The backyard chicken industry is not an alternative to factory farming: it’s part of it. When you buy chicks online, from catalogs, or at feed stores, you’re supporting the very same types of facilities that supply large egg producers.

Vector was born with a severe cross beak (her beak overlaps like scissors, instead of aligning at the tips). This makes it hard for her to eat solid foods; she just can’t get a grip due to the unnatural angle. Through experience treating similar cases, we felt that Vector could thrive.

It's not often that a natural disaster can be viewed as a lifesaver, but for 17 lucky chickens, a deadly tornado that tore through a Georgia factory farm in September 2020 ultimately spared them from cruel treatment, terrible conditions, and eventual slaughter.

Bella and Vector—two sweet hens born with cross beaks—are #BetterTogether.

Tilly and Nilly—two young Cornish Cross chicks who likely survived the same chicken farm—are just about as similar as their rhyming names.

At Farm Sanctuary’s shelters in New York and California, hundreds of rescued animals have found safety, freedom, and the chance to fully be themselves.

Don’t let factory farms silence voters. Use our quick form to ask your federal legislators to oppose the Save Our Bacon Act!

Here's what it takes to run a haven for over 100 rescued farm animals.

Big Ag is at it again, and farm animals need your help. Hard-won progress and protections like California’s Proposition 12 are under threat.

Wooster rooster was brought into Los Angeles by Airbnb guests, but when they left without him, his future was left uncertain. That’s when a community stepped up to save Wooster.