Over the years, I’ve cared for and loved hundreds of chickens from caged egg layers, free range egg layers, dumped roosters, broiler chickens, tiny bantams, dominant Sussex hens, timid Leghorns and the list goes on. This has seen me experience so much joy, but also lots of sadness when they leave the world, but it…
Aries was found at abattoir in January, 2017. She was found in crates with thirty of her friends. It was quite baffling to us why these hens were at the abattoir as they were so young, only at point of lay age. All thirty were rescued and I kept three of these beautiful girls. Two…
Leo was found at abattoir in January, 2017. She was found in crates with thirty of her friends. It was quite baffling to us why these hens were at the abattoir as they were so young, only at point of lay age. All thirty were rescued and I kept three of these beautiful girls. Two…
Cashew was rescued from Star Poultry abattoir in 2016. She was found squashed in to transport crates with thousands of other hens awaiting their death the next day. Cashew had travelled from the cage egg farm she lived in for almost two years, after having been thrown in to crates roughly along with her thousands…
Terrified is the first word that comes to mind when I think about Thumbelia. When I first met her in 2017 she was terrified from her beak down to her toes. She was beyond scared. She would shake when she saw me or any other chicken. Her little body was bald and featherless and she…