Happy hens are happy

[rinalia]

This is one of 45 hens who arrived at the sanctuary a week ago. They are from a cage-free egg laying operation that had about 10,000 hens. These ladies were going to be killed at the young age of 2 (they can live another 10-15 years). They have been debeaked.

The look a bit different than your traditional egg-layer. They are commercial brown

Comments

[yesididit]

aw, i'm so glad those hens get to have sunlight and grass in their lives now! i think its horrible to deprive anyone, human or animal, of sunshine and nature. i did not know that hens can live 10-15 years! do their beaks ever grow back or are they permanently clipped?

[ellettra]

aaaah! i love your hen posts. :)