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I am running in the Bath Half Marathon on 7th March this year and I am hoping to raise some money for the Battery Hen Welfare Trust (BHWT).  This is a charity based in Devon that seeks to rescue 'spent' battery hens nationwide, and re-home them as pets.  Battery hens only have a useful life of 1 year and after that they are slaughtered.  A battery hen has a floor space equivalent to an A4 sheet of paper, they can't move around and they never see the sun.  When the BHWT rescue hens they are weak through lack of movement and they are usually missing most, if not all, their feathers.  Within a couple of months of being re-homed the hens are plump and happy and covered in feathers again, just as they should be.

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Please dig deep and donate.  If pennies are scarce right now you can still help by ensuring that you only buy free range eggs, and look carefully at processed products that contain eggs.  Mayonnaise, pasta, quiche, pancakes and many ready-made meals contain eggs from caged hens.  Start looking at labels: they will state "free range egg" if this is what has been used.  Lets start giving laying hens freedom, fresh air and a chance to taste green grass. 

If you think you can adopt a hen or two you can contact the charity below for more information:

BHWT

North Parks

Chulmleigh

Devon

EX18 7EJ

 

Thank you.

 

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Still can't believe you're running for chickens ! Won't be there to watch but will celebrate with a glass of wine later ! Donation by Sarah Grieve on 01/03/10

 
£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
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Am always happy to help charities that are against domestic violence... what do you mean, battery hens aren't like that? :-) Donation by Chris Tressider on 24/02/10

 
£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
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Best of luck - I may come cheer from the sidelines. Donation by Nicola Hill on 15/02/10

 
£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
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You've got a cheek. You only contact me when you want money.... but I do like chickens. Good luck. I hope it goes well. Donation by Charlotte O'Driscoll on 07/02/10

 
£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid
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Run Suzanne run! :o) Will be thinking of you mate, have a good one! Jo xx xx Donation by Jo Denham on 06/02/10

 
£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid
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The henhouse makes a change from being in the doghouse, I suppose..... Donation by Don Fitzgerald on 05/02/10

 
£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
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good cluck sooze, I mean good luck. You def should wear a chicken suit. Donation by Debbie West on 05/02/10

 
£2.50 + £0.71 Gift Aid
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Yeay Sooze! I would love to be there to cheer you on, sure will be thinking of you that day! I am very proud of you and a great cause to pick too! x Donation by fran Bonfield on 05/02/10

 
£10.00
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Hope you have a great run! Donation by Susan Squire on 04/02/10

 
£2.00 + £0.56 Gift Aid
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All the best. Do you think you should be running in a chicken suit?! cluck cluck xx Donation by ALISON ROGERS on 04/02/10

 
£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
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Good luck Sooze - you run for those Chickeys x x x Donation by Michelle Matthews on 04/02/10

 
£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid
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