In April, 2016 Marshmallow, the broiler hen, was rescued from an intensive meat chicken farm. She was rescued at 6 weeks old. She was scheduled to be slaughtered at 7 weeks old. She was rescued with two other broiler chickens that night, Constance and Spring, who both sadly died. This left Marshmallow without the broiler […]
Category Archives: Broiler Chickens
Marshmallow
She was rescued from a broiler (meat) factory farm in April, 2016. She was 6 weeks old and was living with tens of thousands of other hens in a huge shed with a floor covered with chicken poo inches thick. I grabbed her and put her under my jumper and left the farm. I took […]
Spring
Spring was found on the ground of a intensive meat chicken farm. She was found in a shed full of about 60,000 chickens of 6 weeks old who were nearly ready to be slaughtered. Spring was huddled on the ground unable to move. She was half the size of all the other chickens and was […]
Constance
She was found in a broiler chicken intensive farm like this, writhing around on her back, unable to get up. She was about 6 weeks old and nearly ready to be slaughtered for meat. Her legs could no longer support her huge body and she could no longer stand up on them. She had lived […]
Hedwig
In a sea of 60,000 white baby broiler chicks (chickens bred for meat) stood Hedwig. Her beautiful grey feathers shone out against the white chickens and her sweet face was full of innocence. At one week old she was already enormous compared to a normal chick. You see, broiler chickens are chickens selectively bred for […]