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KAOLA GOLD
Kaola Gold was rescued with nine other chickens from a cockfighting ring in
Alabama in 2003. She used to perch in our Big House until she independently
joined a smaller group of hens and easygoing rooster Mackenzie. She likes
the serene atmosphere of Mackenzie's house and has stayed there ever since.
Kaola is a very vocal hen who talks to us in the yard. She listens to our
voices and looks us straight in the eye with her own beautiful dark eyes
whenever we stop to converse with her. Kaola and her friend Katerina were
our beautiful Christmas Card hens in 2010.
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Photo by Davida G. Breier
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MISS RHODA RHODY
Photo by Davida G. Breier
In March, 2009 we adopted 13 suffering hens into our sanctuary just as they
were being transferred in crates from Little Rhody Egg Farm in Rhode Island
to Antonelli's poultry market in Providence.
Miss Rhoda Rhody and her friends were in terrible condition after being
crammed into battery cages for 18 months, but with tender loving care,
sunshine, fresh air, space and antibiotics, they began getting better. Of
the original 13 hens, five are still with us, and Miss Rhoda Rhody, who
almost died of her respiratory infection, pulled through at the veterinary
clinic and is now a thriving, happy hen in our sanctuary yard, a favorite
with all of her friends.
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PETUNIA, THE HEN
Photo by Davida G. Breier
Petunia came to us from a laboratory along with Roosevelt in 2009. She
sleeps on a high perch in the Big House at night and enjoys her days in the
yard with her friends, scratching the ground for food and fun, dustbathing,
sunbathing and tripping up the porch steps on her balletic feet for treats.
Petunia is a very active, sociable hen. Her year of living alone in a
laboratory cage is far behind her.
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ROOSEVELT, THE ROOSTER
Photo by Davida G. Breier
Roosevelt is a very happy rooster. We adopted him from a laboratory in
September 2009 and put him in his own predator-proof yard with a nice big
house to be the sole rooster with 25 hens rescued from a cockfighting ring
in Mississippi earlier that year. Roosevelt is a handsome, gentle,
sweet-natured bird whose hens love him. He is thrilled with his own personal
flock of adoring hens and still seems amazed that this good fortune came to
him after his previous life in the laboratory.
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MARILYN THE "COCKFIGHTING" HEN
Photo by Davida G. Breier
Marilyn is one of 56 lucky chickens whom we welcomed into our sanctuary in January 2009. They were rescued from a cockfighting operation in Olive
Branch, Mississippi and trucked in individual boxes to our Virginia sanctuary over a two-day period. On Sunday morning, January 25, the truck pulled
into our yard, and we carefully unloaded 54 hens and two roosters. They were wild with excitement, hunger and thirst as they ate and drank greedily,
and met their new friends. We quickly built have a spacious new enclosure – yard and house – especially for Marilyn and her
“cockfighting” flock mates. They have lived happily together at UPC ever since, our Misses-sippi and Mr-sippi friends.
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BENJAMIN, THE ROOSTER
Benjamin, one of our beloved sanctuary roosters, was left one cold day at the bottom of our front yard, next to the road. We found him alone and shivering in a plastic box with a brick on top. When we introduced him as a new resident to our sanctuary, all of the chickens - including the other roosters! - welcomed Benjamin into their flock. Benjamin has a little group of hens who are his special friends, and he and Rhubarb, our red rooster, share the same perch at night surrounded by the hens who love them. Benjamin has a sweet temperament, and we’re very glad and grateful to have him in our sanctuary.
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