Barry Fresh Start for Hens

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Had some amazing and great boxes today. Here's some ladies off to their new homes in comfort.
To future rehomers, please consider these chickens have travelled a long way close to their feathery friends and need a bit of space to relax onward to their forever homes. They are quite large and require adequate carriers to travel home in.
These chooks were so well behaved today, such little beauties. Good luck to them all. Happy chickens 🐔 💓

There's always at least one

Last rehome, they were a fab bunch

Had to improvise this morning as there were so many girls being rehomed today. Going to be extra fun catching these soon!

Here are some of the girls eagerly awaiting their new homes.

Hi everyone, just wondering how all your chooks are doing? How are they getting on with flock down? If you'd like any suggestions for enrichment.. give me a shout. Mine have been busy and now I have a few laying after a little break ( they deserve a break too) .
Next rehome in March. Happy New year to you all.

Hi, this is a post to see if there's anyone that's able to help these lovely chooks out. They need a new home as their owner is poorly. Please reach out if you are able to rehome these. I'm able to help with collection if needs be.
Location is Llanedeyrn Cardiff CF23 9 or any other Welsh Wales Volunteers, please

Message:
Hello, my mum (Chris Evans, Cardiff) has had chickens from you for the last few years but she's almost 82 now and struggling with her back and has also had a mini stroke.
She's managed really well up to now but is practically bed bound at the moment with sciatica so feels it's too much for her and is looking to rehome them. She has 7 and they are really healthy and laying well. I think I brought her to get these ones from you last summer, but can't remember the date sorry. I think we got all 7 then but maybe some are from a previous time.
Are you able to help at all? I know you usually only home rescue chickens but thought you may have some contacts or could point us in the right direction. Any help would be great, thank you very much, Kirsten

Chooks from this mornings re-home. Hope they've all settled down in their new homes xx

Hi, I'm opening on the 21st of May.. so if you're wanting to re-home any chooks get onto to the F.S.F.H hens and reserve them. Looking forward to meeting some new faces. Take care x

Can't wait to re-home some chooks again. Let's hope avian flu is coming to end very soon. My chooks can't wait to get out on my grass! Will keep you all posted when the next re-home is.

23rd of October is rehome day.. spread the word. Let's get as many chooks rehomed as possible...

Reminder, eservations for the 11th are closing soon...

11th of September will be a rehoming day...

I'm opening again on the 11th of September
If you or anyone you know is looking to give some beauties their forever homes get on to fsfh reservations

We have some lovely ladies on their way today, with some extras!
Is there any one looking to rehome some beauties today?

The one on the right was such a sweetie, pecking on the window and even walked into the kitchen to say hi. Fantastic chooks went to their forever homes today. So happy to have bern involved again.

Here we have some fantastic young men who are looking for their forever home. They are near llanddewi velfrey pembroke. Collection is possible due to animal welfare.
If anyone is able to offer a forever home please make contact 07877018012
Thank you

Upcoming dates for hens.. please look at fsfh homepage. Barry included in Decembers dates

Here are the chooks ready for their new homes today... such sweeties.

Eggciting news!

We have a rehome in Barry on 17th October - yes, next weekend!

Hens are coming from a small, free range farm, a flock of around 300 hens (they won't all be at Barry!) so please visit our website and reserve ASAP.

These are little brown hens, age approx 75 weeks and will become super friendly very quickly.

To reserve yours, please visit our website and complete the form, follow the instructions for sending in photographs and make your donation online :) Minimum £2.50 per hen :)

As there are a limited number, it will be a case of first come first served.

These are not 'just' hens, these girls are Fresh Start hens 😍

Are you on the waiting list for the next available rehome? Help us to help you quicker.

📌 Please only sign up for one collection point. If you can cluck and collect from multiple collection points, please mention this in the 'more info' box.

📷 We require photos of your coop & free range area in situ with a handwritten note stating your name, chosen collection point and collection date if known.

💰We ask for a minimum donation of £2.50 per hen to cover our rehoming costs. This needs to be sent within 3 days of being offered hens.

⚠️ Please put your name and collection point on all correspondence.

Thank you for your support
- FSFH Admin Team

Strutting over to the waiting list... www.freshstartforhens.co.uk Reserve your little divas at your local collection point 😊

We're taking part in The Greatest Online Agricultural Show this Saturday! If you have any questions for us or just want to say hi, swing by to http://www.onlineagshow.co.uk between 9am and 8pm for our live chat sessions, you can find us in the Farming Area! 😊

The Greatest Agricultural Show Join us online Saturday 2nd May. In partnership with Innovation for Agriculture and in aid of: RABI, RSABI, FCN, YANA and the DPJ Foundation.

Some of our wonderful farmers are holding onto the hens that were due to be rehomed during lockdown, at their own expense, rather than send them to slaughter. This means that when all this horrible lockdown stuff is over, we are going to have thousands and thousands of hens that need rehoming quickly.

If you're interested in rehoming after lockdown you can register your interest by going to www.freshstartforhens.co.uk and completing the form. This will help us to allocate homes as quickly as possible.

Can we also ask you to like our page Barry Fresh Start For Hens and encourage your friends to like it as well. This will help us spread the word quicker and easier as soon as we can start rehoming again.

And finally, we would like to ask you all to take the utmost care of yourselves. You are all amazing people and we want you to be healthy, happy and virus free.

Stay safe and we will see you on the other side of this, for the biggest, happiest, most fun, rehome we will ever have had!

Thank you for your patience with hearing an update from us regarding the 18th April rehome.

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 situation, we have had to regrettably postpone this rehome date. Please do not worry as the hens are safe and we will go back to rehome them at a later date.

In the meantime we will move reservations across to the waiting list.

If you haven't reserved with us and would like to be added to our waiting list, please fill in the form on our website www.freshstartforhens.co.uk

We will be in touch with you once we do have a new date.

All the best from the Fresh Start Team.

Hello everyone. I thought I would just update you on the situation relating to rehoming.

All future sessions have been postponed. We have no way to predict when we will be able to restart rehomings. Information will be posted here and on Fresh Start's main page.

The farmer who booked us for the next two rehomings is able to keep her hens, so we needn't worry about them. This is not the case for all farmers, so we will restart as soon as it is safe.

For now, stay safe - stay at home if you can. If you are a key worker and still working, thank you for your service.

FSFH and COVID-19

Anyone who knows us will know we are down to earth and practical, as well as passionate about rehoming hens!
We will continue doing this with the same passion for as long as possible throughout the COVID-19 situation.

Volunteers have all been briefed, and we would like to share with you our plans for carrying on, without drama, through this difficult time - the hens are depending on us!

Collection Points
Some of our collection point hosts may have to self isolate.We are lucky that we have a dedicated team of helpers, and so wherever possible we will continue to run the collection points as planned. However, changes may need to be made at the last minute, so please keep a close eye on your emails - if you have supplied a mobile number, we will also send you a text message to alert you to a new email.

If we have to close a collection point at short notice, we will email and text you with as much notice as possible, ideally giving you an alternative location to collect from, or worst case scenario, moving you to a future date.

We may have to alter driver routes at short notice, which could have an impact on your collection times - again, as much notice as possible will be given.

Self isolating rehomers.
If you have had to self isolate but are still well enough to collect your hens, please contact your collection point and let them know.

When you arrive at the CP, remain in your vehicle and phone the CP host (the number will be on your email).
They will box up your hens and bring them to your vehicle/designated collection spot, giving you the thumbs up when your full number are ready. After they have retreated, you may leave your vehicle and load your hens. We will mark the paperwork on your behalf, so no need to sign.

Last minute cancellations.
If you are too unwell to collect your hens and have no-one else who can collect on your behalf, please let the collection point host know, AND email [email protected], giving as much notice as possible.
If you do this, we can move your reservation to a future date or refund your donation, if you prefer.
We do not issue refunds to rehomers who simply do not show up without contacting us, although we do listen to you if you get in touch :)

We are trying hard to maintain a balance and keep saving these hens with minimal drama. We will keep you informed of any updates to our policies.

Please keep yourselves and your loved ones well, as far as you can