Secondhand Stories' mission is to inspire compassion for chickens through rescue, advocacy, and education. This upcoming year, we have 15 big goals. We're dreaming bigger than we ever have before, but it's a dream we know we can make a reality with your support. Read on to learn more about what we have planned and what it will take to get there: Animal Care & Infrastructure Recruit & Train Caretakers:  Successfully recruit and fully train 2-3 new animal caretakers (via Canad

2025 marked the fifth anniversary of Secondhand Stories, and we still get the question "Why Chickens?" all the time . Over the years, our response has grown and changed. (See our full answer to why chickens here !) As we accept more rescues, learn new treatment options, and discover new personality traits, we come to understand the unique place our society has imposed on chickens. While many people see them as commodities, we see them as companions, and in 2025, we continued

Every year, billions of animals are killed for food. For most people, grasping what this means is incomprehensible, and the numbers become abstract. Farm sanctuaries play a crucial role in helping people connect with the individuals who have survived exploitation. Each of our twenty rescued chickens is a tangible reminder of the personalities hidden within the abstract statistics of animal agriculture.  While it’s true that sanctuaries may not appear to “maximize lives saved

Rehoming a Chicken Secondhand Stories is at our capacity for compassionate care, and not able to accept any more rescues at this time. However, we would like to help how we can, so we have compiled this list of tips for rehoming chicken(s). Most requests we get are to accept surrendered roosters If a bylaw is preventing you from keeping your rooster please check out this link on how you can advocate to keep your chickens. If you have behaviour concerns, read this article on

Reproductive illness is the leading cause of death in egg-laying hens. The single best medical therapy option for mitigating this risk is by having a hen implanted, which decreases reproductive productivity in chickens, giving their bodies a much-needed break. A hormonal implant is inserted under the skin, slowly releasing the drug Deslorelin  (brand name Suprelorin ) which controls the secretion of other hormones involved in egg production, temporarily stopping the laying of