Ex-battery hen living her best life - going surfing, camping and getting blowdries from nine news australia sydney soaked Watch Video

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✓ Published: 06-May-2024

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An ex-battery hen is living her best life after being rescued - and now goes surfing, on camping trips and loves having her feathers blowdried. <br/><br/>Wendy, an isa brown chicken, moved in with Lauren Williams, 43, and her husband, Matt, 44, a nurse, in February 2022 and has been treated like a princess ever since. <br/><br/>The couple got the hen from a contact who rescues battery hens before they are slaughtered and Wendy arrived with a damaged leg and no tail. <br/><br/>But she is now ruling the roost at Lauren and Matt's home in Perth, Australia - where she hops to the fridge when she fancies being handfed blueberries or grapes. <br/><br/>Wendy lives indoors with the pair and they take her out on day trips - carrying her around in a sling or pushing her in a pram if the weather's hot. <br/><br/>They take Wendy on camping holidays and she's even had a go at surfing when Lauren popped her on a board during a day at the beach. <br/><br/>Lauren, a bookkeeper and pet sitter, said: \