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"  More than 1,000 Northern California-based egg-laying chickens are flying the coop \u2014 literally. According to the Sacramento Bee, Grass Valley&amp;#039;s Animal Place, a non-profit sanctuary for farm animals, found homes all the way across the country for 1,200 chickens that are all set to retire. They convinced animal sanctuaries across the East Coast to house the old birds that would have otherwise been killed. The chickens will now be able to roam freely and enjoy the post-working life. An anonymous donor paid for the $50,000 charter flight, which has been dubbed &amp;quot;Operation Chicken Airlift.&amp;quot; Find more great food content on Delish:   Search for the perfect recipe from our homepage Find out the latest food news Get a recipe book to save your favorite dishes Sign up for our free newsletters Check us out on Facebook, Pinterest, and Twitter  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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