More than 600 battery hens which could have faced a trip to the slaughterhouse have been rehomed.
The 628 birds, which have reached the end of their productive laying life, were saved by the Scottish branch of the Battery Hen Welfare Trust.
They were collected from battery farms across Scotland and given to people as family pets in exchange for a donation.
In the UK, an estimated 20 million hens are in cages. After they stop laying as many eggs, many are sold for pet food.
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