Rescue & Adoptions

In Loving Memory

Buffy

Buffy joined the Farm Sanctuary family in September of 2000, when tornadoes devastated the Buckeye Egg Farm in Ohio where she was kept her entire life in a battery cage. Twelve factory farm buildings at the egg farm were hit, leaving her and over one million hens trapped in wire cages stacked two to four tiers high without food, water or shelter. It was called a "natural disaster" - but there was nothing "natural" about the immense animal suffering that occurred. Countless chickens died, bulldozed into dumpsters by the "cleanup" crew hired to dispose of live animals.

Buffy and 1,500 other hens were among the survivors brought to Farm Sanctuary's New York Shelter. Happily, Buffy enjoyed the life that every chicken deserves - stretching her wings, scratching in the dirt and nesting in soft straw beds. She spent many days with her chicken pals exploring the farm and digging nice holes to lie in the dirt. At the holidays, she enjoyed her favorite treat -
sunflower seeds. She was a friendly girl, always welcoming
the staff and volunteers with a warm "clucking" greeting.

She taught every Farm Sanctuary visitor about the life of a battery cage chicken on a factory farm -a life that she thankfully escaped. She lived a happy life at our shelter for almost two years, touching those around her with her curious nature and dynamic personality, and reminding everyone of all that a chicken can be. Like all hens rescued from a factory farm, her life was short due to the physical conditions of the battery cage, malnourishment, forced-molting, and intense egg-laying production.

In July of 2002, she passed peacefully with her caregivers by her side. She, and all the Buckeye hens who perished, will always be remembered.