Help battery hens spring into a new life by giving them a free-range retirement in Oxford.

The British Hen Welfare Trust is hosting a hen collection in Didcot on March 1.

People can adopt their very own flock of ex-battery hens and let them live at the bottom of their gardens.

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The charity collects hens from farms and works with a network of volunteers to find retirement homes for thousands of hens who would have otherwise been destined for slaughter.

To book simply register your details at www.bhwt.org.uk/register/ and then call Hen Central on 01884 860084.