Sweetness was rescued on 6th of July, 2013. Whilst documenting a battery egg farm, my friend and I saw a lone hen standing in the middle of a cage surrounded by cages apon cages filled with thousands of trapped hens standing on wire. We both stopped at her cage, looked at each other and decided…
She came to us from a shed just like this in 2012. She was a rescued broiler (meat) chicken who was bred to be slaughtered and eaten by humans. She was dropped off at our place when she was about 4 weeks old with her friend, Maggie (pictured with her below), who was also rescued…
This is River. I call her “Little River” Rescued in late May, 2014 from a free range egg farm. River was starved and denied water for up to a week (maybe longer) Her many thousands of friends (and enemies) in that shed were sent to slaughter at 18 months old. River evaded capture and was…
One night in December 2012, one unwanted rooster was dumped at our house. The person placed him into the yard in a cardboard box, which he then escaped from. It took two days to catch him and get him in the chicken run. In the process of catching him, he jumped over a seven metre…
Joan died one chilly, grey Saturday in June. Named after Joan of Arc, she was rescued from a free range egg farm on the foggy Friday night before. She was rescued from a free range farm who has the reputation of being one of the best free range farms in Australia. Joan spent her entire…