2020 REVIEW

Covid-19 created confusion and fear and many people turned to us wanting hens to bring them companionship, stability and a healthy supply of eggs when supermarket shelves were laid bare

Demand for pet hens grew significantly, and we are proud to have achieved close to 2019’s rehoming numbers. Some weekends we saw over 4,000 lucky hens wing their way to new families without increasing our staff levels or resources.

In 2020 our hen rehoming operations were significantly impacted during the three lockdowns, grinding to a halt in April and May, and curtailing our rehoming efforts the rest of the year.

With volunteers shielding, host sites were unavailable for gatherings and adopters weren’t able to leave their homes to collect their new pet hens due to the tier restrictions. And whilst we were desperate to continue rehoming we decided the lives and safety of our volunteers and adopters was paramount.

Then the arrival of Avian Flu in November 2020 caused even more disruption and reinforced the need for ever more caution to protect our birds.

Despite this we managed to find family homes for 58,631 hens in 2020, and achieved some other noteworthy milestones too.

In September, our Devon rehoming team held their 500th rehoming day, and later that same month, the 800,000th hen also found her new home at our Nantwich site.

We have now rehomed 810,464 hens since 2005, but we’re not resting on our laurels! So many more need our help.

If you’d like to adopt some hens after lockdown now is the time to apply! We have plenty of hens waiting for their family homes. Visitourwebsitefordatesandlocations.