In London, while many of us are hunkering down during the winter, a kind-hearted and compassionate woman is rescuing retired battery chickens by offering them a new home. She has around 60 hens and half of them are former battery chickens, who sadly, having spent all their lives in cages, are not able to adapt to normal weather conditions. The hens' lack of feathers might not be a big deal during the warm summer months, but when temperatures declines, the chill becomes unbearable.
25-year-old
Nicola Congdon has been working on an unusual winter project for a great reason. Six months ago, the Cornwall-based woman decided to start knitting wooly sweaters to keep her chickens warm in the midst of the winter season's freezing temperature. She has about 60 chickens and 30 of them are battery hens who were previously squeezed in cages to maximize their egg-laying capabilities. (Their name comes from the rows and rows of connected cages that share dividing walls, just like the cells in a battery.)
"It’s important to make people aware of the poor conditions the hens live in and the fact that they have no feathers when they are retired," Nicola
Congdon said. "The tank tops are also something really different that provide some fun for the chickens. They keep them warm and makes the chickens easy to identify." she explained, "It's important to make people aware of the poor conditions the hens live in and the fact that they have no feathers when they are retired,"
Nicola told
Mashable.
Now
Nicola, is receiving special support to make hen wooly sweaters and she prefers to donate all the proceeds to an AIDS orphanage in South Africa rather than selling these wooly sweaters for her own benefit. She is such a good human!
I'm amazed with this woman's thoughtfullness, she is such a kind-hearted individual! If you like what she does, share this story with your friends!
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