Llanfyllin Fresh Start for Hens

26/04/2026

**BREAKING NEWS** North Wales we’ve got you covered! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Hens will be available on Sunday 17th May at…

Abergele
Anglesey Anglesey Fresh Start For Hens
Corwen Corwen Fresh Start for Hens
Dolgellau
Llanfyllin Llanfyllin Fresh Start for Hens
Rhyl

Please reserve if you can offer a lovely pet home. Minimum donation is £2.75 and accommodation photos required
https://freshstartforhens.co.uk/1-registration-form/

Together we can save 1800 lives 🧡🐔

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18/04/2026

Some more boys looking for love... do you have a bantam boy space in your flock? Looking for homes for 2 handsome silver laced Wyandotte bantam cockerels. Currently 9 months old. Even though they are bantams they would make suitable husband material for the ex-commercial girls. Do get in touch if you are interested. The usual photos of set up and donation will be required 🐔

16/04/2026

If anyone is interested in rehoming this cutie, he could be delivered to this collection point next time we are open (tbc but hoping for a date in May) *bantam home only please*

How cute is this Silkie boy 🥰

Can anyone help him find a new home where his gorgeous voice will be appreciated ❤️

08/03/2026

A few pictures of the girls from yesterday… big thank you to all the lovely rehomers who have given these girls the chance of a new life.
We had a break from rehoming over the winter months here, but I hope to do one rehome a month now… do register your interest on the fresh start website if you’d like some hens from us 🐓🐓🐓

19/02/2026

After a long winter break (I decided not to open during the frosty months as our road is often too icy to be safe for rehomers), we are opening on the 7th March. Reservations are now open for our Llanfyllin collection point - sign up here: https://freshstartforhens.co.uk/collection-points/

25/09/2025

Looking for a very special home for Twiggy...

She was kept back from our rehome on the 20th so that I could check she was OK... luckily she can live a happy normal life, but internal scar tissue (from being pecked when laying) means that she leaks urates from her vent. This is unfortunately permanent.

She will need a weekly spa session to wash her mucky bum, be dried off and then sprayed with a germicidal spray to protect her from fly strike. She is eating well, lays one egg a day and is a normal little chicken in every other way.

She is quite nervous at the moment but is a very sweet hen and I am certain will be very friendly once she has had some time to realise she can trust humans. She has thoroughly enjoyed her first week of freedom, with lots a sunbathing and scratching in the grass.

Please get in touch if you think you could be her person who can take special care of Twiggy and give her the retirement she deserves 🐓🧡

11/08/2025

21/07/2025

Anyone got room in their coop and heart for a beautiful white silkie cockerel? He is only 3 months old but nearly fully grown and is pretty much the size of your average ex commercial hen. His 2 brothers have found a home and just him left so would be great if we can find this chap his own flock of ladies. Please let me know asap if you are interested

17/03/2025

*UPDATE… someone has come forward*

Can anyone take on this little one 🙏
On the Meifod community page but if you’re interested I can also message on your behalf and put you in touch x

20/02/2025

🐔 Our next rehome, 15th March, will be caged hens. The photo below is from a previous caged hens rehome taken by one of the volunteers. It's heartbreaking to think this is all these girls know! They deserve a better life than that!! You can help them have the lives they deserve by registering through the website https://freshstartforhens.co.uk/ Thank you 🐔

19/02/2025

Looking for a 5⭐️ home for a very sweet bonded pair

Meet Bernadine and Katrina! They were rescued from a free range farm on the 14th December and I kept them back for some much needed TLC but they are now ready to find their forever home.
They are the sweetest pair - I'd love to keep them but I don't have room in my flock and they're stuck in my stable at the moment, not getting the attention they deserve after their poor start in life...

Bernadine - on the day of the rehome she was in a terrible state, so bald and skinny. She was the most terrified hen I have ever seen - she was practically running up my leg trying to get away from the others and was screaming when a hen went near her. It was heartbreaking to see! I separated her immediately and on closer inspection she was covered in scabs, a chunk of her eyelid was missing and she has a block preening gland. She clearly has had a very difficult life at the farm.

Katrina - although well feathered and in much better shape than Bernadine, Katrina was also so scared and was trying to climb the walls. She is a timid little hen so seemed the perfect companion for Bernadine!

To begin with they were terrified of each other, but now they are BFF's. A very bonded pair and I am so please that they have helped each other to be brave again. Due to their very timid natures I think a very gradual, patient integration to a new flock might be needed.

They are both very friendly and happy being picked up. bernadine loves to sit on my leg and they love to follow me around, chatting away. Katrina likes to go to bed at a 'normal' time but Bernadine is keen to party on and gets a bit cross and swears at me when it's time to go to bed 🤣

Neither of them are laying - I was holding them back until they came into lay, but it's been 2 months now so I am not sure if they ever will. So it's very important that I find a home for them where this is not a problem and they will be loved as family pets with no expectation of eggs. They have such cute personalities and I am sure will bring much joy to their new family with their silly antics.

Normal T&C’s and checks will apply (photos of your coop/run/free range area) Please get in touch if you can offer these lovely girlies a wonderful retirement 🐓🐓

16/02/2025

Just a quick post to reassure everyone that rehoming is still very much allowed and going ahead... please don't let this put you off reserving hens.
We have unfortunately seen lots of people cancelling their reservations due to understandable confusion around what is and isn't allowed! This is unfortunately resulting in lots of hens potentially losing out on their forever homes and being sent to slaughter instead.
The bird flu situation is ever changing but the current rules apply to birds being brought together from multiple sources and then dispersed again, such as shows or poultry auctions. As the rescue hens are all coming from a single source farm, this does not constitute a gathering. Movement is only completely banned in the circles on the DEFRA map, the darker mauve areas are subject to a housing order (birds to be contained in a covered area) and the lighter pink area is subject to enhanced biosecurity such as use of boot dips and ground sanitizer. Screen shot attached of the map as it stands now, for reference.
Please just get in touch if you have any questions