Chicken Giovanni

Melina | Chicken

Melina is one of the young laying hens that have been put out to pasture. Every year, we take in young hens whose laying performance is declining. It is important to consider in good time what should happen to laying hens at the end of their laying period. Killing and disposing of them via the…

Ginja | Chicken

Ginja was turned out because she had served her time as a laying hen. Laying hens are turned out when they are just under one and a half years old, which means that they are slaughtered or, if they are lucky, can continue their lives elsewhere - even if they don't perform. Consumers decide on…

Dynamo | Chicken

We know from years of experience that people often work visually. So we started a chicken project and organized chicks of the same age from different chicken breeds. This allowed our visitors to Gut Aiderbichl Henndorf to see how the different breeds develop - especially the difference between a broiler chicken, which will be ready…

Buffy | Chicken

Buffy is one of 22 chickens that we were able to take in. An animal lover lived with ponies and chickens on a farm that she now has to leave. She asked us to take in her charges. We tried to find space and were able to take in all 22 of her chickens. The…

Konstantin | Chicken

Konstantin is a broiler chicken - In chicken fattening, a distinction is made between conventional floor, free-range and organic farming. In conventional farming, broilers are kept in barns. Austria is the leader in terms of space, as Austrian chickens have up to 40 percent more space than the European average. In free-range systems, the animals…

Wolfgang | Chicken

A family in Carinthia built a new family farm. The father, Wolfgang, was given a rooster for his birthday: Wolfgang. He came from a large poultry farm and was now to be the cock of the walk for the chickens on the small farm. Everything went well at first, but unfortunately Wolfgang became increasingly aggressive…

Greta | Chicken

An animal-loving lady rescued the hens Charlotte, Heidi, Greta, Isolde and Olga from slaughter after the farm they came from decided to avoid the expensive vaccination. They were brought to Gut Aiderbichl in Iffeldorf, where they can now roam happily and freely around the farm, having left their former existence in the barn behind them.

Amalie | Chicken

Amalie was turned out because she had served her time as a laying hen. Laying hens are turned out when they are just under one and a half years old, which means that they are slaughtered or, if they are lucky, can continue their lives elsewhere - even if they don't perform. Consumers decide on…

Zera | Chicken

Hen Zera and 24 other laying hens came to Gut Aiderbichl Deggendorf at the age of one. They were no longer laying and should have been slaughtered. The consumer determines the life and death of the animals without being aware of it.

Henrietta | Chicken

Henrietta was turned out because she had served her time as a laying hen. Laying hens are turned out when they are just under one and a half years old, which means that they are slaughtered or, if they are lucky, can continue their lives elsewhere - even if they don't perform. Consumers decide on…

Sibylle | Chicken

Chicken Sibylle was also allowed to travel to Gut Aiderbichl as part of a spontaneous rescue operation. The trusting hen, who loves to cuddle with people and really enjoys attention, had a broken leg that we wanted to look after. The owner readily agreed and was delighted to know that Sibylle was now in the…

Klara | Chicken

Klara is one of the young laying hens that have been put out to pasture. Every year we take in young hens whose laying performance is declining. It is important to consider in good time what should happen to laying hens at the end of their laying period. Killing and disposing of them via the…