Prudence

Prudence was found completely stuck in a shed full of manure in November 2013.  She could not move at all. She would’ve died there, like thousands before her over too many years.

You see, battery egg farms often have Manure Pits. They are underneath the sheds and this is where all the chicken manure goes. Chickens actually live in these pits from either being thrown down there or from falling out of the cages during depopulation. The flocks of chickens who live in these pits live on mounds of manure that go up to my chest or more….I know, I sank down into it many times. It’s like quicksand…made of manure. They live off whatever food they can find including their own eggs. Many girls get trapped in the manure and can’t get out and die from dehydration and starvation. There are dead trapped chickens everywhere in the manure pits.

Prudence was lucky, she was saved, but there’s so many who aren’t.

It took us hours to clean Prudence and her friends up that night. Their bodies were completed covered in manure.

Prudence at Lefty’s Place, clean free and alive.

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