Save a hen from slaughter (and get free eggs) for just £1

A whopping 12,000 free-range hens destined for the slaughter house are up for grabs at just £1-EACH.

Despite helping to provide a banquet across Britain's breakfast tables thousands of the healthy egg-laying birds face being killed.

Every year Babthorpe Hall Farm, near Selby, North Yorks., offer up 'their ladies' to members of the public for just a quid.

The idea is to ship in 12,000 new hens to the farm every 13 months to avoid 'deteriorating shell quality' - so the owners are forced to ditch their old broods.

In January 2017 all the hens were re-homed to the amazement of farm owner Sheena Seels who is hoping for something similar this year.

Ms Seels said: "'The hens have a lovely temperament and just need a bit of space to roam.