They tried to find anything they could on the free range egg shed floor to eat….rocks, dirt, anything. Everyone else had been sent to slaughter. About 30 hens had been missed in the slaughter pick up. They were left with no water and no food. The shed doors were left open and foxes were coming […]
Category Archives: Free Range
Ursula
We found Ursula huddled up against the wall of the depopulated FREE RANGE egg farm shed. She was terrified and starving. The shed door had been left wide open and the remaining hens who had been missed when they sent the rest of to slaughter, had no food and no water. These forgotten hens huddled […]
Sophia
As we wandered through the free range egg farm, we saw many things. Injured chickens, sick chickens and then we saw Sophia trapped under a grate. Who knows how long she’d been there. This particular farm is seen as one of the best free range farms in Australia. Stuck and unable to move, unable to […]
Pirate
After 18 months of living with 60,000 other hens at a free range egg farm, Pirate found herself watching all her shed mates being chased, caught and thrown into a truck to be taken to slaughter. Pirate hid and survived with a handful of other hens who dodged the rough hands of the workers. She […]
Pepper
One crisp night in May, 2014, we wandered into a free range farm. Half the sheds on the property were caged hens and the other half was what is termed “free range” These sheds were huge, with access to the outside being about the size of a small courtyard. We came across an open shed. […]