This time last year!

We were covered in a blanket of snow and I have to cancel my trip to Vienna.......this year, there is still no mud, it's hardly rained and it's still comparatively warm for this time of year!

day two of battery hen rescue

Day two and although we were told they wouldnt know how to roost wouldnt know where to lay eggs, eat pellets or climb the ramp they have done all of this by day two - and seem to be relishing it!

They are also getting on surprisingly well with the other hens!

The Ex-Battery Hen Diary

Today we picked up four ex-battery hens that would have otherwise been assigned to the pie factory as their egg laying potential had waned.

I thought I was prepared emotionally to see these poor, cruelly treated creatures but what I saw made me cry. They were bald, scruffy, and either shocked or euphoric - I dont know.

The hens are now in bed after a day of scratching around for the first time and will sleep on straw fro the first time.......