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Belinda was one of CrossKennan Lane Animal Sanctuary (CLAS)’s special rescues. Belinda was very unique. She was a cheeky little bird, who possessed a very calm, gentle personality. Belinda was the kind of bird that was always intrigued by her surroundings---always wanting to investigate and explore. She absolutely adored to be in the company of people---and would be perfectly content to sit a person’s lap or perch on their hand, arm or shoulder for hours at a time. Belinda enjoyed to be ‘pet’ by humans, and would even push her head into a person’s hand or chest as a means of communicating that she wanted to be petted. However, funny

Glo, short for Gloria Vanderbilt, is a 10 week-old hen who was nicknamed after her ‘day-glo’’ like appearance. She lives in Atlanta, GA with 13 other chickens in Jesse’s backyard. Jesse loves coming up with unique, fun names for each of her little birds, and often takes her time with naming to make sure that each bird’s name correctly matches their own individual personality. Donna Martin and Kelly Taylor, named after 90210 TV show characters, are the older “Mean Girls” of the flock. Alejandra, a white crested black Polish, was named after Lady Gaga’s hit single, “Alejandro”, due to her dramatic nature. Ruth Bader Ginsberg and Sonia Sotomayor are black

Buffy, short for Mrs. Buffington, is a 2-year old Buff Orpington. She lives with another hen named Tuffy, who often hangout with Einstein, their cat friend. Julie keeps them outside in her fenced in backyard and locks them up every evening in their coop. She absolutely adores her little hens and enjoys watching them forage and play around in the garden daily. Buffy, Tuffy and Einstein One morning in June, when Julie let the girls out of their coop she noticed Buffy was walking a bit funny, and had a lot of feces stuck to her vent feathers. Upon closer inspection, she noticed that Buffy’s abdomen was very swollen (why she

Miss Adzuki is a two-year old Golden Laced Wyandotte. She lives in an urban backyard environment in Oakland, California with five other hens as part of the ‘Bean Team’. The other members of the 'Bean Team' include Lentil, Fava, Jellybean, Kopi (which means coffee in Indonesian), and Cannellini Molasses-face). The flock of sweet hens are kept in a large predator-proofed enclosure outside, within a fenced in backyard. The enclosure contains a chicken coop for them to sleep in at night and to lay eggs in built in nestboxes during the day. Whenever one of their owners, Alex Witte and Zac Diener are home, they let the girls explore the remainder

Titch is an ex-battery hen, who spent the first eighteen months of her life living in a tiny cage at a commercial egg laying factory in the United Kingdom. Titch was rescued from slaughter by the British Hen Welfare Trust (BHWT). Since relocating out of the city and into a 2.5 acre home in rural Norfolk, Nicky Cullum and her son, Peter, decided to participate in the BHWT’s ex-battery rehoming programme. In 2014, they adopted Ginger, Nutmeg and Cinnamon. In July 2015, Nicky decided to rescue a couple more hens through the BHWT, which is how she came to know Titch. Titch when she was first released from the egg