Willow Farm, just off The Paddock, Chilton, OX11 0QU.CAPTION: The British Hen Welfare Trust, which regularly helps to rehome former farm hens with loving new owners in Oxfordshire, is today rehoming its 10,000th hen in the county! Pictured at Willow Farm
A CHARITY is hoping to build on the success of last year and re-home more chickens than ever in 2019.
The British Hen Welfare Trust is holding its first hen-giveaway of the new year in Didcot on Sunday, January 20.
Some 200 ex-caged hens are waiting to be saved from the slaughterhouse.
In 2018 the charity experienced its best year ever, re-homing 70,130 hens over 12 months, 2,349 of which were given homes in Oxford.
Register your details at www.bhwt.org.uk and then call Hen Central on 01884 860084.
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