Category Archives: Ex-Battery Hens

Red Robin

  Red Robin was rescued from the abattoir in October, 2016. She was completely emaciated, featherless and terrified.  She and her thousands of shed mates had been crammed in to the transport crates so tightly that there were dead hens everywhere. She came to Lefty’s with two of her featherless friends from the same crate,…

Cruskit

Rescued from the crates full of hens awaiting slaughter the next morning, Cruskit was pulled out of her crate emaciated and completely featherless. Her tiny little body quivered in fear and cold as she sat in the car waiting for her next chapter in life. She was so tiny. Such a small, little featherless life…

Whistler

She was rescued from an abattoir on the night of December 1, 2016. I met her the next day. My friends popped in, on their way to rehome the previous night’s rescue hens and we noticed that one of the poor, emaciated, featherless girls was struggling to breathe. She stood in the corner of the…

Moonshadow

Moonshadow. She was rescued alongside Moonlight the night before the Supermoon back in November, 2016. She was found wandering around the abattoir transport crates that were filled with hens. She had escaped the crate she was in somehow and was wandering around looking for water and food. I managed to grab her and so began…

Dreamer

“You may say I’m a dreamer But I’m not the only one I hope someday you’ll join us And the world will be as one” – John Lennon What was she dreaming of whilst she lay there unconscious, battered, crushed, bruised and bleeding. Was she dreaming of a freedom she never had? Was she dreaming…