A dream is realised

We can’t quite believe our Centre is almost finished! In fact we’ve already held a rehoming there in September 2020, when the Devon volunteer rehoming team celebrated its 500th rehoming.

Unfortunately, Covid-19 and the subsequent lockdowns have set finishing touches and our official opening back.

However, once open the Centre will not only see thousands of hens off to become much-loved pets, it will ensure they receive hen-friendly veterinary treatment should they need it as housed within it is our hen hospital, which will allow us to perform pioneering procedures. We have also been working closely with veterinary institutions to improve pet hen health and we’ll be sharing our practices with them once the Centre is open.

Additionally, the Centre has modern meeting rooms with equipment and technology allowing us to hold hen-keeping courses both in person and online, for beginner and experienced hen-keepers alike.

We would like to thank you our wonderful supporters for your generous donations, a very special man the late Alan Webster for a gift he left us in his Will and also the following Trusts and organisations for making our Centre a reality: The William Dean Countryside and Educational Trust, The Walker 597 Animal Welfare Trust, The Sylvia and Colin Shepherd Charitable Trust, The Primrose Trust, The Persula Foundation, The Ostacchini Family Trust, The Michael Testler Charitable Foundation, The Jane and Michael Davies Charitable Trust, The Alan and Karen Grieve Charitable Trust, Animal Defence Trust, Pet Plan Charitable Trust, Dengie Crops Ltd and Yeo Valley.