Our Evie
We said a sad goodbye to our darling ex-bat Evie this week after almost three years of retirement with us. Only Mariette and Dotty have hit the golden three years with us, so Evie did very well and never had … Continue reading →
Tag Archives: British Hen Welfare Trust
Our Hermia
This has been the saddest of summers – we’ve lost four of our lovely hens since May. And the loss of Hermia was a tough one. Like Beatrice, one of her flock sisters, she only had a year of retirement … Continue reading →
Our Gertie
Gertie came to Mulberry Cottage in September 2015 with her flock sisters, Celeste and Evie. I named them after the heroines in my novel The Rose Girls, who were – in turn – named after roses. Gertie soon became tame … Continue reading →
Buy a book – help a hen!
I’m delighted to be raising money for one of my favourite charities throughout the summer. The British Hen Welfare Trust is very dear to me – they’ve introduced me to the wonderful world of rehoming ex-battery hens. These are such … Continue reading →
The Shakespeare Sisters!
My favourite day of the year – bar none – is when we go to collect our new ex-commercial hens from the British Hen Welfare Trust and bring them home to enjoy a happy retirement. This July, we rehomed four … Continue reading →
Our Violet
Violet came to Mulberry Cottage in May 2014 with her flock sisters, Agnes, Winne and Ella, rehomed via the wonderful British Hen Welfare Trust. A very threadbare hen, she was, nevertheless, a confident girl and quickly asserted herself, going up … Continue reading →
Missing Mariette
Mariette came to Mulberry Cottage in April 2012. Rehomed with the help of the British Hen Welfare Trust, she arrived with her two sisters Primrose and Little Flo, all named after characters from my favourite novel – H E Bates’s … Continue reading →
Our Primrose
Just six weeks after losing our beloved ex-bat hen, Dotty, we lost dear Primrose. She had been slowing down at an alarming rate since the summer, nodding off in the borders and snoozing in a favourite sunny spot near the … Continue reading →
Happy Bought Day!
Today is a very special day because it marks one whole year since our lovely ex-battery hens came home! It hardly seems a minute since we drove down to pick up our hens from the collection point in Surrey. They … Continue reading →
March in April
As you may know, we recently rehomed four ex-battery chickens from the British Hen Welfare Trust. It’s over two months since we brought them home and they’ve really settled into their new lives well. I adore them and can’t imagine … Continue reading →
Introducing our girls!
We have now been hen owners for one blissful week and our four ex-battery girls have settled down wonderfully well although it’s been very hard for me coping with the dreaded ‘pecking order’. We have two dominant hens: Dotty – … Continue reading →
Batteries Included!
Today was a very special day indeed. 750 ex-battery chickens were released and rehomed by the amazing British Hen Welfare Trust and we had the pleasure of bringing home four lovely ladies. Before arriving at the collection point, we had a walk in the Surrey … Continue reading →