Show me your 'before and after' photos of rescued chickens!

[Mrs J]

These are my little girls when we got them, supposedly organic free range.

And this is after

This is my little sunshine when she was feeling a bit under the weather, so getting plenty of TLC

She is no longer with us now, but missed massively She used to make me laugh every day…she was in the worst shape, the smallest, but she would barge through the others to get her fair share of food. Then she’d spend the rest of the time following me around chattering away

 

[Cloverr39]

Not a rescue, but I do have a recovery story. Last year my 2 week old chicks started fighting and one of them ended up hurt. I don't know what happened, but they had pecked her head and it was bloody. I took the little one out and brought her inside. She lived inside for about a week and when her head had healed I put her back with the others. That's where her name comes from. She looked like a little zombie with that head injury, so I named her Zombie.

The crayest part is that that wasn't gonna be her only head injury. One day when I took my chickens at a family members chicken coop to stay there for winter (mine isn't warm enough for the harsh winters). I had always just put them in the coop and they were always fine. But while I was in the coop hanging out with my rooster I saw Zombie walk in from the outside enclosure with her face once again bloody. She ran over to me as if asking for help. I separated her in a different room in the coop. I was going to stay there for a week so I had time to help her.

Here's her 2nd before and after:

 

[HollyWoozle]

Thank you all for sharing your touching tales love the photos of Veronica, Sunshine and Zombie

 

[micstrachan]

@Shadrach might you want to share on this thread?

 

[kcan2]

Super old photo of the progress my guy made in 1 short week. So much perkier! ❤

 

[VlkStinu]

These were my girls.. Rescued during late summer of 2020. Only one is alive today...

 

[BDutch]

Thanks @VlkStinu and all the other rescuer’s. I hate the way chickens in the industry have to live their lives. Really great to give them a second and comfortable life.

 

[HenriettaPizzaNolan]

Here is my flock of four. They are my first-ever chickens and all came from a nearby farm animal sanctuary. They all have abuse and/or neglect backgrounds. The farm must have recovered them well though because they all looked healthy when we got them (except a few minor things).

It's been fun and rewarding to see their personalities come out! The story behind the second picture is that Etta (Golden Comet hen in front) is a big troublemaker and loves to step on her eggs so she and Reba (RIR in the back) can feast on them for breakfast every single day. On the day of this photo, I happened to open the nesting box while she was laying and was able to snatch the egg before she stomped it. I had to take this picture while holding the egg up as a trophy of sorts. As you can tell, she is not happy that I "won" that day. She just has the boldest, most hilarious personality. I love the unimpressed look she's giving in this photo.

The Barred Rock and second Golden Comet have really come out of their shells as well. The RIR is still very skittish, but she is starting to be less afraid to come near me, which makes me really happy.

I can't really say that I myself "rescued" them, as the farm animal sanctuary did all the dirty work. But I'm just happy I can provide a happy and loving home for these girls. They bring me so much joy!

 

[BDutch]

Seeing this video in @Shadrach thread made me real agry:

Why do people eat eggs that come from factories like the one where this hen comes from? Do most humans have a blind eye when buying eggs in the supermarket and only look for a convenient price?

What this lady does is sweet care for one single hen after being mistreated for 1-2 years. But it is not solving the larger problem of millions of extremely poor chicken lives in factory farming!

 

[HenriettaPizzaNolan]

Seeing this video in @Shadrach thread made me real agry:


Why do people eat eggs that come from factories like the one where this hen comes from? Do most humans have a blind eye when buying eggs in the supermarket and only look for a convenient price?

What this lady does is sweet care for one single hen after being mistreated for 1-2 years. But it is not solving the larger problem of millions of extremely poor chicken lives in factory farming!

I think it's merely ignorance. People just don't know what goes on in the factories. Also, what really confuses me (besides how someone could abuse/neglect a chicken like this at all) is WHY the egg industry has chickens that look like this. Healthy chickens lay more eggs, and higher-quality eggs, in my experience, so why wouldn't they want their chickens healthier? I'm sure it has to do with costs but it just seems so irrational in my mind. I bet they just feed bare minimum to get eggs from these high production layers for 12 months and then cull. But I feel like they would get a MUCH better, healthier egg if the chicken itself was happy and had proper nutrition.

Chickens are such beautiful creatures. I'm preaching to the choir by saying that at BYC. I don't think there is anything wrong with using eggs and meat from chickens. But where I draw the line is when people stop caring about the chicken as a living being in their pursuit of the eggs or meat. If we are going to use chickens as a source of food, I feel like we darn well better be treating them with respect. Again, preaching to the choir, but videos like this really do break my heart.