Meet the Animals

Meet the Chickens

The average lifespan for wild chickens is fifteen years. Chickens raised for egg production are slaughtered at an average age of five years. Chickens raised for meat, referred to a “boilers” by the industry, are killed just 42 days after hatching, as they have been selectively bred and genetically altered to reach slaughter weight quickly.

Chickens are capable of complex thought. They enjoy dust bathing and become frustrated if they are prevented from doing so, such as in the close confinement of factory-farmed birds.

Abraham

Abraham was rejected as a young peep because he showed signs of being a rooster.

Akachan

Akachan was a newly hatched peep when she was brought to the sanctuary. For several months, she lived in indoors. She still loves to be cuddled and comes in the house to clean up crumbs.

Alan

Alan was rejected as a young peep when he showed signs of being a rooster.

Audrey

Audrey was being shot at by a man who was holding a bee-bee gun in one hand and his baby in the other hand.

Aurora

Aurora was abandoned in the driveway of the sanctuary.

Avipur

Avipur was as a newly-hatched chick lying on the side of the road nearly dead. A school boy brought her home to his mother, who in turn brought her the Sanctuary.

Billy

Billy was kept tethered by the ankle 24 hours a day at a cockfighting farm. A concerned citizen freed Billy early one morning before sunrise and brought him to the Sanctuary.

Brian

Brian was dumped near the heliport.

Buddy

Buddy was permanently crippled after a neighbor at Makena Landing intentionally ran over him and then hired an exterminator to kill all the remaining chickens in the area.