysuckle (orange leg ring) appears fine and we've put her in a temporary run with Marigold (yellow leg ring) and Rose (red leg ring), who also appear to…
There were a few hens at the BHWT re-homing today that were a little poorly and needed a bit of TLC - so they came home with us! When unloading the hens from the crates into the marquee we noticed one had a broken wing, and we volunteered to take…
