Congleton Fresh Start For Hens

10/01/2024

OK ladies and gents, new date for your diaries, 16th March. If you're on the waitlist you'll be contacted in due course, if not, please go and reserve them now!!
Thanks for all your continued support. 🐔🐔🐓🐓🐣

02/12/2023

Here are a few hints for the drop in temperatures :

🐔Ensure they have an enclosed, draft-free coop with ventilation to allow moisture to escape.

🐔A handful of corn before bed is great for raising their body temperature. Also high protein foods for weight gain such as sunflower hearts.

🐔Initially use tepid water for them to drink.

🐔A thick layer of bedding for them to snuggle into.

🐔No jumpers / heaters. These do more harm and can be detrimental to a hens health

15/11/2023

2 beautiful, young Light Sussex boys looking for new homes. Please message for info.

20/10/2023

These are the girls that are coming to us on 18th November.

We always do a site visit to new farms, to check things like parking space for our vehicles, obstacles / hazards that might impede our progress, whether we'll need ladders to reach the top cages etc.

It goes without saying that a few words of kindness are shared with the hens while we're there 🧡🐔

16/10/2023

* still looking 20/10/23 *

2 geese (one male, one female, a bonded pair) and 2 female cherry valley ducks. All have lived together happily for 2 years. Looking for a 10 star new postcode. Please private message if you think you can offer them a wonderful home.

07/10/2023

** all now have a wonderful new home**

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Looking for a new loving home. 1 goose (presumed female but I can’t say for certain, she’s quite friendly) 2 female ducks. These ducks and goose must go together as they have lived happily together for some time now.

2 hens, very tame and regularly laying.

They are with me in Congleton. Please only direct message, I will not respond to comments. Only message if you understand that the goose and ducks will only go together and that although I have been told that the goose is female and myself, I believe her to be female, I can not guarantee this is correct. You must be able to offer a home if she turns out to be male.
The 2 hens must also stay together.

Photos of your hen/goose/duck accommodation will be required.

30/09/2023

We have agreed to work with a new farm and will be rehoming caged hens on 18th November. These girls have never been outside and will likely need extra TLC.

Please visit www.freshstartforhens.co.uk to make your reservations

30/09/2023

2 female ducks, 2 female hens and 1goose (presumed female but the owner is not 100% sure) looking for a home. Arriving with us in Congleton next Saturday.
Please direct message if you think you can offer a home. Usual home checks will apply.

23/09/2023

6 month old rooster looking for a new home.
Please let me know if you can help

01/08/2023

* still looking for a home*
I have been asked to help rehome 3 older hens. Mix breed. Please message if you can help.

23/05/2023

We will be rehoming some more beautiful ladies on 17th June. If you can give some of these girls a loving home, please visit the website to reserve:
www.freshstartforhens.co.uk

If you have already reserved for this date, please send in your pictures of your coop and free range area to complete your reservation. Minimum donation £2.75 per hen, this is the minimum required to allow us to keep doing what we are doing.

We can’t keep doing it without you !! ❤️

20/05/2023

Edit: Now reserved thank you for all of the messages. We will be rehoming again on 17th June so please visit the website to reserve. Www.freshstartforhens.co.Uk

We have 12 chickens still looking for homes from todays rehome. Please get in contact if you think you can help 😊

04/04/2023

* lovely home found, pending collection *

2 year old male turkey, Dave, looking for a new home. He will need female turkeys for company.
Message if you think you can offer him a loving home 🦃

He is currently in Winsford

31/03/2023

Beautiful cockerel looking for a new home. Unsure of breeding, roughly 18 months old.

24/03/2023

If you have reserved hens for tomorrow we have some extra ladies coming so if you have room in your coops and hearts for a couple more of these beautiful ladies, who have spent their lives in cages, please bring the correct donation in cash with you tomorrow.

If you have not yet reserved and you would like to rescue some ex commercial caged hens, unfortunately it is too late for tomorrow’s collection, however you can register online at www.freshstartforhens.co.Uk

15/03/2023

Lots of ladies looking for their forever retirement homes on 25th March. Collection from Congleton. To reserve some of these beautiful ladies visit
www.freshstartforhens.co.uk

04/02/2023

We are rehoming again on Saturday 11th March. This will be our first rehome of 2023 and we can’t wait to get back to it!!

Please consider offering a home to some of these lovely ladies.

Visit www.freshstartforhens.co.uk to reserve

29/10/2022

Lovely rehoming morning. Lots of happy hens and ducks off to their retirement homes!

We are next rehoming in 2 weeks time 😊

24/09/2022

Up coming dates for rehomes from Congleton:
8th October
29th October
12th November
26th November

Please consider giving a home to a couple of these lovely girls. As usual, reservations can be made at www.freshstartforhens.co.uk

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10/09/2022

4500 free-range hens are looking for homes on the 29th October - reservations are now open!

They will be able to reserve from;

Alfreton
Ammanford
Aylesford
Basildon
Bedford **NEW**
Bridlington
Bromsgrove
Bude **NEW**
Burton on Trent
Chelmsford
Colchester
Congleton
Corwen
Coventry
Devizes
Ellesmere Port
Evesham
Goodwick
High Wycombe
Holmfirth
Horsham
Huntingdon
Lincoln **NEW**
Lingfield
Market Rasen
Melton Mowbray
Milton Keynes
Newton Abbot
Northampton **NEW**
North Walsham
Penkridge
Reading
Ross on Wye
Rugby
Selby
Selston **NEW**
Solihull
Sutton Coldfield
Taunton
Wakefield
Watton
Whaley Bridge
Wisbech

We have been able to open a few new collection points which are listed above but are always looking for new volunteers.

If you would like to reserve some hens or become a volunteer please visit our website www.freshstartforhens.co.uk

If you can share to local pages/ groups we would be very grateful!

31/08/2022

Things have been a little quiet on the Congleton hen re homing front, but that’s soon to change! Two dates confirmed for October, 8th and 28th. Go online to register. Www.freshstartforhens.co.uk

Welcome to Fresh Start for Hens We are a not for profit organisation, run entirely by volunteers who are dedicated to rehoming hens from the commercial egg production sector. OUR AIM is to ensure as many people as possible are aware of the plight of the commercial hen, and demonstrate that there are...

17/08/2022

Have you upgraded your coop?

Have you stopped keeping hens?

Do you have an empty and unwanted PLASTIC coop &/or run you would consider donating to us?

We have lots of school hatch chicks saved from a grim end, who have outgrown their nurseries and need to get on the property ladder.

We have cockerels who are dumped on us almost daily, but have to be kept individually while we find them a new home.

We have poorly hens on rehome day who need a few days of intensive treatment somewhere safe and secure.

We have hens who can never be re-homed because they have foreshortened lives, but need to live their last few weeks/months comfortably and happily ❤️

These coops will be going into the gardens of our volunteers who take care of the above issues.

Because we need a quick turnaround and to clean them thoroughly and keep them hygienic, I'm afraid we cannot accept wooden coops.

Omlet, Green Frog, Solway, Arkus, and more. All are acceptable, plus any accessories such as covers or feeders, etc. Even if you just have the run, someone else might have the coop and we can marry them up :)

Please message this page if you can help.

We very rarely ask for anything so please excuse us if you think we're being a bit cheeky, but as they say, shy bairns get nowt. 😊

The chicks in the photo came in separately. As you can see, 2 are much larger than the other six, but with nowhere else to house them they are all having to (fight) rub along together

02/08/2022

27/07/2022

22/07/2022

Young male and female duck looking for a new home if anybody can help.

Welsh harlequin, 4 months.

16/07/2022

Top tips for keeping your hens cool in this heat?

These are some basics, but I am sure you have lots of idea, so please share them with us.

1. SHADE - ensure your hens have access to plenty of shade throughout the day.
2. WATER - Change the drinking water through the day to get rid of the warm and stale and bring in the new and cool.
3. ICE - adding a washing up bowl of cold water with some ice cubes floating is both entertaining and cooling. Add some frozen peas for extra fun. I have a few who enjoy a paddle.
4. FREEZE some empty pop bottles of water and lay them on their side around the run. Hens can lay against them to cool down.
5. SPRAY the floor of the run, or some grass in the shade to cool it down even further.
6. RED MITE are LOVING this weather. Use every trick you know to keep them at bay. They are difficult to completely eradicate, so don't despair when you see them after you have treated, just know that you are reducing numbers, and that can only be a good thing.
7. RESERVE SOME HENS for the cooler autumn weather - list of collection points and dates below

Alfreton - 24th September & 8th October
Andover - 8th October
Anglesey - 1st October
Aylesford - 25th September & 8th October
Barry - 1st October
Basildon - 24th September & 8th October
Basingstoke 8th October
Beccles - 8th October
Brecon - 1st October
Burton on Trent - 24th September
Chelmsford - 24th September & 8th October
Colchester - 24th September & 8th October
Congleton - 8th October
Corwen - 1st October
Coventry - 8th October
Darlington - 8th October
Devizes - 8th October
Durham - 8th October
Eastleigh - 1st & 8th October
Ellsemere Port - 1st October
Evesham - 25th September & 8th October
Folkestone - 8th October
Gilberdyke - 1st October
Goodwick - 8th October
Hailsham - 1st October
Harrogate - 1st October
Heathfield - 1st October
Hertford - 1st October
High Wycombe - 24th September & 1st October
Hitchin - 1st October
Horsham - 24th September, 1st & 8th October
Huntingdon - 24th September & 8th October
Ipswich - 24th September
Lingfield - 24th September, 1st & 8th October
Llanidloes - 2nd October
Mablethorpe - 8th October
Malvern - 24th September
Market Rasen - 8th October
Melton Mowbray - 24th September & 8th October
Merthyr Tydfil - 1st October
Minehead - 24th September
Newcastle - 8th October
Newton Abbot - 8th October
North Walsham - 8th October
Nottingham - October
Pencader - 8th October
Penkridge - 8th October
Petersfield - 1st October
Plymouth - 24th September
Reading - 1st October
Ross on Wye - 24th September
Scunthorpe - 24th September & 8th October
Selby - 25th September, 2nd & 9th October
Solihull - 24th September & 8th October
Southampton - 24th September & 1st October
Southminster - 24th September
St Austell - 24th September & 8th October
Sturminster Newton - 24th September
Sutton Coldfield -24th September
Taunton - 8th October
Tunbridge Wells - 8th October
Wakefield - 25th September & 8th October
Watton - 8th October
Whaley Bridge - 8th October
Whitland - 1st October
Wisbech - 24th September & 8th October
Worthing - 8th October
www.freshstartforhens.co.uk

14/07/2022

Did you know we take ALL the hens from the barns we empty?

This can only be done by our kind volunteers who foster them until a loving home is found!

Currently there are a small handful of hens at Evesham and Selby. If you can help rehome some of these please email [email protected]

If you can include in the subject ”bank hens” and all your details and our adminteam can allocate them.

The September and October dates are filling up quickly! Reservations are available with a full list on www.freshstartforhens.co.uk

06/06/2022

We are delighted to welcome a new Welsh farm to the Fresh Start stable, as well as a new Welsh collection point in Goodwick.

The new farm will be rehoming on 2nd/3rd July at the following locations

Brecon
Congleton
Coventry
Devizes
Dolgellau
Evesham - Sunday
Goodwick
Hertford
Holmfirth
Horsham
Lingfield
Malvern
Merthyr Tydfil
Newton Abbot
Reading
Ross on Wye
Selby - Sunday
Solihull
St Austell
Sutton Coldfield
Taunton
Wakefield
Whaley bridge

Reservations are open and the hens are waiting for you to offer them their new retirement homes www.freshstartforhens.co.uk

30/05/2022

We will be rehoming from Congleton next on June 18th.

Make your reservations via the website www.freshstartforhens.co.uk

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