New Zealand Open Rescue

Recently New Zealand Open Rescue visited a West Auckland battery egg farm to see what happens to ‘end of lay’ hens. ‘End of lay’ is an industry term for hens at the end of their ‘productive’ life (around 18 months old). When a hen’s egg production drops below a certain point, they are deemed as no longer economically viable by the industry. They are then culled and are commonly used as petfood or chicken stock

That day we came away with several ‘end of lay’ hens, one of which was Indy. Indy was very sick and was literally dying in front of our eyes. We raced to her new home where she received immediate emergency treatment and began her long-term rehabilitation process.

Indy initially made a spectacular recovery, enjoying sunshine, fresh air and green grass for the first time in her life. Sadly Indy passed away after several weeks in her new home. We feel heartened to know that she at least had several weeks of sunshine, clean air, fresh grass, love and freedom.

Indy is a single example of an individual used and abused by the egg industry. There are 3 million other victims suffering in cages right at this very moment. The egg industry is without compassion – it is only through people power that change will happen for these animals. That means YOU! Boycott the egg industry and say NO to cages at www.nocages.org.nz