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🐔 Barker’s Feathered Friends Sanctuary Adoption Process

We’re excited you're interested in adopting one of our rescued feathered friends! To ensure a safe and loving forever home, please follow our adoption steps below:


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Step 1: Complete the Adoption Application

Fill out our [Adoption Application Form] with details about your home, experience, and how you plan to care for the poultry.


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Step 2: Application Review

We will review your application within 3–5 business days. We may contact you for additional information or to schedule a short phone or video call.


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Step 3: Background & Home Check

We may perform a basic background check and request photos of your setup or conduct a brief home visit to ensure it’s safe and predator-proof.


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Step 4: Meet & Greet (Optional)

If approved, we may invite you to meet the birds in person (or virtually) to find the best match for your home.


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Step 5: Adoption Fee & Agreement

Once matched, you’ll sign an adoption agreement and pay a small adoption fee to help cover vetting and care.


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Step 6: Bring Them Home!

You’ll schedule a time to pick up your new feathered friend(s) or arrange transport. We provide transition tips to help your new pets settle in.


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Step 7: Stay in Touch

We love updates! Adopters are welcome to share photos and progress. We’re here if you ever need help or advice.


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Note: We do not adopt out birds for meat, breeding, or fighting. All adopted animals must be kept as pets or companions only.

Barker’s Feathered Friends Sanctuary began with a single, unexpected rescue. One abandoned rooster, left to fend for himself, changed everything. Cold, scared, and hungry—he was tossed aside like trash. But when he looked up with those pleading eyes, we couldn’t walk away.

That one act of kindness turned into a calling.

More birds came. Dumped ducks in parks, hens abandoned after they stopped laying, roosters no one wanted because they couldn’t lay at all. We saw their worth when no one else did. We gave them names, not numbers. Love, not labels. A second chance, not a sentence.

What started in a backyard became a sanctuary—built on compassion, run by family, and supported by people who believe every life matters. We opened our hearts and our home to birds that had nowhere else to go. Some came broken, scared, or sick. Others arrived curious and full of hope. All left their mark on our hearts.

Each bird here has a story. A reason they came. A reason they stayed. And now, a reason they thrive.

Barker’s Feathered Friends Sanctuary is not just a safe place for birds—it’s a place of healing, for them and for us. It’s a reminder that even the smallest creatures deserve love, dignity, and a place to call home.

This is more than a sanctuary. It’s a promise that no feathered friend will ever be forgotten again.