Hens Waiting Patiently

We got off to a cracking start in 2020 with almost 11,000 lucky hens (2,256 more than last year) heading off to their new homes in January and February. March saw the final 6,240 come out before lockdown landed on 23rd March.

Since then we have had no income from hen donations and have been reliant on the kindness of our supporters in many ways, for which our humble and heartfelt thanks.

Despite no hens coming out of their cages, interest in our lovely pets has been astonishing and at the time of writing this in mid-June we have over 27,000 hopeful hens on our waiting lists. Approximately half of these will be going where other BHWT birds already reside, so we know they’re going to good homes. All the other hens will be going to homes with people new to the joys of hen keeping, which we wholeheartedly welcome, but we will take care to ensure they are going to homes for life, not just for the duration of COVID-19. Our volunteers have been trialling our Cluck & Collect socially distanced service, and hens are now coming out of their cages again. Hurrah.