She was found on the floor of this farm in June, 2013. She would have been living on the floor for up to two weeks. The shed she was in had just been depopulated. Every 18 months, egg farmers send all their hens to slaughter because egg production in hens starts to slow down at…
When you think of ducks, you automatically think of water. There is a reason for that. Ducks and water go hand in hand. Ducks are an aquatic bird. Their need for water to swim in and bathe in as it is essential for their health and happiness. Duck farming denies ducks of any pools of…
She was so very tiny. The smallest, skinniest and most featherless hen in that particular cage. She was terrified when that cage door opened and two hands reached in and grabbed her, but she didn’t know how lucky she was. 16 months of living in that tiny wire cage with 5 other hens was now…
Amy lived like this for the first 16 months of her life. She could barely move. She couldn’t stretch her wings. All she could feel beneath her was the wire cage. One crisp night in April, 2013 changed all this for her forever. We rescued 17 hens that night and Amy was one of them….
In April 2013, we walked into one of the most disgusting farms we’d ever been too. Dead hens in most cages. Bald, terrified hens looking out at us with sad, scared, pleading and angry eyes. Dust from the bones of the dead in piles on the floor. Amongst these 80,000 girls in this one shed…