The Small
Animal Den
Jackie & Nigel Guy,
Hendra Cottage,
45 Cadogan Rd,
Camborne
Cornwall,
TR14 7RY
07854 733 290 or
01209 698048
Email: jacqueline.guy1@gmail.com
Open from 9am - 6pm
7 Days a week for enquiries.
Drop off & Collections
Monday From 2pm - 6pm
Tuesday From 2pm - 6pm
Wednesday From 2pm - 6pm
Thursday From 2pm - 4pm
Friday From 11am - 6pm
Saturday From 11am - 6pm
Sunday From 11am - 6pm
(Drop offs & Collection By Appointment Only)
Website Last updated on 6/5/24
The British Hen Welfare Trust.
This is a team that have re-homed over 960,000 hens since 2005.
Commercial laying hens are moved to laying farms just before they start laying eggs, at around 16 weeks old. They're typically kept until 72 weeks old, when egg production and quality declines.
They are then slaughtered for dog food etc. They don’t see humans, other animals, have treats or even see day light!
Colony or enriched cages
Colony or enriched cages replaced the old barren battery cage system in 2012. On average a ‘colony’ cage holds 80 hens and has a screened-off area for laying, a scratch mat and low perches. Hens don’t leave the cage until they go to slaughter.
Barn
Barn hens live in large flocks within a barn environment, there is no access outside. The hens have a solid (usually earth) floor and access to nest boxes.
Free-range
Free-range hens have access to the outside world, the chance to scratch for bugs, feel the sun or rain on their backs and exercise freely. Well managed free-range, organic free-range and multi-tier free-range systems allow hens to exhibit more natural behaviour.
Organic
Organic systems offer the best welfare for laying hens. They are always free-range and must be offered an organically produced diet and and range on organic land. Hens must have nest boxes and perches and there must be no more than six hens per square metre of useable area.
These are examples of hens that need to be re-homed and given some T L C.
We have welcomed 5 adopted hens to our small flock of mixed hens. They had to be kept separated from our hens, in a little run we had for them, for a week while they settle in.
As a way of saying thank you for their layers pellets and run of the garden, they lay eggs Very Large eggs for us. Out of all our hens, the rescue ones are always the most friendly and like lots of fuss! This is one of our girls now.
If you can or know anyone else that could adopt some of these hens, please take a look at this site: https://www.bhwt.org.uk/ The teams do take the hens to different parts of the country. We adopted ours when the team bought them down to Redruth.
