Category Archives: Chickens

Dash

Dash was given to a lovely woman who works in a pet store when she was a chick. She grew up in a loving household with dogs and cats, but no other chickens. One day, I happened to be chatting to this beautiful woman in the pet store about my chickens, she mentioned that she…

Feather Foot

Feather Foot came from Dandenong Poultry Auction. One cold Tuesday in June 2016, she sat in a cage waiting to be auctioned off for the meat on her bones. Her fate would have been either a pot or a cage as an egg producer. She was luckily rescued that day from that disgusting place and…

Wonky Wobbles

Her official name is “Edith” after Edith in “Picnic In Hanging Rock”, but I actually call her “Wonky Wobbles 1” more than Edith because she seems to respond to it more! Wonky Wobbles was found with broken bones, emaciated, in shock, infected and dying in a crate at an abattoir waiting to be slaughtered. It…

Star

Star was rescued in late 2016 from an abattoir. She was in a crate waiting to be slaughtered the next morning. Why did I choose to rescue her over the thousands of other girls in those crates? I don’t know, but i am always asked this question. Sometimes I randomly choose, other times I take…

Zippy

Zippy was surrendered to Lefty’s Place in mid 2016. She was surrendered with her friend Miss Mccraw from a lovely lady who was going overseas for a trip and had no one to care for her girls. They came to us without names and with a bag of chicken food. They both fitted in so…