Melbourne Chicken Rescue

25/03/2025

This pretty stray chicken has turned up at the ARH Essendon vet and needs a home. Not sure if boy or girl though. Thinking rooster at this stage. If if you can take them in please call the vet clinic to to arrange pick up. Thxs.

17/03/2025

Cherry Bomb, Astro Girl and Ripley spent a lovely day in the sun today, after Ripley came out from hiding in the bushes. They also had a visit from a sweet little friend who seems to be looking for meeces who live down the back yard!! 🐁🐁🐱🐓

25/02/2025

On Sunday we said goodbye to our dear sweet Tilly Tot. Tilly was about 6 and came to us in 2019 with her sister Tilda, they had been rescued from a free range farm. Tilda had a broken leg and Tilly had a twisted, tilted neck. Tilly had recently been diagnosed with raised liver enzymes and was responding well to medication. She had good days and bad days. Then her last 3 days she went down hill very quickly. All she wanted to do was drink copious amounts of water and sit. She had sour crop and wasn't happy. I emptied her crop twice and it filled right back up.
Tilly was our bossy little wonky girl who was loved by everyone. Astro, Cherry Bomb and Ripley miss her and are bewildered at why she isn't chasing them away from the feed jars. Thank you so much to Dr Gloria from for coming out on a Sunday to help our girl pass peacefully and with dignity. We all miss our Totty girl. 🌈💔💜😔🥰❤️

17/02/2025

EDIT: THE GIRLS HAVE NOW BEEN REHOMED.

Due to a change in circumstances, Kate at Taylors Hill needs to rehome her 3 hens. If you are interested please PM the page for her contact details.

15/02/2025

Thank you everyone. Dora has now been rehomed.

Sweet Dora needs a safe new home with some accepting hen friends. Susan, located at Hoddles Creek, adopted her in January, but her current flock of 7 isa browns will not accept her and even with supervised socialisation, they are still attacking her quite viciously, causing injury, so she's currently separated and on her own. Hens need friends!
If you can offer Dora a lovely safe new home, please send a PM and we'll get you in contact with Susan.

12/02/2025

This likely lad (they are pretty sure they're a rooster, not a hen and I agree) was found as a stray at Glenroy and is currently at the Animal Referral Hospital at Essendon Fields.
If you are in a position to offer him a safe and loving home, please contact them on 93790700 for more info. Thank you.

27/01/2025

This is Groot. He's currently at Gembrook and needs a new safe and loving home as he's become too big for the hens in his flock. If you are interested, send a PM and I'll give you Lynn's contact number.

27/01/2025

This little girl was found wandering over at Ceres in Brunswick last Sunday ( not one of the Ceres hens) and has been staying with Merinda for the week. She needs to find a safe and loving forever home for her, as she doesn't have room to keep her. She took her to the vet for a check up where she got a clean bill of health, other than the awful feather loss and redness, that should clear up when she's in a stable environment with good food. If you are interested in her, please send a PM and we'll get you in contact with Merinda.

23/01/2025

EDIT!!! THE GIRLS HAVE NOW BEEN SPOKEN FOR!!

Trash from Nunawading is helping their grandfather rehome his 5 three year old Isa Browns. They prefer that they all go as a bonded group. If you have a safe and loving home and can take all 5, (please don't ask to split them up) send the page a PM and I'll give you their contact number. (Don't just make a comment here)

21/01/2025

EDIT: The girls have been rehomed.

Peter at Hampton Park wants to rehome his three 1.5 year old hens, Cheeky, Clumsy and Bighead. If you are interested in giving them a safe and loving home, please PM the page (do not just comment here) and I'll give you his contact number.

21/01/2025

A happy ending for these 2 lucky boys. And the rescued grower babies have new boyfriends to fight over!

17/01/2025

All 26 girls from yesterdays rescue out at Rushworth are safe and sound and being cared for now. A happy ending to another sad story of dumping unwanted chickens.

16/01/2025

EDIT: THANK YOU SO MUCH TO EVERYONE FOR RESPONDING. THE CAPTURE AND OVERNIGHT HOUSING HAS NOW BEEN SORTED.

We'll keep you updated as we help find homes for them.

Urgent: is there anyone over Rushworth way, near Shepparton, who can help contain around 30 dumped ex battery hens? We will coordinate their care but need someone local to get them safe before dark. Please message us if you can help

16/01/2025

Can you help with Lefty's Place Farm Sanctuary wish list? Lots of very deserving rescued animals are waiting for for their parcels to arrive!

JANUARY WISH LIST!

I haven't done a wish list since October!

HERE'S SOME ESSENTIAL THINGS I REALLY NEED -

*Contribution towards suprelorin implants. Essential for hens with reproductive problems (ie all of the Isa Browns). $454.99 for a 5 pack (excluding postage)

*Chicken Drinkers - As I have more chickens than ever and more enclosures than ever, I need more of these. https://www.dineachook.com.au/chicken-drinkers-2-4-litre/

*Omelet Eglu Cubes - I'm trying to revamp the sanctuary. Getting rid of old wooden houses that can harbour mites. I'm looking to add three of these for some smaller flocks. They are expensive. If anyone sees any on marketplace or gumtree etc, please let me know. https://www.omlet.com.au/shop/chicken_keeping/eglu-cube-large-chicken-coops-and-runs/

THINGS I WOULD LOVE BUT ARE NOT ESSENTIAL RIGHT NOW -

*Energy Blocks - https://www.petstock.com.au/products/peters-energy-block-for-chickens-with-dried-mealworms-variant-100000005587?queryID=28b16477ad63b2b4a1f87628bef66b3a

Donate here via PayPal - https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=M3GWHD97MERN6

Or via bank deposit -
ACCOUNT NAME: Lefty’s Place Inc
BANK: NAB
BSB: 083-451 ACCOUNT NO: 74-132-0298

Or send anything to -
Lefty’s Place
P.O. Box 392
Romsey VIC
3434

PLEASE WRITE WHAT YOU'D LIKE YOUR DONATION TO GO TO.
Thank you with all my heart! Your help means everything to the animals here and to me, Tamara, the stressed out individual who runs the show.

Pictured - Mrs Mangle

14/01/2025

If anyone is in a position to pick this girl up and give her a safe, loving home, please contact the Latrobe Valley pound.

11/01/2025

A follow up from the last grower shed rescue in Nov, where 12 tiny girls came into our care. 8 of the girls went to live out at Coldstream with Deb and family, on their gorgeous property. Jaxx the doberman is their constant body guard when they're free ranging. They have so many places to explore, they are really enjoying life being chickens. They even 'helped' repair the irrigation system today!!
These girls were destined to a life of hell, being exploited by the egg industry, but they are the lucky ones. Millions of others every year do not get rescued and are subjected to the horrors of the egg industry, being used and abused and then slaughtered when deemed no longer useful. Please stop eating eggs. Be kind to chickens.

05/01/2025

EDIT: DORA HAS NOW BEEN REHOMED.

Cheryl in Gembrook has this sweet 3 to 4 year old hen who is now on her own after losing her friend. If you're interested in giving her a safe and loving home as a companion, please send us a PM and we'll give you Cheryls contact number.

05/01/2025

First time I've been called a nebulous for not agreeing to take someones unwanted roosters who she bred knowing she couldn't keep them if they turned out to be boys. I don't even know what acting like a nebulous means! 🤪

"""Hey I am needing get rid or roosters urgently they are bantems had babies they are 2 months old and biggest one is 10 months old
Let me know if you could get someone pick them up it’s URGENT
Based in Camberwell area"""

MCR: We don't take roosters. We get hundreds of requests from people like you every month. In future think before you hatch eggs. Its so irresponsible of you to hatch them and not be able to keep them because they are boys. Didn't think that through very well did you? And how callous...'get rid of' them. Ugh....

"""😂 what a reply no need to be rude about it but ok 👌 you live and learn

clearly someone is having a bad day, and you want to comment without knowing the whole story that’s ok what I expect from people like you anyway who want to act like a nebulous""""

MCR: Your 'whole story' will be the same as everyone else trying to get rid of unwanted roosters. Demanding and expecting rescue groups to step in and help you like you are doing us a favour. I've been rescuing for 12 years and unfortunately have come across so many like you. But you would be happy for 'someone like me' to take your self imposed "problem" off your hands.

And MCR is now blocked by the delightful Mia.