Little Autumn only got to be in this world for 9 weeks. Her genetically, selectively bred body could no longer cope. This is what happens to broiler chickens who are bred for meat. Please keep them in your mind when choosing your food. She rests beside her broiler chicken family who passed away before her,…
Autumn and Summer came to us when they were four weeks old. They were rescued from an intensive meat chicken factory. Chickens from these factories are called “broiler chickens”. Broiler chickens are selectively bred to grow as fast as possible in the shortest amount of time as possible. What this means for the poor baby…
Chickens are one of the most used and abused animals on this planet. Each year, over half a billion baby broiler chickens are killed for their meat in Australia and around 12 million chickens are locked up in battery cages to produce eggs for humans to eat. Chickens are highly sociable and clever birds. Each…
What are Broiler chickens you ask? Broiler chickens are chickens who have been selectively bred by the meat industry to grow as big and fast as possible for human consumption. Every year, over half a billion chickens are raised and slaughtered in Australia alone. These chickens grow so fast that they reach their target slaughter…
The hens at Lefty’s Place have been rescued from caged egg farms, from free range egg farms, from barn laid egg farms, from backyards and from abattoirs before they were scheduled to be slaughtered. Every one of these hens arrives in a state of shock, they are unable to work out what is happening to…