The poultry farm at Werribee is the largest in the Southern hemisphere.
Over 100,000 chickens produce millions of eggs annually. There is also a thriving trade in day-old chicks. Made by the National Film Board 1950. Directed by Jack S Allan.
The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia acknowledges Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live and gives respect to their Elders both past and present.