Donnybrook farmer Belinda O'Brien lost about 200 chickens when a bushfire hit her property, now she needs help to give her injured chickens some tender loving care.
Belinda O'Brien is caring for dozens of chickens while putting out spotfires and repairing her farm.abc.net.au/news/wa-egg-farmer-rehome-chickens-injured-in-donnybrook-bushfire/101869576An egg farmer in southern Western Australia is appealing for carers after dozens of chickens were burned in a devastating bushfire.
Belinda O'Brien's farm was hit — and her partner Steve badly burned — when a bushfire in Glen Mervyn, south of Perth, jumped containment lines on Saturday, razing 6,000 hectares and destroying a home. Firefighters saved most of the 1,000 free-range chickens on the regenerative farm, but around 200 were killed and the injured survivors need tender loving care — and new homes.The fire, which was sparked by lightning on January 10, was contained on Saturday morning, so Ms O'Brien left her free-range egg farm for a few hours."I was driving, not knowing what the hell I was driving into, other than a great big bloody inferno ... it was terrifying.
Ms O'Brien, who is still putting out spot fires while trying to repair her farm, says at least 40 of her injured chooks need more care than she can give, and is trying to rehome them.Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume.
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