Help 1,000 Caged Hens Take Their Freedom Ride

Help 1,000 Caged Hens Take Their Freedom Ride 🐔❤️

After a life in cages, 1,000 end-of-lay hens are being given a second chance—and I’ve said yes to helping them. In April, I rescued 600 hens from a Hawke’s Bay farm, saving them from the same grim fate. Now, I’m stepping up again. I’ve secured a large transport trailer, but I need your help to get them here safely, assess their health, and rehome them into loving, non-eating homes.

Without rescue, their fate is bleak: they are typically sent for rendering into fertiliser, blood and bone—a cruel end after months of confinement in cages.

Caged hen farming is slowly being phased out in New Zealand, but it remains legal until 2027. These girls are still part of that system. While the law waits, they cannot. So we step in.

What your donation helps fund:

• Dog crates – $79 each at Kmart or sourced secondhand (MPI-compliant for safe, long-distance transport)

• Hen release fee – $2 per bird (invoice pending, will be posted when available)

• Feed – Gamebird Crumble & Peck n Lay

• Vet care – $55 per consult, $15 per prescription

Other ways you can help:

If you cannot give today, please consider sharing this page. Or shop with kindness—choose pasture-raised free-range eggs. Caged, barn and colony hens never see sunlight.

Full transparency guaranteed. Receipts will be kept and a breakdown of costs is available on request.