1. This egg is 'chipping' If you look closely you can see the egg tooth of the little chick inside. The egg tooth is at the tip of all babies beaks and helps them break free from the shell.
2. The little chick inside the egg rotates around the egg until he or she has made a removable lid. They are clever little babies & they cheep to call to their mums all through this process.
3. Then with wriggling and pushing suddenly she/he experiences the outside world for the first time.
Hello little chick 😍
4. Then with one big push she/he is out and able to stretch.
5. It doesn't take long for newly hatched chicks to dry and 'fluff up'.
These little babies are Precocial which means that they can run around after mum and feed themselves.
These little ones have no mum 😢
6. When they are all active in around an hour they are shipped to other areas. They chirp relentlessly because they want their parents. But they are nowhere to be seen
7. They are then moved to a big enclosed where they are fed high concentrated food to make them bigger quicker. Before here though their beak tips have been scalded off.
8. They are then taken to be brutally slaughtered at just 21 weeks old. They are terrified as they are hung by their feet to have their throats cut.
They are then dipped in scalding water to remove all of their feathers and down. Some of the time they are still alive when this happens.
This is the story of your Christmas dinner.
Please think about their lives and please celebrate #Christmas with life and not the death of an innocent creature.
Veganism recognises that all creatures are sentient & that every living creature has the right to live their life free from exploitation, persecution & suffering.
I am full of tears today as during the storm last night a pine martin ended the lives of 4 of my old rescued chickens. They were all 8-10 years old & semi wild. There is one very scared hen left & I must catch her today & keep her safe tonight 😢
I feel heartbroken because they have blessed my life for a while. I let them become wild & free.
I love all animals & I think of the chickens that are tortured every day as I lay mine under a tree in their final resting place.
For those of you who really know me you will know that today my heart hurts more than it did yesterday & all the other days gone before.
This is why I am here. This is why my whole life is about trying to end suffering.