Buckeye Farms is the largest egg-laying facility in the midwest with millions of chickens confined in cramped cages and forced to produce eggs for human consumption. In the summer of 2001, a terrible tornado struck in Ohio and obliterated Buckeye's buildings. The carnage was awful - countless dead and dying hens everywhere. Perhaps the saddest part was the plight of the surviving chickens. Buckeye authorities decided to seal off the collapsed buildings and pump poisonous gas inside to kill the hens that still lived. Animal activists felt that the remaining chickens deserved better after all they'd been through, and demanded access to rescue the hens. Given a very short time frame, the activists liberated approximately 3000 chickens, who went to sanctuaries all across the U.S.

Fifteen of the survivors came to SASHA Farm. Penny and the others scratch in the dirt, peck at their fresh vegetables and grain, and can forget all about the horrible life they experienced at Buckeye Farms.

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