Category Archives: Chickens

Maggie

A broiler chicken with a sense of humour, that was my Maggie, she was so funny. She was rescued in early 2012 from a broiler (meat) chicken farm at about 4 weeks old. The farm she came from is pictured below. I named her Maggie Matron Sloan after a character in the Australian drama, “A…

Jumping for Joy

My new series “Jumping For Joy” is inspired by my five ex-battery hens. Our five ex-battery hens used to be squashed in small cages with nowhere to move. They had never seen the sun or grass and had never had a dust bath. They lived in these prisons for 18 months of their lives. Today,…

Molly and Chloe

The first two broiler chickens I ever cared for were named Molly and Chloe. I named them after my favourite characters in “A Country Practice” (An Australian drama series). They loved each other dearly and were never apart. Molly and Chloe were rescued from a chicken transport truck (pictured below) on the way to an…