The Tornado Hens
In May 2020, a large tornado swept through Georgia wrecking everything in its path, including a large egg farm. After the tornado cleared, activists were stunned to find thousands of hen survivors still alive in the wreckage. If these hens had been left behind, they would have been bulldozed and killed as the barns were leveled to the ground. But thankfully these activists worked tirelessly to rescue many of them, and five hens made it safely to Woodstock Sanctuary.
The Tornado hens, right after rescue. In route to safety.
Sage, a Tornado hen, thriving in Sanctuary.
Upon arriving, each girl had bumble foot and some parasites. Our caregiving team worked quickly and kindly to make sure they were in the best of health they could be – after living a life forced to lay eggs, then being exposed to the elements of a tornado, these girls had been through so much.