BHWT web site is at
Battery Hen Welfare Trust
A friend took 12 rescue hens about 3 months ago. I saw them on the day that she brought them to the site and I was almost in tears. They were nearly bald and for a couple of weeks they didn't like coming out of the hen house. Two died within a few weeks, but they were very sorry looking birds. The remainder now look magnificent - fully feathered, scratching around the allotment plot, and each one laying nearly every day. It is a joy to watch them.
If anyone is in any doubt about the evils of battery egg or battery chicken production, take a look at the BHWT web site.