From battery hen to celebrity hen – here’s the heart-warming story of Little Miss Sunshine.
Five of Australia’s most loved comedians have kindly united for our new TV ad to help spread the message that keeping hens in battery cages just ‘ain’t no way to treat a lady’. But we know they’d all agree that the breakout star of this campaign is a delightful brown hen named Little Miss Sunshine!
Life wasn’t always so glamorous for this lovely lady. Born only to produce cheap eggs, she spent the first 18 months of her life confined day in day out to a small wire cage, unable to even stretch her wings. The first time she saw the sky was supposed to be the last day of life – on the way to the slaughterhouse. But this was not to be her fate, thanks to one act of kindness and the extraordinary rescue efforts of the team at Edgar’s Mission.
Since then, Little Miss Sunshine’s life has blossomed. She now has the freedom to explore the world and do things that bring her joy. She is safe and protected, and she has become an ambassador for other hens, helping to show thousands of people through her training and skills that chickens are anything but ‘bird-brained’.
We sat down with her human friend, Paula from Edgar’s Mission, to find out more about this amazing animal.