Attention everyone from BYC, There are many helpless chickens suffering in battery farms. As soon as they're born, a part of their beaks are cut of with hot iron, and all the poor baby cockerels are killed or thrown into rubbish bags alive. They are forced to stand night and day on a sloping wire mesh floor that painfully cuts into their feet. The air in the battery farms is so full of ammonia that their lungs hurt and their eyes burn. Those poor chickens deserve respect! They should be wandering around with their sisters and brothers free ranging, eating grass, seed, worms and insects! They should be able to lay eggs in comfortable nesting boxes and roost in trees and branches! I saved 3 chickens from a battery farm and one of them still lives to this day. Her name is Henny Penny and she is oldest and is the top of the pecking order in the flock. She is too old to lay eggs now but we don't care. I am glad I saved her and the other two, for if he hadn't, they would most likely be dead by now. I'm asking all of you...if you are looking for chickens to buy, try save a battery hen! Thank you Edited by Staff
We have many members across the country that have taken in ex battery hens. They often put up photos , before and after. Their stories of recovery are heart warming. Thank you for rescuing some. We have a large aussie community on BYC, and a great thread "Australia, six states and one funny little island."
Go glad you joined us. I was ignorant about battery hens til joined this forum. I takes great kindness to adopt and take care of the battered, and they must love you for it.
Hello there and welcome to BYC! You might like to join in on a few threads we have on saving these precious hens. Lots of members save them as well here on BYC... https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/855553/where-do-you-get-rescue-battery-hens-from https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/445068/battery-hen-thread Lots more threads in our archives. Good luck with all your battery hens! Always nice to give them a second chance at life. Welcome to our flock!
Welcome to BYC! Please make yourself at home and we are here to help. Amen! I'm glad you are going after that!!! Besides the great links provided by Two Crows, you may also want to chat with the member Roostersandhens. She is running a battery hen rescue center currently. Here is a link to her profile. https://www.backyardchickens.com/u/180840/roostersandhens Good luck!
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