Hi everyone! Please read and share this. A few days ago one of my rescued hens had surgery to save her life as she was laying soft shelled eggs and I would appreciate any support anyone can give for her vet bill. Her and her friends who I care for are red star chickens, which is one of the breeds used in commercial egg farming. This breed lays an egg a day until it kills them, usually at around 2-3 years old if they’re lucky to live that long (and in farms they’re killed before then). Their farm burned down and while nearly 300,000 birds died, they and others escaped. They live a safe and happy life now, like they should.
Soft shelled eggs can kill them as egg yolk stays until the body and causes infections, but she got a spay surgery to fix that. She will never lay eggs again and should now live the next 8 years she should be allowed to live, but her surgery was extremely expensive. It was $1665 to spay her and get a biopsy for nodules found on one of her oviducts, and I have 9 other hens who will one day soon need this same surgery. I was able to pay for hers but it severely depleted my bank account and I don’t currently have a job as I do not have a car and am a full time college student. If anyone could donate anything, $5 or even $1 adds up and would help so much if anyone is able to donate to her vet bills so I can continue to care for her and her friends, and maybe afford the future surgeries that will have to happen a tiny bit easier. If you can’t donate, please share. If anyone has questions or wants to see the bill as proof I can share that, I just didn’t want to make this too long.
I have a PayPal if people prefer that too
Please share, thank you all for any support! I’m at college while my mom cares for her, but please enjoy this picture of her before her surgery. She was worth every penny and I love her so much.