We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, located in eastern North Carolina, providing permanent sanctuary to abandoned chickens or poultry in need of a home for some other reason. 

We offer information on chicken care to individuals and strive to educate the public about the effects of factory farming on the animals, the environment, and human health.

We began, unofficially, in 1996 when the founder discovered a chicken on the highway in front of a large slaughterhouse.  Lucky Pearl was our first experience with the sad plight of commercial broiler chickens.  He was with us less than six months when he died of heart failure.

Since that time, we have taken chickens from abuse cases, cockfighting raids, overturned transport trucks, illness or death of owner, laboratories, and abandonment in both the commercial broiler and egg industries.

We are extremely grateful to our friends and supporters, including our veterinarian, Dr. Christy Barndt, of Chocowinity Veterinary Hospital.