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No Clucking Way! Woman hand knits her hens woolly jumpers to keep them warm

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November 21, 2015
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No Clucking Way! Woman hand knits her hens woolly jumpers to keep them warm

Nicola is now getting requests from abroad to purchase the jumpers - which she hand knits

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A woman has developed a new way to keep to keep battery chickens warm – by knitting them woolly JUMPERS.

These rescue chickens are being kept warm with knitted tank tops
These rescue chickens are being kept warm with knitted tank tops

Animal lovers Nicola Congdon, 25, and her mother Ann, 58, have been rehoming the birds for some years but found they got cold when they lived outdoors.

They often had few feathers, as they would pull them out in frustration, and could not cope with the chilly countryside weather.

A re-homed battery chicken keeps cosy in a knitted jumper
A re-homed battery chicken keeps cosy in a knitted jumper

Nicola decided to knit woolly jumpers for her chickens and is now getting requests from around the world to buy her products which she makes in her kitchen in Falmouth, Cornwall.

She says that instead of charging for them she accepts donations for an aids orphanage in South Africa, where the money goes straight to the orphans.

Nicola knits jumpers for her hens to keep them warm
Nicola knits jumpers for her hens to keep them warm

Nicola said: “We’ve been knitting chicken jumpers for the last six months.

“We are doing it for the ex-battery hens for when they come out of their poor conditions for them to put on in the cold weather.

The hen pecked rescue chickens are being kept warm with knitted tank tops
The hen pecked rescue chickens are being kept warm with knitted tank tops

“I’ve also thought about doing it for my own chickens, and the chickens absolutely love them.

“I don’t leave them on for more than half an hour if I’m not up there, If I’m up there I’ll leave them on for an hour or two hours depending on how long I’m up there.

Nicola has re-homed several battery chickens
Nicola has re-homed several battery chickens

“There’s not a problem with them actually putting the jumpers on, they just stand there and they do everything they should be doing – as a chicken would.

“There are no problems with how the chickens behave.

Nicola developed a novel way to keep the hens warm
Nicola developed a novel way to keep the hens warm

“We’ve also had enquiries so far from Canada as well as local people asking for the jumpers.

“If anyone would like to purchase one we ask for a donation for an aids orphanage in South Africa where the money goes straight to the kids in Africa.”

Nicola with one of her hens
Nicola with one of her hens
Nicola is now getting requests from abroad to purchase the jumpers - which she hand knits
Nicola is now getting requests from abroad to purchase the jumpers – which she hand knits
Nicola found some hens would get cold when they lived outdoors
Nicola found some hens would get cold when they lived outdoors
Nicola knits in her kitchen in Falmouth, Cornwall
Nicola knits in her kitchen in Falmouth, Cornwall
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