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Behind the scenes

So much is happening at our micro-sanctuary that we wanted to share some of what's going on behind the scenes.

This blog will be fun, sad, or chaotic at times. Just unvarnished stories of our daily life.

turkey fights

Ginger's retirement

clipped wings

bye walle

skye

it takes a village to rescue a chicken

happy mom

Lucie is back home! As soon as we brought her crate in the yard, she started greeting Sophie, and Sophie excitedly chirped back. It was a...

bad mom

4am. I can’t sleep anymore. I am a worried mom. One of my babies is in the hospital, and she may never come back home. It started about 3...

walle and her bodyguards

So Walle thinks she is a turkey. After asserting herself to the turkeys at dinner time, she is now hanging out with them. They are foragi...

some days are better than others

and today wasn’t a good one. It’s started with a trip to the vet to say goodbye to Sage. It’s the 3rd chicken we are losing in less that ...

walle takes on the turkeys

Walle is standing with both her feet in the turkeys’ dinner. She flaps her wings and chases them away. Sophie and Lucie run toward me wit...

sophie and the glove (video)

how many is too many?

I just tucked my 13 hens and 2 turkeys into their respective coops (4 to be precise!). How did I end up with so many birds in my micro-sa...

dinner time (video)

how I almost killed my turkey

Saturday - Friends come over to meet our new turkeys. They bring healthy greens (kale, chards, collards, fennel...) as welcome gifts, and...

dinner time

4pm: Time to feed the turkeys. I prepare 2 separate bowls of food. Sophie needs special meds in hers. I walked to the turkey yard with th...

treat time (video)

there is a chicken in my plate (video)

email (video)

tarra

Tarra had 10 lives. One more than cats! She first got rescued from a battery cage farm. She survived a hawk attack. And then fought brave...

curry

fennel

Fennel was born in a commercial hatchery. She never met her mom. Her brothers were killed couple days after hatching. And her beak was cu...

fostering

Yesterday my 3 foster chickens went to their forever home. I should be happy for them. They went to a nice family. But I am feeling quite...

chickens everywhere

Chickens have taken over my life! Since meeting Charlie in May (read her story here), I have created two pet chicken care classes. "Befor...