Our mission is to rescue as many commercial egg laying hens we can find pet homes for. 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. 99% of the hens we rescue are from ENRICHED CAGES So called “enriched” cages were developed when barren battery cages were banned in the EU. They only provide more a small amount of extra space per bird (than compared to battery cages). They and can allow hens to express more of their natural behaviours, such as perching, dustbathing, and nesting. However, the design of the cages means these behaviours are still very restricted. The perches are very low (just a few inches from the floor of the cage) so hens cannot fly up to a high perch to be safe from feather pecking, the litter area is often very limited, and effective dust bathing generally is not possible. The ‘nest’ consists of a plastic sheets hanging down from the top of the cage, which creates a more secluded area for egg laying. All the hens we rehome become family pets having individual names like any other pet would, living in gardens loving life as they should have done from the day they where hatched. So far we have rescued 35,900 hens from slaughter plus 2 pigs 8 sheep, severel turkeys, ducks, wild birds, and 8 horses.