Our First Rehomer!

Photo of Jeremy, the first rehomer of our ex-battery hens

Introducing Jeremy, the first person to give a home to batteries from Crann Dair chicken rescue.
He is photographed with one of the ten chickens he rehomed.

 


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Crann Dair Chicken Rescue -
Home for Farm & Battery Hens in Ireland

Please note*
We are no longer organising adoptions for the foreseeable future due to illness.

Here at Crann Dair Chicken Rescue we pride ourselves on trying to help as many ex-battery hens as we can. We provide a place of refuge until new homes can be found.

We are based in County Galway, West Ireland and we visit battery hen farms when they are sending off their chickens to be slaughtered. This can happen several times a year depending on the farm.

Once the hens' egg production starts to slow down then the hens are packed up and sent off for 'dispatching' as they are no longer useful. Then a new batch of hens takes their place. A 'batch' of hens is usually in the count of thousands!

Photo of battery hens caged up in a large shed

We know that some people will say that there is no point in rescuing 50-100 hens when there are thousands going to slaughter. We remind them of this story:

The Starfish Story

One day a man was walking along the beach when he noticed a boy picking something up and gently throwing it into the ocean.
Approaching the boy, he asked, "What are you doing?" The youth replied,
"Throwing starfish back into the ocean. The surf is up and the tide is going out. If I don't throw them back, they'll die."
"Son," the man said, "don't you realize there are miles and miles of beach and hundreds of starfish? You can't make a difference!"
After listening politely, the boy bent down, picked up another starfish, and threw it back into the surf. Then, smiling at the man, he said,
"I made a difference for that one."
Original Story by:
Loren Eisley
  • Email:
    chickenrescue@hotmail.com
  • Telephone:
    Home; 093 39654
    Diane Mobile; 087 0549682
    Steve Mobile; 087 0551596
    Dialling code for Ireland (00353)

* Please note that we do only rescue chickens/ ducks etc. We cannot take any other animals as we do not have the facilities.

Please also visit our friends at Whiskers New Park
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