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…
Moonlight. She was rescued from the abattoir the night before the Super Moon in November. Why did I pick her? I never really, truly know why I pick some and not others, but I noticed her lovely long neck. There’s always thousands to choose from. Picking a few each time to live at the sanctuary…
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…
This is Miss McCraw. She is named after the stern old school teacher in one of my all time favourtie books and film, “Picnic At Hanging Rock”. She’s a fairly serious hen who is always sizing everyone up. She is a fairly new resident who was surrendered by a woman who was desperate to find…
It was pouring on the drive to the abattoir. It was pouring when I walked in to the abattoir. It was pelting down as I took my camera out from under my jacket to start taking photos. The storm that night was just starting. I walked past her in the crate a few times. I…