Looking to do a little good this lockdown? Have a bit of space in your garden that you were wondering what to do with - well, here's quite the option.
The British Hen Welfare Trust are calling on warm-hearted people in Edinburgh, the Lothians and the Borders to help rehome battery hens who will be sent to slaughter if people don't come forward to offer them a home.
The BHWT have hens looking for homes in Scotland on 4 July at their Denny, Peebles and Stonehaven collection sites - if you have room for a few lucky ladies in your flock, you need to register on the British Hen Welfare Trust website here.
The minimum number of hens you can reserve is three because hens are sociable and like to be part of a flock. However, the BHWT will allow you to adopt two if you already have hens, or if you are housing your birds in an Omlet Eglu as these are suitable for a maximum of two hens.
The maximum number of hens you can adopt is 20 (imagine how many omelettes you could make with all those eggs!), and they must all stay together with you.
They ask for a minimum donation of £2.50 per hen to help support their charitable work.
If you have more questions about rehoming hens - what they need, how to look after them, and how much space to set aside - you can find all the answers here.
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