Chicken Rescue UK - Harwich

11/10/2024

We have a number of Muscovy ducks and ducklings looking for a new home.
There are males and females looking for that forever home.

If you are able to help please PM us.

28/09/2024

Good Evening,

We have been asked to help find a home for two lovely Silver Araucanas Cockerels.

Both live together and get on well. No signs of aggression.

Owner is also offering Silver Araucanas Hens who will be needing to go together with the Cockerels.

I have been informed that the cockerels need to go this coming week.

Let us know if you can help

Edit: Thankyou for all the replies and pms already - you're brilliant people!

10/09/2024

Just a reminder that poultry keepers in U.K. and Wales should be registering their flock of chickens, ducks etc by 1st October

Whether you have 1 bird, 10, 49 or above they need to be registered

We've been registered several years - process is easy, you don't have defra turning up each week and even during avian influenza lockdowns we didn't hear anything from defra or apha

Link is here if you didn't know about this:
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/register-as-a-keeper-of-less-than-50-poultry-or-other-captive-birds?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3gDFsub2dMspbZmN8INyWAHHt_Rqhfd0zBvKyzY1zM9Gn8Y3PIOtwFIvk_aem_zX5jSwEBeDyxmRRU3XkoSw

20/08/2024

Wish my lovely wife a very happy birthday
Love you ###x

16/08/2024

Hi All,

We have a very nice juvenile rescue Cockerel looking for a forever home. He was reported to us on Wednesday that he had been dumped in a closed cardboard box in Tendring so we brought him back and are looking after him.

He seems to be young (no spurs at all and his crow is a bit wobbly!) and is calm, friendly when we are in his run with him and on seeing our other chickens through the mesh.

He’s a stunning boy, no injuries at all and no apparent health issues - we just don’t have space for a fifth Cockerel ourselves sadly.

If you are interested please dm us and include a photo of your set up eg run and coop as we would like to find him his long term home.

08/06/2024

Today our Harwich Collection Point is open and we have these lovely Warren Hens waiting to meet their new families and go to their forever homes to enjoy their retirements!

They have travelled today from Reading area so have had a busy day already!

06/05/2024

June 8th Harwich collection point will be open with beautiful and friendly Warren Hens!

Hybrids bred to be eggcellent (🥚🥚) egg layers, have strong feathers and for their friendly nature x

Reserve your Hens via the main Chicken Rescue U.K. website (subject to registering and providing set up photos so we know our girls are going to a predator safe home!)

www.chickenrescueuk.co.uk

Thankyou!

05/05/2024

Good evening All!

I hope you are all having a good bank holiday weekend.

🥳 We have some very exciting news;
On Saturday 8th June 2024 we will be open for a Chicken Rescue homing event!

🐓 There are 2000 Brown 'Warren' Hens all looking for a forever home. If you are able to help please go to

Rescuing and rehoming ex-commerical hens

19/03/2024

Afternoon all please be aware of the below from Defra. This comes in the play from September 2024

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/MrJAZdznb5ncbSVH/?mibextid=WC7FNe

New mandatory registration requirements are to be implemented for bird keepers in Great Britain.

Under these rules, all bird owners are required to register their birds annually 🦆
This will help manage potential disease outbreaks like and keep your flock healthy 💚

By registering, owners will receive crucial updates and guidance for bird care.

Keepers need to follow these new requirements by 1 October 2024 📆

Scottish Keepers need to follow these new requirements by 1 September 2024 📆

Read more: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-measures-to-help-protect-poultry-industry-from-bird-flu

10/01/2024

At Chicken Rescue U.K. - Harwich we are celebrating our rescue girls with our Employees of the Month!

This month we have our main flock, in Cluckingham Palace, to thank for their hard work in digging 1ft deep holes for dust bathing, laying eggs in random places for us to hunt for and chatting to us while we clean them out each day!

Hard working hens indeed - and their cockerel Stan Lee will feature another time 🙂

10/10/2023

Evening

We have been asked to see if we can find this young Cockerel a new home.
He is in the Harwich area looking for his own hens to look after.
If you can help please let you know.

01/10/2023

Happy Sunday to you all

Do you have a hen shaped hole in your garden.

We still have 10 hens looking for their forever nest.

If you are able to give one or all of them a home please go to. www.chickenRescue.co.uk.

There are also 6 hens still at our Ipswich collection point.

25/09/2023

For our lovely rehomers - if you are new to chicken keeping and see your ladies do this, it's quite normal for us to initially have a panic but they are dust bathing and enjoying the sun!

They will dig holes in soil, sand etc as it's cooler plus they throw it over themselves and sift through their feathers to help with insect control! Clever!

Then they lay on their side with wings outstretched to both sun bath and give us a heart attack at the same time!!

We'd love to see your ladies enjoying the sun!

16/09/2023

Due to 'chicken maths' we have just received a number of hens tonight from this weekend's farm collection! 🐓🐓🐓

We now have 51 Lohmann Brown hens looking for new homes at Chicken Rescue UK Harwich location who are ready for new homes from today (pending usual checks via website etc)

If you are able to give a few hens a loving home please go to

www.chickenrescue.co.uk to reserve your hens now!

Lohmann Brown hens are incredibly friendly, calm and inquisitive ladies who lay very regularly! These hens come from a Free Range Farm so have been used to roaming outside and are in wonderful condition; most are fully feathered, continuing to lay and enjoy us going in to see them - they are all very chatty!!

These hens will settle into your existing flock very easily and we are here to offer advise too 🐓

10/09/2023

Evening all

After a very long but successful day Saturday with our rehoming event, we currently still have 22 Lohmann Brown hens looking for a new home.

These girls are already settling in fast - most are fully feathered, they are clean, chatty and inquisitive! They have gone from a farm where they could free range and are very interested in everything we are doing!

Lohmann Brown hens are known for being super friendly, making wonderful pets, plus are very good egg layers for some time after their commercial days.

This is Harwich collection point's last rehoming of this year, the next rehoming event locally will be Ipswich.

If you would like to give some hens a forever home please go to

www.chickenRescue.co.uk

Pick Harwich as your collection point and the admin team will be in contact. We are also here to help with advice on settling your new girls in etc x

Thankyou for everyone who has sent photos and updates of your ladies in their new homes! We love setting how they are!!

09/09/2023

These must be the happiest hens in the best condition we have seen on day of farm collection - wonderful to see l!

These ladies have been at a free ranging farm and yes we have a few still looking for homes!!

Comment here or dm us today if you're looking to add some super friendly hens to your flock!

06/09/2023

🎉 Note for this Saturday’s Rehoming Event!!

🐓 We will be messaging everyone with Hens booked for this weekend tomorrow with confirmation of details;

🚜 We are just finalising things with regards to collecting the hens from the farm itself which is now an earlier start time by 2 hours which means the hens will be available at their collection points earlier.

🥵 This helps the hens not be travelling at the hottest time of the afternoon.

💻 Look out for our messages tomorrow with all the updates!

05/09/2023

Morning All

We need your help we still have over 800 hens looking for a new home this weekend.
If you can give a hen a home please go to
www.chickenrescue.co.uk thank you