Blackie came to us in early 2012 from a couple in town who no longer wanted their two hens. They were (of course) un-named, so J gave the black Australorp the most original name of, “Blackie” and her Rhode Island Red friend, “Rhonda”. You see, most people believe that chickens are dispensable. They believe that…
I picked up Hoppy and 11 other ex-battery hens from Edgar’s Mission in July, 2012. Edgar’s Mission had rescued thousands of hens from a cage egg farm who was going out of business and the farmer agreed to let Edgar’s Mission rescue all of them. Hoppy was lucky enough to be one of them. She…
She came from a battery cage egg farm in Pearcedale, Victoria in late 2011. A farm whose sheds where so old they felt like they were haunted with the millions of souls of hens who had been trapped there all the decades past. She was so lucky. She was rescued. She came to Lefty’s Place…
Beautiful Marilla, she really was such a beautiful chicken. She was big and stood over everyone, yet she was so gentle and timid. I named her “Marilla” after the character in, “Anne of Green Gables” as she seemed like an old soul who was very practical and got things done without a fuss, and also…
In October 2015, on a farm a past Mildura, an undesexed Koolie working dog had puppies. Farmers often do not bother about desexing their dogs, they are there to work you see, no extra money should be spent on them in their eyes. So, this farmer had all these puppies and didn’t want them, so…