A Peck
of Hope
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Our first rescues · before the charity

Tina & Lucky

Two hens.
One open car door.

Before A Peck of Hope existed, two dumped ISA Brown hens near our Cairns home changed what rescuing an animal meant to us.

Tina foraging in green grass

We found Tina and Lucky up the road behind our place, on the road to Copperlode Dam. Lucky, the smaller one, stayed nearby. Tina was another matter.

After hours of trying to catch her, we opened the car door. She jumped in and hid under the seat.

We opened the car door, and Tina jumped in.
Tina with her head lowered as she forages in the grass
Tina, who made her own decision about getting into the car.
Lucky standing on a red towel, looking towards the camera
Lucky, the smaller of our first two rescue hens.

The hens who started it

We loved those two. Lucky died from reproductive problems a few months later. Tina joined our original flock and moved with us to the Sunshine Coast, where she later also died from reproductive complications.

They were our first rescues, before we started the charity. Their lives and the time we shared with them remain part of why we do this.

Later, caring for our first six ex-battery hens showed us how rewarding rehabilitation could be. Watching them regain feathers, strength and their individual ways helped lead us to establish A Peck of Hope.

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