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Happy hens<br />
LuckyHens Rescue on Manchester<br />
Road in Hindley has released a<br />
2020 calendar celebrating its rescue<br />
efforts over the past year, and to<br />
encourage more people to rescue<br />
ex-battery hens in the area.<br />
Though steps have been taken to<br />
improve the quality of life for battery<br />
hens, LuckyHens worker Clare says all<br />
is not rosy in the egg industry. So-called<br />
‘battery cages’ are banned in the UK, but<br />
have been replaced with ‘enriched cages’<br />
which still afford little room to move around and no<br />
access to sunlight. Even ‘free-range’ hens are often<br />
kept in barns their whole lives, without ever seeing<br />
the sun. These hens are then slaughtered at 72<br />
weeks old, when egg production slows down.<br />
LuckyHens is dedicated to rescuing and rehoming<br />
as many of these hens as possible. Their centre<br />
can hold up to 450 hens at a time, which are then<br />
given space to roam and live freely before going to<br />
a loving home.<br />
The newly released 2020 calendars will go towards<br />
the centre’s efforts, with proceeds going into<br />
rescuing as many hens as possible in the coming<br />
year. Fans of the centre sent in photographs of their<br />
own rescued hens to feature, making the perfect<br />
Christmas gift for any animal lover. Calendars are<br />
priced at £9.50 and are available from the LuckyHens<br />
website at https://luckyhensrescuenorthwest.<br />
weebly.com/<br />
LuckyHens is also hosting two rescue days in<br />
<strong>December</strong> and January –<br />
the first of these takes place<br />
on Saturday, <strong>December</strong><br />
14, and the second on<br />
Saturday, January 25.<br />
Rescue days give people<br />
the opportunity to collect<br />
up to 20 hens at a time from<br />
the centre. A minimum<br />
donation of £4 per hen is<br />
requested, and a minimum<br />
of 3 hens should be<br />
collected on the day.<br />
For more information about LuckyHens or its rescue days, call 01942 233375.
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