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Issue No: 11
Autumn/Winter 2015
Jamie Oliver
Win a trip
to River Cottage!
Looking Ahead to the Next 10 Years
The Omlet Story ALDI Interview
6 Eggy News All the latest eggy
news
8 Looking Ahead What do the
next 10 years hold for the
charity?
16 Free Range 2015 We give you
an update on what free
ranging really means
20 Good Eggs! Another clutch of
fundraising stories
24 River Cottage A chance to
WIN tickets for a Cake & Sweet
Pastry Course!
40 Jamie Oliver Interview Our
lovely patron spills the beans
55 Disinfectants The low down on
56
what to use and when
Your Letters More from you to
River page
58
warm the heart
Omlet Read all about our
Cottage 23
friends at Omlet
62 Stars of the Month
72 Christmas is coming! We've lots
of lovely gifts for you, your
family and friends, and your
hens this Christmas
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Dear Supporters
It’s autumn already, dark nights, short

days; jumpers, thick socks and a good
woolly hat all at the ready for tending
our flocks during the damp and
dreary season. But am I down in the
dumps? Not on your nelly … it’s still
our 10th anniversary year, and we are
very close to our half a millionth hen –
Dee! So what’s not to like about a bit of damp discomfort when
I will soon be enjoying champagne with friends around a fire,
roasty toasty on the outside and warm and cosy on the inside.
Think big kid – definitely excited!
This issue is all about the future hopes for the charity: our
continued drive to widen appeal; our support for the British egg
industry; our exciting news on the veterinary front. We have our
turbo-charged Egg Club, the increasingly popular Advice Line,
it’s all inside, and points to a healthy future for the British Hen
Welfare Trust.
We have an interview with BHWT Patron, Jamie Oliver, fabulous

prizes including a cookery course to be won from River Cottage
and an in-depth interview with retailer, Aldi, which may surprise
you.
Throw into the mix our usual crop of fun fundraisers, gorgeous
gallery and heartwarming stories and I hope you will agree
we’ve rounded our celebratory 10th anniversary year off just
nicely.
I’ll pipe down and let you read on … but I do just want to add
my warmest wishes and heartfelt thanks to everyone who has
supported the charity to date.
Jane Howorth
Founder
Chicken & Egg is a publication by

The British Hen Welfare Trust
The British Hen Welfare Trust is a national charity that re-homes commercial laying hens,
educates the public about how they can make a difference to hen welfare, and
encourages support for the British egg industry. Its ultimate aim is to see consumers and food
manufacturers buying only UK produced free range eggs, resulting in a strong British egg industry where
all commercial laying hens enjoy a good quality life.
Patrons: Jamie Oliver, Jimmy Doherty, Antony Worrall Thompson, Amanda Holden, Antony Cotton,
Harbour & Jones, The Duchess of Richmond, Kate Humble, Pam Ayres, Phillippa Forrester, Julia Kendell
Something different …
If you’re like me you tend to spend too much time
looking for the right birthday card to suit the right
person, be it friend, family member or beloved. Well
just take a look at this for a minute – Candlestick
Press, a small, independent publisher based in
Nottingham, have come up with something very
different, and rather lovely I think. They produce
poetry pamphlets (rather like little booklets) aimed
equally at people familiar with poetry and those
who are not. These little treasures now include a
chicken option made especially with us in mind, and
it’s brilliant! The pamphlets have matching
envelopes and bookmarks, and are one up on the
mainstream greetings card which always seem
rather expensive for what they are.
Most Candlestick Press pamphlets have

ten related poems but this one has a
round dozen, naturally, and really does
celebrate the quirks and curiosities of our
cherished chickens. Here’s a tiny taster,
accurate to a tee:
‘There should be a word for the way

they look with just one eye, neck bent …
… And for the way they run
toward someone they trust, their skirts
hiked, their plump bodies wobbling.’
from ‘A Glossary of Chickens’ by Gary

Whitehead
You can buy this delightful little pamphlet

through our shop for £4.95 and you can
find out more about Candlestick Press at
http://www.candlestickpress.co.uk/
about/
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Eggs, lots of lovely eggs!
Q: Should we keep eggs in the fridge, out
Did you know? of the fridge, in the box, out of the box?
A: None of the above! Eggs should be
kept in a cool place, but most important is
making sure you use them in date order
so that you always have fresh eggs. Our
kind friends at Omlet designed the Egg
Ramp as the ideal egg receptacle so you
can easily keep eggs in date, nice and
orderly. The Egg Ramp is 15cm deep and
comes in red, blue, black cream and
Knit One, Pearl One … most lovely of all – yellow – the colour
Most of us have a little more time on which just happens to bring a donation of
our hands when the dark nights £1 into the charity for every one sold.
arrive, so what about knitting some Omlet have donated £120 so far for
cuddly cosies for us to sell please, we yellow Egg Ramps and we’re very
don’t want our boiled eggs getting grateful to them and to those who have
chilly do we? The fancier the better, purchased a bright and sunny Egg Ramp
but all egg warmers welcome. for their kitchen. Thank you.
Did you know...

Your plants will enjoy
the water you used
to boil eggs as it is
packed with
nutrients. Make
sure you cool it
first though!
Find the Golden Egg!

Our Golden Egg prize this time around is two lovely Sophie
Allport mugs.
Find the Golden Egg in this issue and email your details and
the location of the Golden Egg to competitions@bhwt.co.uk
or send your entry to: Competitions, British Hen Welfare Trust,
Hope Chapel, Rose Ash, SOUTH MOLTON, EX36 4RF.
The competition closes on 30th November 2015.
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In the last Chicken & Egg I reflected on the charity’s early years, on the highs and lows,
the people who helped to make a difference to our growth, and on the happiness, sense
of wellbeing and poignancy that keeping ex-bats brings. In this edition I want to focus
on the future, how we aim to continue to have a positive impact on hen welfare and how
we hope to achieve our aims.
Our Mission Statement year we had a meeting which impressed

It’s probably just as well to remind me on many levels and gave me insight
ourselves of our Mission Statement; after into what is happening within the industry
all it’s why it all started: and how the future is looking brighter for
our hens.
The British Hen Welfare Trust is a national
charity that re-homes commercial laying In essence there has been tremendous
hens, educates the public about how expansion in the British free range flock,
they can make a difference to hen the focus is squarely on high welfare free
welfare, and encourages support for the range units with trees and shrub cover.
British egg industry. Its ultimate aim is to The farm mentioned above had facilities
see consumers and food manufacturers for their free range hens which mine
buying only UK produced free range eggs, would love – mown paddocks; young
resulting in a strong British egg industry and established trees shooting up to
where all commercial laying hens enjoy a provide shade and dust bath areas and
good quality life. solid otter-proof fencing to keep out the
most determined predator, and excellent
That pretty much still sums it up, but what
multi-tier housing enabling hens to perch
the mission statement doesn’t detail is our
high and behave naturally. We couldn’t
ethos.
ask for more.
Respect for the British Egg Industry Well managed free range growth is what
Respect for the egg industry remains we encourage and I have raised the
number 1 on the list. How can we help issue of supporting our British free range
hens if we don’t understand why hens are farmers before and, whilst our colony girls
kept as they are? Respect has been will always take precedence, in the next
encapsulated in our much used message ten years we will take free range hens
that ‘as long as there is a demand for from those farmers investing now in free
cheap eggs, we prefer those eggs to range systems, and I’m proud to be
come from British colony farms’. doing so.
I have visited many colony units and had
open access to birds at different ages,
and whilst I must acknowledge that not all
farms have good husbandry, the majority
we work with have hens in better
condition than the old style barren cages.
“There are thousands of you
Some farms have birds in superb condition quietly, gently, steadily
at their laying cycle. influencing British consumers ...”
Soon we hope to collect hens from a farm
that has taken 10 years to consider
working with us. Throughout I’ve
maintained a respectful distance, but this
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Ensuring good veterinary care Kirsty is now a beautiful young lady,
We re-home around 45-50,000 hens studying to become a vet. In her spare
each year and ensuring they have good time Kirsty raises money for our hens
veterinary care has been a key goal, through cake and egg sales, and she
which brings me nicely to our multi tasks naturally because whilst
announcement that: fundraising, she educates too. In her
The British Hen Welfare Trust has been own words:
chosen by the British Veterinary Nurses “When I first found out about the BHWT, I
Association (BVNA) as their Charity of can remember there not being much
the Year for 2016. And we are recognition around my area. Now, 5
delighted! years later and after many cake and
The BVNA is a three day congress with 70 egg sales to the neighbours, many more
lectures, nine workshops and thousands people are aware and supporting the
of vet nurses from all over the world who charity, and I know that awareness will
will be there to learn about the latest pet keep growing and growing until you
news, views and treatments. Being reach the 8,000,000,000th hen milestone
chosen as the Charity of the Year gives (maybe a bit ambitious? Hahaha!).”
us the opportunity to reach more
Well Kirsty may be a little ambitious with
people, through vet surgeries and
her target of 8 billion … but Kirsty, if
enthusiastic vet nurses who have yet to
you’re reading this, when I’m ready to
learn about the joys of hen keeping,
drop off my perch I’ll be happy to hand
ex-bats especially. We will be attending
over the banner, so please keep in
the Congress in October 2015 and 2016,
touch!
in association with Chicken Vet with
whom we have been working for a
number of years. Throughout the year
BVNA members will be fundraising and
learning about the British Hen Welfare
Trust and we hope this translates into
more hen homes, better education and
better vet care for our beloved feathery
friends. I’m particularly thrilled with this
recognition by the BVNA, good homes
are the first step, the next is ensuring
veterinary support so our hens can lead
happy, healthy free range lives.
Educating Consumers
The third step is education, education,
education. With limited resources our
growth has been focussed on
mainstream education across the age
spectrum and it’s slowly working. Take
Kirsty Ranson as a fabulous example of Kirsty Ranson
how low key education works
effectively. Kirsty lives in Nottinghamshire
and has been visiting Hen Central on
annual hols with her parents and
brother, Simon, since she was 10. Continued over...
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Continued
And there are thousands of you quietly, Expanding our Re-homing

gently, steadily influencing British The future of the British Hen Welfare Trust
consumers (family, friends and is all about helping more hens live a
colleagues) who buy eggs and products good quality working life, and giving as
containing eggs in supermarkets. many as possible a fabulous retirement.
It started with one team in Devon, and
This year our educational spread has
we now have 31 teams spanning the
found its way into more events and
country. In the next few years, we have
country shows. Naomi, our events leader
two major plans:
below, has attended several big county
shows (with superb local volunteer Firstly we hope to expand in Scotland.
support, thank you everyone) and the We have a great core team in St
warmth with which she is welcomed is Andrews, Fife led by Cheryl and
simply lovely. including volunteer, Louise, from the
local SSPCA. We hope to set up more
teams and work with more farms, and
we’ll keep you posted on hen news
north of the border.
Secondly we hope to open a new
permanent flagship re-homing point
here at Hope Chapel in our lovely 2 acre
paddock together with educational
facilities aimed at introducing more
people to the joys of our hens. We are in
the very early stages of this project, but
you can be sure, too, that we’ll keep you
informed as it progresses.
Spreading the Word Finally DEE – we are now within easy
Chicken & Egg magazine goes from reach of Dee, our 500,000th hen, so-
strength to strength, and we have more called because ‘D’ is 500,000 in Roman
than doubled our print run to 15,000 Numerals. At the time of going to print
since spring 2012 with of course over we have 489,000+ hens under our belt,
30,000 e-magazines being distributed and Dee should be arriving within the
too. You gave lots of feedback on what next 2-3 months all being well. What an
you like to read and have been amazing end to our 10th birthday year
incredibly supportive with a clear she will be if she arrives in time but
majority stating that you would be happy whenever Dee comes out you will hear
to donate towards its cost. The value in about her!
leaving copies in local surgeries, vet
practices, libraries, dentists is obvious;
ultimately we can save more hens from
slaughter.
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Our future depends on our supporters’ kindness and generosity, so I’m delighted to tell
you that our Egg Club is flying! Thanks everyone who has signed up to utilise the goodwill
of your ladies to help those less privileged. You are really making a difference and we
will be allocating funds from our Egg Club to directly help more hens. Here are some of
our newest recruits:
Carol and John Pickering from Danes Hill near Axminster have been keeping BHWT
ex-bats for about seven years now and currently have a flock of 24; they set up ‘Danes
Hill Dames’ and have raised £146 so far. Carol
and John adore their hens and love how they
have blossomed in their new lifestyle; they
share the domestics of hen care with John
doing the early shift at 6.30am and Carol
following up with egg collection duty,
cleaning and the bedtime routine. Surplus
eggs are given to friends in return for
donations to the BHWT so we can help other
hens enjoy the same retirement – it’s rather a
lovely circle, don’t you agree?
Lucy Walker started an Egg Club called

'Guinevere's Girls’. Why Guinevere’s Girls?
Because Lucy works at Camelot, operator of
the National Lottery! Lucy’s colleagues at
Camelot kindly help to raise funds through
their donations, and Lucy is pleased to be
able to help change the luck for more ladies.
Lucy took in nine lovely hens in March who
have settled well and are getting used to the
latest family additions, two young alpacas
called Felix and Nimrod, whose job it is to
protect the hens from foxy.
Beverly Brown has re-homed 20 lucky BHWT hens ,
and places her surplus eggs outside her home with an
honesty box for customers to make donations. Beverly
comments “It was an obvious decision to send
donations to the charity when we started selling
surplus eggs as it is such a fantastic cause. It allows
the hens to contribute something back to the charity
they came from.”
Beverly also bakes delicious cakes to share with her
friends who often donate for a box of eggs at the
same time. And we simply love this idea, raise funds,
eat tasty treats – it’s got to be done!
Thanks, too, to our friends at Omlet again for the first

corporate Egg Club donation of £158 - exceedingly
eggcellent stuff!
Fancy joining in? Here are some simple steps to get you started…
1 Adopt some hens
2 Spoil them with good quality feed and lashings of TLC
3 Explain to the girls that as part of their retirement it would be nice to help their
working colleagues by laying eggs for your egg club
4 Ask friends and family for a donation in exchange for gifts of freshly laid eggs
5 Start building a little nest egg to send to the BHWT
6 Once your egg round becomes regular, give it a name!
NB. Please note that anyone with more than 50 hens needs to be registered with Defra
and cannot legally sell eggs to the public. Our Egg Club initiative is not intended to
pinch ‘trade’ from the industry but to provide a small cottage-industry style fundraiser.
Send us your first donation and information about your Egg Club, preferably with
photos, and we will send you our fab free sticker … you can’t buy it on the High Street!
If you would like to know more about the BHWT Egg Club before joining, simply drop an
email to xiomara.pattison@bhwt.co.uk and she will be happy to help.
14. & 15. Go
Our aspiration for the future is to see our lovely hens enjoy good health
in their new homes, and our Advice Line is fast becoming invaluable to
a growing number of supporters. Here is my first column covering some
of the topics I routinely come across:
Hello Gaynor
We collected our girls on Sunday. All went well, however, there appears to be a
couple of bullies emerging; the attacks are quite vicious, to the point where it is
driving the other hens away from food/water. Just wondered if you have any ideas for
controlling delinquent behaviour. Regards Shelley (Essex)
Hello Shelley
The best method is to provide distraction. A pile of
straw in the middle of the run with corn mixed
in for the girls to root about in is usually a
big hit. Also hanging up old CDs or half
a cabbage on strings can be
beneficial, and put several feed
and water dishes down to avoid
low ranking hens being kept
away.
Finally, use a water pistol or
squeezy bottle to squirt
water close to the ground in
front of aggressive hens;
when they see running
water, they will immediately
chase it (a quirk with ex-
bats). Gaynor
Hi Gaynor,
I am really worried about my little chicken Duplo (now
19 months old), over the last few days she has been
drinking more than usual, is not her boisterous self and
has the odd bout of diarrhoea. Today I noticed these
weird little gel-like spores on her stool (see pic).
She and her pal Hanuto (who is absolutely healthy and
produces lovely normal droppings) have been
wormed just 6 weeks ago. Help please! Very worried
and grateful! Ursula (Dunbartonshire)
ood EggsHi(RS)
Ursula
This is a classic picture showing tapeworm segments.
Normal wormer (Flubenvet) does not kill tapeworms
and you should obtain Praziquantrel from your vet. As
Duplo has intermittent diarrhoea it may be worth
collecting a faecal sample to check for the presence of other worms. This is a simple
process involving sending a sample in the post to Chicken Vet. If necessary follow up
with Flubenvet and treat all your hens. Ensure that your run is clean and use a
ground sanitizer. Slugs and snails can carry tapeworms so be on the look-out for any
in your run. Gaynor
GAYNOR’S HEN TIP – Combs

A healthy comb should be red, plump and
glossy; this is often a good indicator that a hen is
in lay. If the comb is pale but plump it probably
means that she is healthy but off lay.
The comb is usually the first part of your hen to
be grabbed during pecking order disputes, so a
thick layer of Vaseline on combs when merging
new hens can help prevent injury.
Be vigilant during frosty or extreme weather. A
large floppy comb can easily be affected by
frost bite and you may notice the tips of the
comb turning black – this is particularly
noticeable with cockerel combs. Treat with
lashings of Vaseline again.
NB Whilst our knowledge is considerable and based on experience and
anecdotal research, we cannot accept any responsibility for the advice
given. If you are in any doubt about the health of your hen(s) you should
always seek veterinary advice.
When we started the charity, free range hens represented less than one-third
of the entire UK laying flock. Today half the UK’s flock now enjoys free range
living, and it looks set to continue. Here are the stats:
Alan and page
2004 2014
FREE RANGE 32% 52%
CAGE 63% 45%
BARN 5% 3%
There are ample good reports on the Woodland Eggs, Sainburys primary brand
current growth of free range. Glenrath, and from thereon in welfare benchmark
based in Scotland, is one of the biggest was set high for free range farmers across
free range egg producers in Europe, if the UK.
not the world, and although it spent
millions converting barren battery cages As we know, hens instinctively seek shelter
to colony units (they have 200,000 in and protection, a behaviour that goes
colonies), the company is already back to their jungle fowl ancestry, but the
upgrading and now forecasts that all its need for good range facilities isn’t
hens will be free range within 10 years. acknowledged by all free range farmers,
Not only that, but I was delighted to yet.
learn that Glenrath has decided to
The RSPCA sets down detailed and strict
make use of its ‘seconds’ (that’s egg
standards for those farmers who sign up to
unsuitable for supermarket shelves) by
the Freedom Food policy and the British
investing £6m in a processing plant to
Lion, which appears on 95% of UK free
produce liquid egg, a product that the
range eggs and also has a similar strict
UK still regularly imports.
code of practice for farmers. Here’s what
So what is free range all about in 2015? the guidelines tell us about free range life
today for laying hens:
EU legislation stipulates that for eggs to
be termed ‘free range’ hens must have There are the rules on how many hens
continuous access to runs which are farmers can keep, currently 2,500 per
mainly covered with vegetation and hectare (one hectare equates to just
have a maximum stocking density of under 2.5 acres). Birds are encouraged
2,500 birds per hectare (1 hectare = 2.47 out onto the range by the provision of
acres). The hen house accommodation shade and shelter and this can be natural
allows a maximum stocking density of 9 or artificial. This shade and shelter has to
hens per square metre of useable area be within a certain distance from pop
(the same as for barn hens), and hens holes and distributed evenly across the
must be provided with nest boxes, range area so that the birds feel
adequate perches (15cm per hen), and comfortable to move freely and do not at
one-third of the ground surface must any time feel exposed to predators.
allow the birds to scratch and dust bath. Provision of llamas or alpacas is also
encouraged as hens recognise their ability
It has been just over 10 years since British to deter predators and make them feel
free range farmer, John Widdowson, protected. Shade and shelter also give
discovered how his hens enjoyed the protection against bad weather with wind
shade and protection of the trees on his breaks advised to ensure the hens can
farm in Devon. John’s observations led keep out of the worst of it.
to him becoming the trailblazer for
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10 YEARS ON - FREE RANGE IN 2015 ... continued
There are rules relating to the pop holes, There are strict guidelines on how long
too: they must be evenly distributed and birds have access to free range too. Pop
on both sides of the hen house if it has holes must be open and access outdoors
central nest boxes. The dimensions must available for hens over 21 weeks old from
be 2m wide by 45cm high with one pop 9am, and they should not be shut until
hole for every 600 birds. The area dusk.
around pop holes is particularly busy
and prone to a build-up of faeces Farmers are advised to give birds outdoor
presenting a potential disease risk, so access within three weeks of their arrival
drainage material is recommended. This on the farm and evidence shows that
can be made of stones, bark, slats or being encouraged to range well from an
mesh provided it doesn’t harm their feet. early age can reduce the risk of injurious
Whatever is used birds must be encour- pecking and allow good ranging
aged to move onto the range more fully behaviours to develop. Ranging hens are
with range enrichment. happy hens, happy hens lay lots of
delicious eggs.
Range enrichment includes trees, brush
Hens that are kept in colony systems are
and other natural habitat where birds
far less prone to disease and do not get
can forage, dust bathe and perch
the same exposure to wild birds, so free
naturally (Glenrath planted 20,000 trees
range hens have to be regularly wormed
last year alone for their hens). Where
and farmers are encouraged to provide
ground becomes worn, farmers are
‘winter gardens’ or ‘verandahs’ which
advised to promote new growth of
offer birds an area just before exiting the
vegetation to prevent land from
pop holes where they can dust bathe,
becoming ‘poached’ or poor quality
scratch and socialise without enduring the
and prone to disease. Range rotation is
worst vagaries of the British weather.
also a useful way to keep ground fresh
for the hens, and in good order. In conclusion, it’s been a good 10 years –
for us, and for the laying hens of the future.
Consumer influence is working, and even
through recession the free range sector
remained steady. Now the cost of free
range eggs has dropped, and more
people are able to make a purchase
choice that suits their purse and their
principles.
Let’s keep helping hens, supporting British

farmers, and making a positive difference.
We are always grateful to anyone who sends us a donation, no matter how large or small, it
all adds up to us helping more hens, so in our opinion the following are all Good Eggs!
Jim Bowen and his wife have been valued supporters since 2011, and have
re-homed over 75 lucky hens from the BHWT during that time. They run an organic 300
acre farm called Abercych Clynfyw Care Farm, which offers socially and
therapeutically beneficial projects to disabled, disadvantaged and socially excluded
people in the community. Jim has previously undertaken a Free Range Friday and
more recently organised an Easter Egg Hunt with 23 children happily attending, albeit
in the driving rain! Despite the weather, spirits were not dampened, and the children
found 160 beautifully painted eggs, which had been carefully hidden all over the
farm. Fun was had and funds were raised - £113.50 to be exact and we think that’s
plain great!
Our second featured Good Egg
is Pat Freeman, another
outstanding supporter since
2011, who aside from re-homing
23 hens and holding her ‘Bake
with Compassion’ event, has
also set about organising an
annual garden party to raise
awareness and funds for the
British Hen Welfare Trust.
In April 2015, Pam organised her
sixth garden party for us, raising
an astonishing £367.80. Once
again, a HUGE thank you to Pam
and her fellow supporters. A
special mention must also go to
The Co-operative, Food
Outwood, Morrisons and
Sainsburys who kindly donated
gift card raffle prizes for the day.
And finally for this particular clutch of the many, many Good Eggs out there, we
feature teacher, Millie Fulcher, and her event during Charity Week at Monk's Walk
School. Millie feels it is vital that students
are educated about the origins of the
food we buy and eat so with little
influence and persuasion from herself,
her class jumped at the chance to raise
money for the BHWT – and here’s why...
Millie’s Year 8 Form set up a ‘Free Range
Egg Roulette - Teachers Spin the Wheel’
event. Ever heard of that before? We
hadn’t either, but what fun! According
to the rules (great rules) teachers spun
the wheel and where it landed dictated
the type of egg that was lobbed at
them: hardboiled or raw! Somewhat
inevitably the students found it hard to
stop egging on their teachers taking
particular pleasure in torturing the
Assistant Head Teacher (poor Miss Kirk).
However, the dastardly fun was offset by
raising £50 for the British Hen Welfare
Trust, so there’s no complaints from us. A
big thank you to Millie, her students, and
of course Miss Kirk– you were an eggstra
special star Miss!
Whats cooking at ....
We’ve all heard of Hugh Fearnley- The course uses lots of free range eggs and
Whittingstall: multi-award-winning writer includes basic cake batter, vegetable
and broadcaster widely known for his cakes, sweet pastry, choux pastry, crème
uncompromising commitment to seasonal, pâtissière and tarts, with the chance to
ethically produced food. Hugh earned a sample some of your creations and take
huge following through his Channel 4 River the rest home to impress friends and family.
Cottage TV series and books, and became
a well-known campaigner on food
production and environmental issues.
Hugh first established River Cottage as his

HQ in Dorset in 2004, but the operation is
now based at Park Farm near Axminster in
Devon. A working organic smallholding,
supplying top produce for in-house courses
and canteens, River Cottage offers a
broad range of courses and events which
continue to promote Hugh’s commitment
to high welfare food which naturally
extends to chickens. River Cottage of
course use only free range eggs and are
great supporters of the British Hen Welfare
Trust, helping to raise awareness of hen
welfare.
Spreading his passion for gorgeous and

ethical food couldn’t be much sweeter –
unless you spend it making cake, that is.
Featuring both simple and complex baking
techniques and a range of classic dessert
recipes, the hands-on Cakes & Sweet
Pastry course is the perfect introduction to
the world of pâtisserie.
And River Cottage have kindly donated

this Cakes & Sweet Pastry Course as a
wonderful prize for our supporters.
If you fancy learning some new
baking skills, the River Cottage Cakes
& Sweet Pastry course is perfect for
learning to bake fantastic cakes,
pastries and other treats. The chefs
will take you through a selection of
classic recipes and techniques, and
you will soon be turning out muffins,
brownies, choux pastry and seasonal
fruit tarts the “River Cottage way”.
Just quote CHICKEN20* to receive
20% off cookery courses. But have a
go at our competition too. (see over)
Win a pair of tickets to the River Cottage
Cakes & Sweet Pastry course
WORTH £390
To have a chance of winning
simply enter our prize draw
at www.bhwt.org.uk or post
your entry with name and
address to Hope Chapel
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1 On entering this competition your information will not be passed on to third party providers.
2 Draw closes at midnight on 30 November 2015. The winner will be informed within one week of this date. If contact
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to notify River Cottage of any change in contact information.
3 The prize must be taken before the end of March 2016.
4 Travel to River Cottage HQ and accommodation is not included in the prize.
5 The prize is non-transferable once dates are confirmed.
6 This prize is for two winners who must be over 18.
7 Only one entry per person and one entry per IP address.
8 River Cottage employees are not eligible for the prize draw.
9 By entering the draw entrants agree that they have read and agree to be bound
by these terms and conditions.
26. & 27. FRF (RS)
You really like our Advice Line and
we really want to be able to offer
support wherever we home hens,
but that takes our time and
resources, and therefore funding.
Please help us to maintain and
improve our service, as you’ll see
from Laura’s story below, our help is
vital.
Laura Blanco was just about to give birth when her hen, Scoop, developed problems.
Laura rang our Advice Line and Gaynor recognised the symptoms of Mycoplasma so
advised Laura to call her vet as Scoop needed antibiotics. Husband, Albin, was left with
the task of ensuring Scoop’s meds were administered when Laura became otherwise
engaged … and when baby, Javier, was born on 20th June weighing a healthy 8lb 13oz,
Laura’s first call was not to
announce his arrival to family and
friends, but to check that Scoop was
ok. It was confirmed that Laura’s
nuts about hens when she told us
she was busy knitting egg cosies!
Laura hopes to volunteer for the
charity when little Javier is a bit
older.
Laura with Javier, Nico and Scoop
Whether it’s a bullying issue or health concern, you can view our hen examination
guidelines at www.bhwt.org.uk/information/hen-examination-guidelines/ Taking a note
of the differences between your poorly hen and a healthy hen can really help us to try to
diagnose the problem. We can then either offer direct support, or point you to a hen-
friendly vet.
Remember, too, that we are gradually adding health fact sheets to our website, we have
photos to help with diagnosis, detailed symptoms and clear advice where appropriate.
Take a look at www.bhwt.org.uk/topics/health-sheets/
Whilst our knowledge is considerable and based on experience and anecdotal research, we cannot
accept any responsibility for the advice given. If you are in any doubt about the health of your
hen(s) you should always seek veterinary guidance.
It’s all about eggs at the moment with The Great British Bake Off just behind
us (surely good for British eggs!). And as sure as eggs is eggs, there’s got to
be hens in close proximity and where there’s hens, there’s a farmer.
In this second celebratory issue we decided to bring it back, close to home
and focus on the small scale free range flocks that we would like to see
flourish across the UK.
Ken Cottey runs a free range farm, not far from Hen Central here in Devon,
in the Blackdown Hills of Somerset. Blackdown Hills Westcountry Eggs is a
family run business which gives welfare top priority.
The hens are encouraged to roam in a stimulating environment, partly
developed with the help of the Farming & Wildlife Advisory Group to
ensure the hens enjoy a lifestyle as close as possible to their natural ‘jungle
fowl’ instincts with options to shelter under tree canopies. In fact
Blackdown Eggs also take trees very seriously and have planted 6,000
native woodland trees close to the hen houses to encourage the hens to
range fully. The wood from the trees is chipped and used to power a bio
mass boiler that generates electricity to power the packing operation.
Solar panels are installed on the roofs of the hen sheds, supplying energy to
help power the sheds themselves. And in keeping with the self-sufficiency
theme, natural rain water is captured for which there are many uses
around the farm operations.
The hens are fed on a top-quality natural feed, and of course get to enjoy
the additional benefits of grass, grubs and grit. Once they’ve eaten they
can enjoy a good dust bath in the areas allocated.
I really enjoy highlighting the good guys out there giving hens a decent
free range life – Blackdown Hills Westcountry Eggs get the thumbs up from
us!
Aldi, founded in 1913 in Essen, Germany, is one
of the leading global discount supermarket
chains with over 9,000 stores in 18 countries.
We have all seen their slick TV advertising, but
we wanted to find out if Aldi’s welfare
credentials are all they’re cracked up to be
given their low prices, so we asked Joint
Managing Director of Buying, Tony Blaines, half
a dozen questions:
1. Tell us about Aldi’s egg range in the UK - roughly how many eggs does Aldi sell
each year and what percentage are free range?
Aldi was one of the first signatories of the NFU’s ‘Back British Farming Charter’ showing a
firm commitment to British farming, as well as supporting the RSPCA Freedom Food
initiative, which guarantees that free range eggs have been independently audited to
meet the RSPCA’s strict animal welfare standards. Over 57% of egg sales at Aldi are
generated by free range eggs.
2. What are the constraints on converting to a 100% free range egg policy?
Our products respond to customer demand, meaning we stock a range of options in

store. This includes a choice of free range eggs alongside lower priced eggs, both of
which are clearly labelled.
3. Your web site states ‘Our nutritious eggs are all from UK farms so you can trust
them for safety, freshness, responsible sourcing, and hen happiness’, but Aldi is well
known for being a low budget supermarket, so how can you convince consumers that
the eggs you sell are from farms using high welfare?
Over 95% of the products sold in our stores are own label. This enables us to sell quality
products at leading prices whilst developing stable long-term relationships with our
suppliers.
We ensure that all animals used in our products are raised to relevant industry standards
for animal welfare and support British and regional food production and manufacturing.
As well as sourcing all our eggs from the UK, Aldi provides 100% British milk and meat
from Red Tractor approved farms across Britain and are proud to be one of the first
signatories on the NFU’s Fruit and Veg pledge, voicing our commitment to British growers
and packers.
4. What more do you think the UK egg industry could do to encourage consumers
on a tight budget to spend a little bit more for free range eggs? What more do you
think the British Hen Welfare Trust could do to promote free range eggs and support
British egg farmers?
By telling the stories of British farmers, the British Hen Welfare Trust could continue to
educate consumers about hen welfare and the benefits of buying British eggs. Aldi
clearly labels the provenance and production method on the packaging of our
eggs to allow customers to make informed choices about their products.
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Continued ..
5. Aldi operates across the EU, does your principle of responsible sourcing, and hen
happiness apply across the whole EU, and how can you illustrate this?
Aldi UK and Ireland has a British based buying team and more than 50% of our products
are sourced from within the UK. All Aldi countries share a commitment to responsible
sourcing.
Aldi UK supports the RSPCA Freedom Food initiative, which guarantees that our free
range eggs have been independently and rigorously audited to meet the RSPCA’s strict
animal welfare standards.
6. What percentage of your cakes and other cooked products contain only free
range eggs?
This is not something Aldi actively markets, however, as a customer-focussed business, if
there was a demand for free range egg usage in products to be monitored and
communicated, we would review this as a business.
TEAM GB 2016 RIO

The countdown’s begun. There’s only one year to go until we see Team GB flying the
flag for Great Britain in Rio. From this moment on, as proud sponsors, Aldi will be with the
team every step of the way.
Now we like to think we are polite game changers and we noted Aldi’s comments
about the use of free range eggs in their processed food products being down to
consumer demand. We will therefore be initiating a campaign to encourage Aldi
shoppers to ask for products that contain British free range eggs … watch this space.
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Tracey Rawbone has held two Free Range Friday events for us, raising a total of
£250 to date. We decided to ask Tracey what motivated her to help, and here’s
what she told us:
Tracey, you’ve been a supporter of the We know your hens won your
charity for 3 years now, but how did you affection quickly, but what made you
first hear about the British Hen Welfare decide to raise funds?
Trust? I’d read about Free Range Friday and
I started my own full-time pet sitting at the time I was attending a local
business 13 years ago, which involves college doing a Cake Decorating
looking after cats and small pets in their course so decided to sell boxes of 4
own homes while their owners are away cupcakes for £5 and donate all of the
on holiday. One of my first jobs involved money raised to the BHWT. I have
looking after some pet chickens and after organised two Free Range Fridays
a week I had decided I would love some now and everyone is always so happy
of my own! After much research I came to support such a fantastic charity. It’s
across the BHWT and read so many lovely so good to know that I’m helping
stories about ex-bats that I knew that’s more hens have a lovely retirement in
what I was going to do! the same way that my hens do.
What hen keeping tips would you give

to a first time re-homer?
Definitely choose ex-bats! They are
the loveliest, funniest, friendliest hens
and they all deserve to be spoilt in
their retirement years. They love
having plenty of space to run around
in and they love routine and human
company.
Tracey Rawbone with her Free

Range Friday prize
In July we celebrated our own Free Range
Friday™ with our General Manager,
Annette’s, birthday providing the perfect
opportunity to raise a little extra cash in
exchange for a chunk of birthday cake.
Every little helps as they say, and if you’ve
an upcoming birthday that’s being spent
in the office why not do the same? We’ve
not met a colleague yet who doesn’t mind
parting with a coin or two for a slice of
something scrummy.
We have another fabulous opportunity for you to WIN a

painting of your favourite hen commissioned by our very
kind supporter Lesley Ann Cooper. Lesley has some of our
girls and is keen to help the charity to help more hens
through her prize donation. Thank you Lesley!
To enter simply hold a Free Range Friday™ fundraiser and

send us your donation during October or November
2015. You will then be entered into our prize draw, and
have the chance to win a unique painting of one of your
hens.
Remember to send us photographs of your event and you

could star in our next issue of Chicken & Egg magazine.
Entries must be received by 30th November 2015.
For your free fundraising pack please email fiona.lockwood@bhwt.co.uk

Or call 01884 860084.
You can also follow what we’re up to

via facebook.com/BritishHenWelfareTrust
‘I LOVE my daisy chain,
but you seem to have
forgotten earrings?’ Says
Linda Clarke’s Barbara
If you would like to submit photos to our Gallery you

can upload them at www.bhwt.org.uk/spoilt-hens.html
By uploading your photographs you will be
automatically entered into our Stars of the Month
competition. (See page 62)
Here are some of our ladies that nowadays prefer

to be a little more active rather than simply lay ... Amanda Bailey’s
hens Eeni &
Meeni, get the
best seats before
‘OK OK, France it is, but next year I want to go Minni and Mo
to Italy!’ Barbara Hammer’s hens, Frieda, get there!
Lottie and Cayetana Duquesa de Alba, plan
their holidays!
‘Have you got our best sides?’

says David Roberts’ hen, Betty
‘Can someone pass me my riding hat please?’ says Drew Pratten’s Lolanthe
Continued
‘C’mon, we
know you've
got some
biscuits there
somewhere!’
Peter and
Barbara
Smith’s
hens, Ginger
and Spotty
‘Down a bit, down a bit, perfect’ Maureen

‘OK, who drank it ...you know what I'm trains Sarah Tarrant’s niece, Maisy in the art
like without my morning coffee!’ says of hen feeding.
Karen Garnham’s Holly.
‘Well, if you had
left the egg box
closer, I would
have laid it in
there!’ Says
Mark Wherrett’s
Babette
Here are some more girls, pointing out how

helpful they can be - sometimes!
‘Are you
gonna hook the
trailer up, or
am I gonna
have to come
‘The first person to make a crack about back there and
‘chicken in a basket’ gets it OK!’ says Charlotte do it myself?’
Miles’ hen Berry says Sam
Nagle &
Simon
Newland’s
hen,
Searchy
Samantha
Wortley’s P-
Rex
‘Worms worms... Glorious worms!!’ sings

Karen Delome’s hen Gemima.
‘I’m feeling a little tyred!!’ says Sue Butterly’s

hen, Grandma.
‘Ive forgotten
my password...
egg, I'm sure it
was something to
do with egg!’
says Zoe Webb’s
little hen.
As a regular feature, we like to peek our beaks into the coops of chicken-
loving celebrities and ask them to describe a dozen of their poultry
preferences. In this 10th anniversary year second edition we talk to Jamie
Oliver – celebrity chef, restaurateur and BHWT Patron. Jamie is well known for
his many TV series, including The Naked Chef, Jamie’s School Dinners and
Jamie’s Everyday Super Food as well as Jamie’s Fowl Dinners in which the
British Hen Welfare Trust featured and which led to Jamie becoming a Patron
of the charity in 2008.
1. Jamie, you are well known for your global campaigning for improved nutrition and the
use of fresh, local food rustled up from scratch. What drives this passion?
I think becoming a father 13 years ago really focussed my attention on what we were
teaching our kids, which led me to really think about what we, as adults, knew and didn't
know about food, and what was ultimately making us unhealthy. Over the years, I've
been lucky enough to have access to some really smart people in the fields of food,
nutrition and health, and the things they tell you are really scary. Just in the UK, we're at
the point where the NHS is crumbling because of preventable diet-related disease – little
kids having to have all their teeth taken out under general anaesthetic because
they've been rotted by too much sugar; 135 people with type-2 diabetes having feet
and limbs amputated every single week. We're in a bad state, and we need to get back
to a much healthier relationship with food. That's what's driving me to make a difference.
2. Some of your campaigns and programmes have courted controversy. Have these
helped or hindered your aims?
I think they've all caused controversy, but you can't possibly please everyone and there
will always be people who disagree with what you're doing, even if it's the most sensible
thing in the world that you're suggesting. Probably the one time that everyone got
behind me was school dinners, and even then there were a few people having a moan
that they couldn't have their turkey twizzlers any more. It certainly doesn't hinder me. If i
don't get criticism from someone, I’m clearly not doing the right thing!
3. Hen-keeping – childhood passion or chef’s necessity?

I never had them as a kid so it's a new thing for me, but I absolutely love having them
around and so do the kids. We have about 40 hens these days, most of them ex-battery.
4: Your children have lovely, unique names (Poppy Honey, Daisy Boo, Petal Blossom and
Buddy Bear). Naming children is one thing, but do you think naming hens is silly?!
Personally, I haven't named any of the hens. We used to have one called Captain
Mainwaring, but he came to us with that name.
5: The British Hen Welfare Trust – Why did you decide to become a patron?
I think the British Hen Welfare Trust does a fantastic and important job. I first came across
the charity when I was making the Fowl Dinners programme, and I was trying to
encourage people to go higher welfare when it came to chicken and eggs. For me, part
of being a meat-eater is all about respecting the animals that are bred for our food, so
it's important for them to be cared for and well treated. The BHWT has a vital role to play.
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42. AD F & B?
6: The BHWT works with schools, encouraging them to care for hens so that children can
understand about animal welfare and food production. How important do you think it is
for children to understand where our food comes from?
Hugely important. We do the same thing with our kitchen garden project – we teach
kids all about vegetables, fruit and herbs, as well as how to sow and nurture, then
harvest and cook them. I talked earlier about how our relationship with food is broken
and we needed to fix it – education is absolutely key and it should start in nurseries,
before school even starts. We’ve already got a situation where a quarter of kids starting
school at four years old are overweight or obese. This has only started to happen over
the last couple of decades and so we really need to start a healthier relationship with
food in very early childhood.
7. Farmers are sometimes given a bad press. Having worked closely with farmers over
the years, what would you say - good eggs or bad eggs?
In general, I am very pro-farmer. It’s a job that has gotten tougher and tougher over the
years, but if we didn't have farmers in this country working hard in all weathers and at all
hours, we'd be in a terrible state.
8. Are you a free range egg fanatic in your restaurants (Fifteen, Jamie’s Italian)? Do you
use British eggs?
Definitely. All the eggs are British and higher welfare in my UK restaurants.
9. What’s your guilty pleasure – a Creme egg or fried egg?

Fried egg, definitely. Or scrambled.
10. Who cooks in the Oliver household? Do you ever get a day off?!
I cook at the weekends and it's a pleasure for me, not a chore. During the week when
I’m at work, Jools will do the cooking for the kids unless I manage to get home early.
11. Who is the most interesting person you have

cooked for, and why?
That’s a really hard question to answer because
there have been many interesting people over
the years. Doing the G20 dinner a few years back
was amazing, and meeting President Obama
and the first lady was special. I also loved cooking
for Brad Pitt's 40th birthday – I took a graduate
from Fifteen restaurant, who had never been on
a plane before, and suddenly he was flying to
Hollywood to cook for a superstar – it was all a bit
bonkers! In terms of interesting people, I have
regular dinners with experts from the medical
world and those are always fascinating, too.
12. And finally, what would be your ‘last

supper’? And would it involve eggs?!
It wouldn't involve eggs, but it would be my
mum's roast chicken with all the trimmings and
loads of veggies, so I’m hoping that'll be
acceptable to the readers.
Cleaning and disinfecting your chicken coop
Richard Jackson BVMS (Hons) MRCVS
As the saying goes ‘cleanliness is next to As a general rule the droppings from under
Godliness’, and when it comes to your the perch should be removed weekly and
chickens, coop hygiene is key. All animals the shed cleaned and disinfected every 1-
and people can withstand being exposed 3 months depending upon the above
to low levels of most bacteria and viruses factors. If you have a red mite issue then
but when exposed to high levels of a given cleaning and treatment of the coop for
disease our bodies are more likely to be red mites may be required as often as
overwhelmed and succumb to infection. every two weeks!
The levels of challenge are particularly Irrespective of which disinfectant is used,
important when it comes to Marek’s the following steps should be carefully
disease and Salmonella infection, as both followed:
require high levels of exposure to cause
Remove all the bedding and droppings
infection. We will never destroy all ‘bugs’ in
from the shed
our coops but we can certainly reduce
them through regular thorough cleaning Use a detergent to remove any dirt and
and disinfecting. grease from the shed, as most
disinfectants will be inactivated by
The frequency of cleaning depends on:
organic matter (aka droppings).
The numbers of hens present, more Therefore any dirt, grease or dust left
hens means more mess! behind on surfaces can render
The age of your birds - young chicks disinfectants ineffective. This is why we
and older birds are more vulnerable to wash our dishes with washing up liquid
disease rather than disinfectant. Bacteria are
killed by the cleaning and drying
The disease history of the holding; if
process as well as by the disinfectant.
you’ve had an issue with respiratory
Poultry Shield is a safe and effective
disease, coccidiosis, Salmonella or
cleaning agent and has the added
Marek’s disease then cleaning and
benefit of destroying red mite.
disinfecting will need to be carried out
more often Let the shed dry; putting disinfectant
onto a damp surface dilutes it further,
Weather conditions – during wet
thus making it weaker than the
weather the coop will become dirty
recommended dose, losing power to kill
more quickly and more frequent
the target bacteria and viruses.
cleaning needed with all the muddy
feet entering! Next dilute your chosen disinfectant to
the level recommended on the
container. This is the level to which tests
have been carried out to prove that
the target bacteria will be successfully
destroyed.
Apply the disinfectant in a hand sprayer
or mixed in a bucket and applied with a
brush. The spray needs to wet the surface
and then be left to dry or leave on for
the stated contact time. This is essential
when using anti-coccidial disinfectants
such as Interkokask or Bi-OO-Cyst, which
must remain in contact with the surface
for at least 4 hours.
Leave to dry before putting in fresh litter
and returning the birds. Continued over
Cleaning and disinfecting your chicken coop
... continued
When choosing a disinfectant there are a use at 1%, this means 1 part disinfectant to
number of considerations: 100 parts of water. If you have 10 litres of
water 1% of this needs to be the disinfec-
What are the target diseases? Viruses tant; so in this case 10ml is required. 10 litres
(Marek’s disease), bacteria is a handy size to work to as most large
(Mycoplasma) or salmonella, or parasites buckets are 10 litres in volume.
such as coccidiosis or worms? Most
disinfectants state on their labels which Product safety: Ensure gloves and overalls
diseases they target and if they are DEFRA or old clothes are worn when using
approved. This relates to the rigorous disinfectants. Wash any splashes from the
testing procedure the product has gone skin. Always follow the manufacturer’s
through before it can be used for specific guidelines. Dispose of empty containers
use. DEFRA have a list of disinfectants on responsibly.
their website that are licensed to destroy
Cost: Generally the anti-coccidial
Avian Influenza and Newcastle disease.
disinfectants are more expensive.
www.defra.gov.uk
When looking at the target diseases it is
Does the disinfectant need to destroy
important to remember that different
worms or coccidiosis? These parasites are
disinfectants act in different ways and
very difficult to destroy and are resistant to
some are more suitable for bacteria, whilst
most disinfectants unless stated on the
others are more suitable to destroy viruses.
container or data sheet.
Always check with your disinfectant
How much do you need? Depending on supplier which disinfectant is the most
the area needing to be disinfected. Each appropriate for the diseases you are trying
disinfectant is used at a different rate or to destroy.
concentration depending on the disease
issue. For example if the product states
At Chicken Vet for general disinfection too. It is available in a handy ready to use
against viruses and bacteria we option which avoids measuring out the
recommend using either Bio VX or product as well as the concentrate
Poultry Shield. Both these products are version.
very safe to use and will work for most of
the pathogens your chickens come into Consideration should also be given to
contact with. where the target disease is likely to reside
in your coop. Coccidiosis and Salmonella
Bio VX is a peroxygen based disinfectant are most likely to be present on the floors
that is DEFRA approved against AI and and drinkers and feeders. Marek’s disease
Newcastle disease. It is effective against is shed from the feather follicles and is
most viruses, bacteria and fungi. It is NOT more likely to be present throughout the
effective against coccidiosis. coop. Infectious Bronchitis is shed through
mucus and through droppings and as such
Poultry Shield is a general purpose could be anywhere in the coop.
disinfectant that is effective against
bacteria, fungi and viruses. It is suitable When re-bedding the coop, adsorbent
for use on organic holdings. It is NOT powders such as Dri-bed can be applied
effective against coccidiosis. to areas which frequently become
contaminated such as: around drinkers
Interkokask and Bi-oocyst are and feeders, around the pop hole and
recommended disinfectants against under the perch. Dri-bed contains Bio VX
coccidiosis. Both products are DEFRA disinfectant to destroy bacteria and
approved and are also effective viruses as well as to absorb moisture and
against bacteria, viruses and fungi. As odours.
with Bio VX, Bi-OO-Cyst/Interkokask
should be diluted in water and applied Having an understanding of disinfectants
to the coop and left to dry. Interkokask will help you implement good hygiene
has the added benefit of destroying practices with your birds, therefore
worm eggs, red mites and red mite eggs reducing the incidence and risk of disease
too – so is an all-round option for affecting your birds.
disinfection and lowering parasite levels
Taken from Jamie’s Comfort Food, published by Michael Joseph. Recipe © Jamie Oliver.
Photography © Jamie Oliver Enterprises Limited 2014, by David Loftus.
Eggs Florentine
- 4 Duchy Originals From Waitrose Organic British Free Range Eggs
- 2 x 200g packs Waitrose Organic Spinach, roughly chopped
- 2 tbsp essential Waitrose British Half Fat Crème Fraîche
- 1–2 tsp Duchy Originals From Waitrose Organic Wholegrain Mustard
- 4 Duchy Originals From Waitrose Organic Wholemeal Muffins, split and toasted
- 90g pack Duchy Originals From Waitrose Organic Dry Cured Baked Ham
- 2 tbsp snipped chives
Bring a large pan of water to the boil. Crack an egg into a cup then gently tip into the
boiling water. Repeat for all 4 eggs then remove from the heat and set aside for 5
minutes until softly set.
Meanwhile, wash the spinach well and place in a large saucepan. Cover with a lid
and cook gently for 2 minutes until wilted. Tip the spinach into a colander and press to
remove any excess liquid.
Tip the cooked spinach into a bowl and mix in the crème fraîche and mustard. Spoon
the mixture onto the base of the toasted muffins then top each with ham.
Gently lift the eggs out of the hot water with a slotted spoon and place on top of the
ham slices. Sprinkle over the chives and a good grinding of black pepper, then place
the remaining toasted muffin halves on top and serve swiftly.
Cook’s tip
For a twist on the Florentine, this would work equally well with scrambled eggs, or use a
slice of smoked salmon instead of the ham
Recipes and photograph kindly supplied by Waitrose

More than 5,000 recipes can be found at www.waitrose.com/recipes.
50. & 51. AD hec /M & S RECIPE – approval needed - testimonial
Leek, Potato & Stilton Omelette
Recipes and photograph kindly supplied by Waitrose
More than 5,000 recipes can be found at www.waitrose.com/recipes.
Ingredients:
500g bag Waitrose Roseval potatoes, thickly sliced
400g leeks, sliced
8 medium free range eggs
1 tbsp chopped rosemary
1 tbsp olive oil
100g Waitrose Long Clawson Creamy Blue Stilton
1 Cook the potatoes in a large pan of boiling water for 5 minutes. Add the leeks and cook
for another 2 minutes then drain well.
2 Crack the eggs in a large bowl and beat together. Stir in the drained vegetables and the
rosemary.
3 Heat the oil in a large non-stick frying pan and pour in the egg mixture. Crumble over the
Stilton and cook over a gentle heat for 12–15 minutes until almost cooked through.
4 Pop under a preheated grill for a further 5 minutes or so until golden brown and
completely set. Cut into wedges and serve warm
Serves 4
Ingredients:
- 5 Medium free range eggs
- 250gm Pre roasted sweet potato (with spice and 2 tblsp Oil)
- 2tsp Garam masala
- 100gm Fresh Spinach
- 4 tblsp Olive oil
Method:
- Place a non stick frying pan on a medium heat and allow this to get hot, add half of
the oil & fry the potato for a few minutes to allow these to colour. Do not disturb these
too much in the pan or they will not turn golden After a few minutes add the spice & fry
for a further minute. Now transfer these to an oven proof dish or roasting tray & cook in
a pre heated oven at 180oC for 10 minutes until soft.
- Wipe out the pan & place back on a medium heat and add the remaining oil.
- Break the eggs into a bowl, season and beat well with a fork.
- When the pan is hot, add the spinach and fry this for around 30 seconds
- Now add the warm sweet potato and the beaten eggs, stir this for a couple of
minutes, scrape around the outside of the pan with a spatula until the eggs begin to
hold their shape & texture around the edges. Now place this in the oven and cook for a
further 8 minutes.
Recipe & photo courtesy of M&S

Blackberry & hazelnut
Bakewell tart
Makes one 23cm tart or 22-24 mini tarts
Shortcrust pastry:
170g plain flour
85g butter
2 – 3 tbsp very cold water
Filling:
300g blackberries
50g granulated sugar
juice of ½ lemon
110g unsalted butter
110g caster sugar
3 free range eggs
2 tsp vanilla extract
150g ground hazelnuts
1. Make pastry in the processor by blitzing

the flour and butter and add enough cold
water to bring together. Put it to rest in the
fridge for 30 minutes.
2. Make the blackberry jam: put the

blackberries, granulated sugar and lemon
juice in a pan over a low heat until the
sugar has dissolved, then turn up the heat
and boil for around 10 minutes until the
berries are soft and the mixture quite sticky.
Cool.
3. Roll out the pastry very thinly to line a

23cm tart tin, or cut out circles to line 2 x 12
hole bun tins, prick the base with a fork,
spread with jam and chill again.
3. Oven to 200˚C for the large tart, or 180˚C

for the mini tarts.
5. Cream the butter and sugar until pale

and fluffy then beat in the eggs and vanilla
and fold in hazelnuts. Pour or spoon on top
of jam and bake: for large tart 8 minutes,
then lower oven temp to 170˚C and bake
for 20-25 minutes. For tartlets bake at 180˚C
for 15-20 minutes until frangipane is puffed
up and golden brown.
Recipe courtesy of
Every day it makes us smile (and laugh) to see your stories and photos illustrating just
how cleverly our ex-bats immerse themselves into family life – please keep them
coming! And remember you can see lots more on our website under ‘Gallery’.
This is Bernie, one of four lovely hens we re-homed at the end of May. We have never
had chickens before so were absolutely thrilled yesterday when 6 of Bernie's eggs
won first place in the hens' egg section of our village produce show! To go from
re-homed hen to prize winner in under four months is fabulous and has only served to
cement Bernie's firmly held belief that she is Top Hen. This picture shows her admiring
her award and no doubt enjoying the comments from the judge which said 'Perfect
egg. Shell consistent size and colour. Excellent proportion of thick white to thin.'
There is no doubt in my mind that Bernie has always known she is a special hen and
now feels suitably satisfied that this is finally being recognised. As a fitting
celebration, she made sure that her friends didn't get to enjoy too many of 'her'
celebratory grapes! Thank you for the wonderful work you do and for allowing us to
re-home such lovely girls - as my husband said, they really have taken my world by
storm!
Samantha Chubbock
14th September 2015
Hi there...
Thought you'd like to view a picture of one of my hens "Arkle" who loves to ride on
the back of my donkey, "Snowy," but whenever I start to fill the feed troughs in the
coop, Arkle takes flight and hurtles off Snowy's back, much to his [and our]
amusement!
Julie Dukes
Dear Wendy
You probably get endless Dean Pollard and partner, Rosie Norman,
photos of your girls, but I have recently been supporting our egg
wanted you to see they have cosy campaign. Here’s Hetty in her hatty
very much moved in! and Betsy in her beanie to illustrate the
Regards, Jan Gerry point! Aren’t they fab photos?”
I started saving the Your
lives of battery hens
letters hens. Wood was the most common
in October 2003, the very same year that material used to make chicken houses but
another chicken-related organisation the reason had less to do with suitability
hatched the innovative company that and more to do with ease of source and
we all know as Omlet. It began when ease of manufacture. We decided on
four friends met at the Royal College of plastic principally for the hygienic, smooth
Art in London. Hanns & James had kept surfaces that we could achieve that you
pet hens as children, so knew the basics could just wipe clean. It also meant we
of hen keeping but when I asked Hanns could create a mass produced product in
how they came up with something as a shape that would be impossible to
innovative as the Eglu, this was the achieve in wood and we really wanted to
answer “We questioned everything launch a product that would make people
about the perceived 'right way' to keep look twice.”
58 / www.bhwt.org.uk Hanns, James, Will & Simon

Omlet’s growth has been phenomenal would do it, we'd like to use our skills and
with several versions of the Eglu knowledge and apply that to all areas of
including the Go, the Cube and the Pet the pet product market because every
being designed and delivered to more time we launch a product it benefits pets
than 30,000 hen keepers in the UK. This and their owners.”
growth has allowed Omlet to continue
investing in product design and a major We love the Eglu because it’s easy to blitz
new product typically takes 2 years to those pesky mites, and it seems Omlet
develop. Hanns added: “Chickens are going global with launches in the US,
our main business still and we are Australia, New Zealand and European
always developing new products for countries such as France and Germany.
them, but recently we have also
branched out into designing products Omlet continues to support the British Hen
for other pets such as Welfare Trust through World Egg Day,
hamsters. Omlet is at Corporate Egg Club donations and other
heart a product design fundraisers and we are very grateful to
company that those four clever guys who happened to
specialises in pet cross paths at University. We wish them
products so if we continued success.
happen to one day
have a great idea for a
new parrot house we
Sponsor A Hen
A passion for hens, but unable to keep them?
Don’t worry, you can still help us by adopting one of our
loveable ladies.
Sponsoring a hen raises vital funds to save the lives of even
more commercial laying hens, providing them with the
happy retirement home they deserve.
A big thank you to those who have supported us so far; an
incredible 1,483 hens have been sponsored and a whopping
£29,338 raised to support our re-homing initiative, enabling
more girls to explore the wonders of the outdoor world.
What’s more we have two gorgeous new hens, Holly and Ivy
for you to sponsor…
Holly and Ivy
Holly and Ivy were taken from their colony cage just before
Christmas last year and, luckily for them, the next stop was a
carrying crate in a special BHWT trailer – destination Devon…
These two ladies are currently enjoying their retirement
amongst other free range feathered friends in a small
orchard on the edge of Dartmoor countryside with trees,
bushes and even a stream – hen heaven!
By sponsoring Holly and Ivy today, you could be a part of
their lives and be kept up to date with their progress.
In the run up to the festive period, Sponsor a Hen also makes

an ideal pressie for those hard-to-buy-for friends and family.
Here's what's included in our Adult gift pack: And of course remember we have Child
 Sponsor hen story and certificate packs for younger hen-lovers out there:
 A six month update on your chosen hen  Sponsor hen story and certificate
 A smart notebook, matching pen,

 A special notebook, novelty pen, wrist
magnetic bookmark, car sticker, two henny band & ruler
greetings cards  BHWT button badge
 A six month update
If you would like to find out more about sponsoring a hen, simply visit our website
www.bhwt.org.uk or you ou can contact us by phone on 01884 860084,
or email at Xiomara.Pattison@BHWT.co.uk. www.bhwt.org.uk / 61
We love the photos you send us, it’s real smile time in the office when we see
some ex-bats enjoying themselves. Please keep them coming, we try to share
as many as we can through our social media and our Chicken & Egg Gallery
wouldn’t be so gorgeous without your input. Here’s just a few of what we’ve
been sent over the summer holidays:
Website: www.bhwt.org.uk
Facebook: www.facebook.com/BritishHenWelfareTrust
Twitter: @BHWTOfficial
Photo courtesy of Darima Frampton
Just look at this stunning photo of retired ex-bat hens,

Biddy and Bussy, muscling in on Eva and Eliza Hinks’
Woodland Fairy Tea Party. Isn’t it beautiful? And it just
shows, you cant keep hens away from good cake.
Mark Wherett uploaded this photo
of his hen, Babette, and told us:
“Babette prefers not to lay her eggs
in the comfortable nest box of our
Eglu. Instead she insists on being let
into our kitchen. She then jumps up
on the worktop by the kitchen
window whilst we scrabble to
remove the kettle and put an old
jacket on there for her to nest.
Babette stays there admiring the
view until a lovely warm egg is laid
(sometimes with occasional pauses
when she jumps down to have a
quick snack and something to
drink). Here she is just after completing her day's work as she begins to loudly proclaim
to us how clever she is.”
Dean Pollard’s hens, Hetty and Chelsea, were our April Hens of the Month. Dean told
us that Hetty (in the basket) loves posing and was chatting away while this photo was
taken. Chelsea, a very nosy hen, is on the saddle. Apparently they soon jumped down
when the mealworms
appeared, their
favourite treat!
You can find out more information about spon-

sorship on our website: www.bhwt.org.uk / 63
COMPETITIONS
What is your hens’ favourite veg?

Our friends as Feathers & Beaky are great fans of the work we
do and have donated 5 of their new vegetable holders as
competition prizes for our supporters.
It’s robust and quirky and can be hung up in your chicken run to
encourage exercise and prevent boredom; it can hold
vegetables or treats, keeping them off the ground so preventing
rotting and attracting other visitors!
TO WIN one email us at competitions@bhwt.org.uk titled

‘Vegetable Holder competition’ and tell us what your hens’
favourite veg is, five winners will be selected at random.
If you can’t wait, you can of course order one from our online
shop at bhwt.org.uk for only £14.99.
Fresh Bed for Chickens from Dengie is designed to keep your hens warm and cosy. It is
made from dusty-extracted chopped straw with pine oil added for its natural
anti-bacterial and anti-fungal properties; ideal for ex-commercial hens. It is easy to
dispose of as it will compost much quicker than shavings or wood pellets, producing
great compost for your veggies.
Dengie are proud to support the British Hen Welfare Trust. For
further advice please call the Dengie Helpline on 0845 345 5115 or
visit www.dengie.com
TO WIN a Bale of Dengie's Fresh Bed for Chickens

We have teamed up with Dengie to offer our supporters the
chance to win one of ten 50ltr bales of Fresh Bed for
Chickens. Just answer the simple question below:
Fresh Bed for Chickens is made from ................................................?
Send your answers to competitions@bhwt.co.uk
Terms and Conditions

Employees of BHWT, their affiliates and relatives are not permitted to enter. All entries must be received by 30 November 2015
and the winner will be notified by 31 Jan 2016. The winner will be announced in the Spring 2016 issue of C&E. There is no cash
alternative to the prize offered. We cannot accept responsibility for entries which are incomplete/details incorrect so please
double check personal data before submitting entry.
The power of social media! There’s
nothing nicer than seeing photos of
happy hens to make us and our
supporters smile, just as this one from
Hazel Brookes does. Hazel took it using Snap Chat,
an app on your iphone, and we thought the pic so
good we shared it on Facebook recently, along
with Hazels comment:
This is ‘Magic’ sitting on my stepdaughter, Sophie’s,

lap and Sophie is sat on my lap. ‘Magic’ is
inquisitive, friendly and likes eating raspberries,
making dust baths under the cherry tree and kicking
gravel all over our lawn! Hazel
We have lots of funny, endearing, heart-warming photos of happy hens on our

facebook page which now has over 15,000 followers so if you haven’t joined us yet,
give us a whirl!
Facebook can be a lifesaver too, a response to this post below has enabled us to
continue helping hens in the Northants area after three kind supporters came
forward with viable solutions:
What? Nobody in Northamptonshire, North
Buckinghamshire or the Milton Keynes area
able to help us with a new hen collection
pick up point? Our Brackley collection
point closes soon and if nobody comes
forward will have to stop re-homing hens in
this area.
If you have a stable yard, or farm with
outbuildings that we could use every 6 -8
weeks, you could be the fairy godmother
(or fairy mother hen) our hens are looking
for.
Good road access and parking is
essential. To find out more with no
obligation, please contact Gaynor by
email Gaynor.davies@bhwt.co.uk
Our Twitter account is growing too and, as with facebook, the focus is
on happy hens; we tweet tiny reminders of the fun hens bring into our
lives. We also include an informative tweet here and there and every
now and again a thought provoking tweet too – join in at
@BHWTOfficial
Here are just two of our

recently featured tweets:
Maisie Brodie had a

suprelorin implant to help her
egg peritonitis ... and just look
at her now, such a helpful
hen pegging out the
washing.
Having travelled the world, Patron, Jamie

Oliver declares eggs one of 14 hero foods,
proving our hens are more than just
gorgeous.
Facebook: BritishHenWelfareTrust
Twitter: @BHWTOfficial
Pinterest: bhwtofficial
Linkedin: British Hen Welfare Trust
And Finally ... Patsy
Meet Penguin Patsy! Patsy arrived in
Devon in July; she could barely stop
herself from falling backwards and
was very wobbly going forwards – a
real dilemma when there’s a big
world to explore.
Patsy’s stance is not due to egg
peritonitis, her tummy is far from
swollen, but it could be the result of
heavy laying. Whatever the reason
Patsy walks like a penguin.
Not so happy when she arrived, Patsy was shy

and unconfident at first, needing help to feed –
it was a long way down to reach corn! The only
way to increase Patsy’s weight was to support
her neck and head, and pop dollops of warm
mash into her beak. This routine was much
enjoyed by Patsy, and I got to enjoy seeing
every dollop slowly slide down her bald neck
and into her crop. Patsy initially needed
support even at night time, and soon learnt to
snuggle into a neck support which helped her
remain stable overnight, and kept her warm.
The bed arrangement soon doubled up as a
food bar and with a piece of kitchen roll
popped over her head to keep her feathers
clean Patsy got into the swing of her new life.
If you have enjoyed reading our bumper magazine and want to

celebrate our 10th anniversary with us, please text BHWT10 to 70070 and
donate £10 to help us make a better future for our gorgeous girls.
Thank you.
Want to help more hens
without touching a
feather?
IF you knew that handing this magazine to
a friend, colleague or family member
would save the lives of more hens ... you'd
do it wouldn't you? And IF you thought
that you could save more lives by leaving
Chicken & Egg on the bus, at the dentist, in
the library ... you'd do that, too, wouldn't
you? SO, please take the opportunity to
help more hens find a loving retirement
home - place this magazine where it just
may be picked up by caring hands like
yours. Thank you.
COMPETITION
Winners
The lucky winner of our 3-night weekend break at Poultry Cottage
in Shropshire was Yvonne Campbell from Wells. Huge thanks to
The Landmark Trust for their fabulous prize donation.
Jackie Wilson from Tyne & Wear found the Golden Egg in the last
edition and won our fantastic Hentastic Hamper for her lucky
hens, and the Dengie competition winners were: Lynn Doe, Cheryl
Tribe, David Welsh, Margaret Birkinshaw, Janet Kynman, Jemima
Hepburne-Scott, Simon Sanders, Ben Hancock, Alan Miles and
Nora Burnett each winning a bale of Dengie Fresh Bed. Annette
Stephens won a 250g pack of Verm-x pellets and 90 yr old Joyce
Darnell won the Higgidy picnic for 10, £20 worth of Higgidy
vouchers and The Higgidy Cookbook! Thank you to all our lovely
sponsors for these fabulous prizes.
Chicken & Egg Magazine

is a British Hen Welfare Trust Publication
Editor: Jane Howorth
Design: Lisa Pope
Phone: 01884 860084
Email: chicken&egg@bhwt.org.uk
Hen Nutrition
Queries?
British Hen Welfare Trust
BHWT Careline
Hope Chapel
Rose Ash
Phone: 01362 822904
South Molton email: bhwtcareline@
Devon, EX36 4RF smallholderfeed.co.uk
Tel: 01884 860084
Email: info@bhwt.org.uk Company No: 8057493
Web www.bhwt.org.uk Registered Charity No: 1147356
Do you want to re-home some hens?

Call 01884 860084 or visit www.bhwt.org.uk
Berkshire - Crowthorne
Bristol - Nr Bristol Airport
Cambridgeshire - Godmanchester
Cornwall - Camelford and Bodmin
Devon - Chulmleigh and South Zeal
Dorset - Sturminster Newton
Essex - Great Totham
Hampshire - Waterlooville
Hertfordshire - Bishops Stortford
Kent - Biggin Hill
Lancashire - Haslingden & Wigan
Lincolnshire South - Aunby
Lincolnshire North - Swinderby
Monmouthshire - Lydart
Norfolk - Kings Lynn
Northamptonshire - Milton Keynes
Northumberland - Gateshead
Oxfordshire - Didcot
Scotland - Aberdeen
Scotland - St Andrews
Shropshire - Overton
Somerset - Farrington Gurney
Suffolk - Baylham, nr Ipswich
Surrey- Cranleigh
Sussex - Chichester
Wales - Gwernogle
West Midlands - Allesley nr Coventry
Wiltshire - Hinton Parva nr Swindon
Yorkshire - Sand Hutton nr York
Christmas is coming! And it's a great time to
share chicken gifts from our online shop ...
www.shop.bhwt.org.uk
Four Little Hens
After adopting four hens, BHWT supporter Heather Trefusis was so astounded by the
strong and individual personalities each had, she was inspired to write a children’s
book about them. We receive 20p every time one of these gorgeous little books is
sold.
Price: £6.95
Chicken Plaques
No hen loving home is complete
without one of these signs… sturdy and
hardwearing, they measure approx 13 x Gift Card
9cm and are easily fixed to a gate or Stuck for an idea of what to give your
fence. hen loving friend or relative? What
Price: £4.25 each about a BHWT gift card? Give them the
gift of choice with a British Hen Welfare
Trust Gift Card.
Price: from £10
We love the Sophie Allport chicken range of henny designs and you do too! So, we
have now added some new products such as the notebook, toast rack and jug.
Sophie Allport Mug Sophie Allport A5 Notebook

These wonderful mugs will brighten This quality A5 hardcover Chicken
up every cup of tea or coffee and Notebook contains 72 sheets of plain
would make an ideal gift for a hen white paper and has a handy grey
keeper or chicken lover. These high ribbon marker. It is covered in quirky
quality and beautifully designed Speckled Maran Hens and is perfect for
mugs come in 3 different designs home, school or office.
and various sizes. Price: £11
Price: from £10
Sophie Allport Jug

Made from galvanized steel, this
large Tin Jug is perfect as a flower
vase and adds a touch of decorative
country chic to any kitchen!
Price: £19
Sophie Allport Toast Rack
This lovely chicken toast rack is sage
grey and will hold six slices. It sits
beautifully with the other breakfast
table essentials in the Chicken range.
Price: £10
www.shop.bhwt.org.uk
Chicken Swing
Our ever popular Chicken Swing – a
coop is not complete without one!
Why not spoil your hens, this isn’t just
Chicken Treat Pack a perch it is an actual activity!
Everyone deserves a treat once in a while, Price: £24.99 (including postage)
and your retired ladies are no exception.
So, once they’ve eaten their crumble and
pellets (to ensure good health), we know
they’ll enjoy tucking into some of these
nutritious nibbles, supplied in a handy jute
bag to fit nicely under the Christmas tree.
Price: £24.99 (including postage)
Chicken Gym – cock a

hoop and hurdle
Why not keep your girls fit and
healthy by setting
them the
challenge of the
Feathers & Beaky Vegetable NEW Hoop &
Holder Hurdle Chicken
No more bored Gym by Feathers &
chickens here! Beaky?! It's a fun
This robust and way to give your
quirky feeder can girls exercise – for
be hung up in their bodies and
your chicken’s brains.
run to hold Price: £14.99
vegetables or
treats, keeping
them off the
ground to
encourage
exercise.
Price: £14.99
Peckingham Palace
Made exclusively by Flyte so Fancy for
Cottage Garden Bucket the BHWT, this fab hen house is ideal
Drinker for your newbies when you adopt
This unusual alternative to the them. Prices from: £496
standard drinker would make such a
colourful addition to any hen coop.
Made from galvanised metal, this 4
litre drinker is painted in a choice of
three splendid and vibrant colours.
Price: £28.85
Garden Blend Treats

Why not feed your girls with this healthy
nutritional treat? NEW to the BHWT, this
Feathers & Beaky Feeder blend of cooked & whole cereals with
This funky design chicken feeder from the addition of either Garlic & Herbs or
Feathers & Beaky has an anti-tip dried vegetables from Nature’s Grub.
design to help prevent wastage Price: £4.99
along with adjustable height legs
making this the ultimate chicken
feeder. Looks great too!
Price: £19.99
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doing great
work, everyone
should get be-
hind it." - Morri-
sons
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It’s autumn already, dark nights, short

We have an interview with BHWT Patron, Jamie Oliver, fabulous

Chicken & Egg is a publication by

Most Candlestick Press pamphlets have

‘There should be a word for the way

from ‘A Glossary of Chickens’ by Gary

You can buy this delightful little pamphlet

Did you know...

Find the Golden Egg!

Our Mission Statement year we had a meeting which impressed

And there are thousands of you quietly, Expanding our Re-homing

Lucy Walker started an Egg Club called

Thanks, too, to our friends at Omlet again for the first

GAYNOR’S HEN TIP – Combs

Continued over ...

Let’s keep helping hens, supporting British

Hugh first established River Cottage as his

Spreading his passion for gorgeous and

And River Cottage have kindly donated

Terms and conditions

Laura with Javier, Nico and Scoop

Our products respond to customer demand, meaning we stock a range of options in

TEAM GB 2016 RIO

What hen keeping tips would you give

Tracey Rawbone with her Free

We have another fabulous opportunity for you to WIN a

To enter simply hold a Free Range Friday™ fundraiser and

Remember to send us photographs of your event and you

For your free fundraising pack please email fiona.lockwood@bhwt.co.uk

You can also follow what we’re up to

If you would like to submit photos to our Gallery you

Here are some of our ladies that nowadays prefer

‘Have you got our best sides?’

‘Down a bit, down a bit, perfect’ Maureen

Here are some more girls, pointing out how

‘Worms worms... Glorious worms!!’ sings

‘I’m feeling a little tyred!!’ says Sue Butterly’s

3. Hen-keeping – childhood passion or chef’s necessity?

continued over ...

9. What’s your guilty pleasure – a Creme egg or fried egg?

11. Who is the most interesting person you have

12. And finally, what would be your ‘last

Recipes and photograph kindly supplied by Waitrose

Recipe & photo courtesy of M&S

1. Make pastry in the processor by blitzing

2. Make the blackberry jam: put the

3. Roll out the pastry very thinly to line a

3. Oven to 200˚C for the large tart, or 180˚C

5. Cream the butter and sugar until pale

58 / www.bhwt.org.uk Hanns, James, Will & Simon

In the run up to the festive period, Sponsor a Hen also makes

 A smart notebook, matching pen,

Just look at this stunning photo of retired ex-bat hens,

You can find out more information about spon-

What is your hens’ favourite veg?

TO WIN one email us at competitions@bhwt.org.uk titled

TO WIN a Bale of Dengie's Fresh Bed for Chickens

Fresh Bed for Chickens is made from ................................................?

Send your answers to competitions@bhwt.co.uk

Terms and Conditions

This is ‘Magic’ sitting on my stepdaughter, Sophie’s,

We have lots of funny, endearing, heart-warming photos of happy hens on our