Three Pillars, One Mission
We publish, we advocate, and we build toward a future where every chicken has a safe home.
Publish
Breed profiles, care guides, and welfare research that change how the world sees the most underrated animal on earth.
Advocate
Challenging restrictive ordinances, reforming HOA bans, and raising welfare standards everywhere chickens live.
Build
Chicken Island — a planned sanctuary where every rescued chicken receives a name, a home, and proper care.
Start Here
Our Story
Who Bob is, why we exist, and the mission that drives everything we publish.
Read moreBreed Compendium
A searchable reference of 55 chicken breeds from around the world.
Browse breedsThe Blog
Chicken facts, advocacy updates, and dispatches from the coop.
Read the blogBob is a chicken who believes every chicken matters. He is not the biggest, the loudest, or the one with the fanciest feathers — but he is the one who decided to do something about it.
For too long, chickens have been the punchline, the afterthought, the "why did they cross the road" animal. Bob the Chicken Global exists to change that — through publishing, advocacy, education, and the long-term goal of a real sanctuary.
Our vision is straightforward but ambitious: a world where every chicken has a safe home, good food, and someone who cares. Not just the heritage breeds. Not just the best layers. Every single chicken.
What We Stand For
Publishing
Breed profiles, care guides, and welfare reports that make people care about chickens.
Advocacy
Backyard chicken rights, HOA reform, and stronger welfare standards everywhere.
Education
Teaching that chickens are intelligent, social, emotional animals deserving respect.
Sanctuary
Building toward Chicken Island, where every rescued chicken gets a name.
Get to Know Us
Leadership
Meet the team guiding the mission.
View leadershipStaff Reviews
What our people say about working here.
Read reviewsOur Office
A look inside where the work happens.
See photosThe Bob Promise
We will not stop working until every chicken is safe, every community welcomes backyard flocks, and Chicken Island is a real place with a real address. No Chicken Left Behind.
Alex Long
Founder and CEO of Bob the Chicken Global. Sets the vision and leads the organization's publishing, advocacy, and sanctuary initiatives.
Bob
The chicken who started it all. Bob leads on welfare advocacy and remains the heart and voice of the movement.
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The most mission-driven place I've ever worked. Every day genuinely matters, and the team actually cares about the cause.
Supportive leadership, real impact, and a workplace that takes its values seriously. I'd recommend it to anyone who loves what we do.
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Chicken Island isn't just a dream — it's a plan. Somewhere out there is the right piece of land: rolling pasture, old-growth trees for shade, a water source, and enough room for every rescued chicken to have their own territory.
Every chicken on Chicken Island will have a name — not a number, not a tag. The island will offer everything a chicken could want: generous dust baths, quality feed, predator-proof coops with heated winter roosts, and a visitor center where people can meet the chickens and learn their stories.
What We're Building
The Land
10+ acres of open pasture with trees, shade, and a water source.
The Coops
Custom-built, predator-proof, heated in winter, ventilated in summer.
The Clinic
On-site veterinary care and regular checkups for every resident.
The Learning Center
School field trips, community workshops, and a library of poultry knowledge.
The Stories
Every rescue gets a profile: name, personality, and history.
The Network
One island first, then a wider network of sanctuaries.
Progress Toward the Dream
Every journey starts with a single step.
Millions of chickens across America lack the protections they deserve — and millions of families who want backyard chickens are told they can't have them. No Chicken Left Behind is the advocacy arm of Bob the Chicken Global, working to change that.
The Landscape
of U.S. municipalities restrict backyard chickens — many with outright bans.
American households want backyard chickens but are blocked by local ordinances or HOA rules.
cities have updated their chicken ordinances in the last decade — proof that advocacy works.
eggs per month from just three backyard hens — fresh, local, and humane.
What We're Fighting For
HOA Reform
Homeowners associations shouldn't be able to ban small backyard flocks. We push for model ordinances allowing 3–6 hens in residential areas.
Welfare Standards
Space to spread their wings, outdoor access, clean water, proper nutrition, and veterinary care — the baseline every chicken deserves.
Education Over Fear
Most bans rest on myths. Education is the antidote to bad policy.
Rescue Networks
Connecting sanctuaries, foster homes, and adopters so no surrendered chicken is left without a place to go.
How You Can Help
Share
Tell people about our work. Share our posts. Start the conversation about chicken welfare.
Learn
Read the compendium and understand what chickens actually need. Knowledge drives change.
Advocate
Check your local ordinance. If it's restrictive, attend a council meeting and speak up.
Fund Chicken Island
Your support funds welfare research, advocacy campaigns, and the land, coops, and care that will make the sanctuary real.
- Name listed on our supporters wall
- Welcome note from Bob
- Monthly email updates
- Everything in Friend
- Sponsor a rescued chicken
- Quarterly impact report
- BTCG sticker pack
- Everything in Guardian
- Founding name on Chicken Island
- Annual sanctuary visit invitation
- Direct line to the team
Get in Touch
Questions, partnerships, press, or just want to say hello? Send us a note.
Stay in the Loop
Get chicken facts, advocacy wins, and Chicken Island progress in your inbox.
Other ways to help
Share our work on social media, read and discuss the blog, and check your local backyard-chicken ordinance. Advocacy starts close to home.
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