The British Hen Welfare Trust in Cheshire has rehomed its 5,000th hen as a new pet.
The team, based in Nantwich and run by Cheshire coordinator David Marek, took more than 300 hens out of their colony cages and rehomed them to 61 different families earlier this month.
A third adoption day for retired caged hens due for slaughter is being held in Nantwich on Sunday May 26.
The event has been organised by the British Hen Welfare Trust, a national rehoming charity which saves more than 60,000 hens from slaughter every year.
The British Hen Welfare Trust team in Cheshire is on track to rehome the 1,000th hen of 2019 at their collection event this weekend (April 7).
So far this year, the team has helped send more than 940 hens off to pet homes, and save them from slaughter.
A second hen re-homing event is to take place in Nantwich after one held last month was hailed a huge success.
In January, 437 hens were saved from slaughter and adopted as pets from the British Hen Welfare Trust Nantwich collection point.
A national hen charity is appealing to the Cheshire public to help find homes for 250 hens.
The British Hen Welfare Trust is holding a re-homing event tomorrow (Saturday January 19) in Nantwich where 250 ex-caged hens will be waiting to start their free range retirement.
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