Starting on Monday, April 12th and ending 13th, 2020, a widespread tornado outbreak affected the Southeastern part of the United States. A tornado demolished several factory chicken farms in Murray READ ON
Chicken Rescues
U.S. Chicken Farms Burying Alive Thousands of Birds; Rescuer Arrested
For the Birds: a Book that Challenges Society’s Attitudes about Chickens and Empowers the Animal Rights Movement
I first learned about Karen Davis and United Poultry Concerns in 2009 when exploring ways to better understand and care for my first family of adopted chickens. I was immediately READ ON
What’s the Point of Keeping a Hen Who Cannot Lay Eggs?
A few years ago, I adopted a hen about whom I knew very little except that a farmer did not want her anymore because she had stopped laying eggs. The READ ON
A Female Chicken Befriends a Male Pitbull
Lucinda, our latest rescue found last month on the brink of starvation, has been rehabilitating at the home of one of our rescue heroines, Melissa Summer Pena. Lucinda’s getting stronger READ ON
Eliminating the Suffering of Chickens Bred for Meat
“The misery of egg-laying birds has been well-documented, but what about the life of chickens bred for eating?” Andrew Purvis, “Pecking Order,” The Guardian, Sept. 23, 2006. Chickens are the largest READ ON
Sweet Pea: The Life of an Egg Laying Chicken
Some of you may recall that our wonderful hen Sweet Pea needed to have exploratory surgery in March to determine the cause of a large and growing mass in her READ ON
How the Intelligent Hen Study Fails Chickens
There’s a lot of buzz in the animal protection movement about a new chicken intelligence study that, once again, maintains that chickens are even more intelligent than we once thought. READ ON
A Tribute to Edith the Chicken Who Survived the Trash
In her short life, Edith experienced the kindest and cruelest of humanity. She clearly judged people she encountered as individuals, trusting and bonding with us as her new caregivers immediately, READ ON
Lucinda, Latest Chicken Rescue Needs Urgent Medical Attention
Our heroine, Melissa Summer Pena, rescued Lucinda today from Chicago Animal Control and Care (a kill shelter), describing her as the sickest looking bird she’s seen. In addition to being READ ON
Chicken Playdate: Edith Plays with Doris’s Tail Feathers
As Edith explores her new world, her behavior resembles that of a toddler playing with everything in sight. Today she’s taken a particular interest in playing with Doris’ tail feathers, READ ON
Michael Pollan Talks Trash about Chickens Just Like Big Ag He Denounces
“Their brains have been bred right out of them, they’re really nasty and stupid.” That’s what Michael Pollan had to say in a recent interview in Smithsonian about chickens like READ ON
Edith’s First Stairs: The Chicken Who Can Climb!
I continually marvel at how chickens observe and sometimes follow what we do. On her third day with me, Edith the Cornish Rock chicken hen who was recently salvaged from READ ON
Edith: Latest Rescued Chicken, Found in a Plastic Bag on a Busy Street
I got a call from a Facebook friend that a chicken had been found in a plastic bag on the street near another Chicago poultry market — still alive, as READ ON
My Visit to a Local Live Poultry Market
This short, non graphic video documents my visit to a live poultry market in Chicago. I posed as someone interested in having a business like theirs and asked if I READ ON
Sanctuary Life Reveals Who Chickens Really Are
I had an unexpected visit from a new neighbor and her two children who were really interested in meeting the Free from Harm chickens. The mother, Joanna, had taken her READ ON
Beyond Eggs: Why I Keep Backyard Chickens
People often ask me why I have chickens. “Is it for the eggs?,” they ask. Now of course, what this question implies is that there is no other value to READ ON
Did You Know that Chickens Purr When They’re Content?
Among the many fascinating discoveries I’ve made in the process of raising a flock of adopted hens is the lovely and soothing sound of a chicken purr. Yes, you heard READ ON
The Story of an Egg Documentary is Without a Yolk
The Story of an Egg is a short documentary that claims “we need a lexicon of sustainability.” Has a nice ring to it, right? By using factory farming as a READ ON
Angelica: The Thanksgiving Day Hen
This short video chronicles the life of Angelica, a sweet little hen rescued on Thanksgiving Day. Free from Harm director Robert Grillo explains the rescue. the care Angelica received and READ ON
Egg Facts: What the Industry Doesn’t Want You to Know
Seeing backyard hens frolicking in the grass looks wonderful on the surface. Yet, beyond the surface lies the source of virtually all commercially raised chickens today: the industrial scale hatcheries READ ON
