Behind the scenes

Jun 17

Ginger's retirement

Ginger is 11 years old. She is blind from one eye due to cataract, but otherwise she is healthy and has been maintaining her place in the...

May 15

clipped wings

I was in the garden when I heard a big flap behind me. By the time I turned my head, Sophie was on top of the 4' fence. She didn't lose a...

Dec 20, 2019

bye walle

How is my heart still functioning? It's been broken so many time this year. We let Walle go yesterday. She had been sick for the last 2 w...

Sep 30, 2019

skye

Skye, a mama dog rescued from a dog meat farm in South Korea, joined our sanctuary today. To meet her and follow her journey, check her ...

Sep 2, 2019

it takes a village to rescue a chicken

It started yesterday morning while I was browsing my emails at the breakfast table. A friend forwarded me a facebook post from a lost and...

Jun 18, 2019

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...

Jun 14, 2019

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...

Apr 12, 2019

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...

Apr 12, 2019

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 ...

Feb 22, 2019

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...

Feb 17, 2019

sophie and the glove (video)

Lately I have been finding my gloves all over the yard. I found the culprit :)

Feb 12, 2019

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...

Feb 5, 2019

dinner time (video)

Dinner time with Sophie and Lucie. Turn on the volume to hear the excitement and slurps!

Jan 31, 2019

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...

Jan 30, 2019

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...

Jan 7, 2019

treat time (video)

Healthy treats: lettuce in a hollow ball to make it last longer.

Mar 19, 2018

there is a chicken in my plate (video)

Having lunch with the girls...

Mar 5, 2018

email (video)

Writing an email with Luna...

Oct 2, 2017

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...

May 6, 2017

curry

Curry is the latest hen who won my heart. She is a 3.5y old red sex link who was rescued by Animal Place last month. She came to the resc...

Mar 25, 2017

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...

Jan 18, 2017

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...

Oct 27, 2016

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...

Jul 3, 2016

clorofil

That's it! I am creating a non-profit! Its name is Clorofil. It focuses on pet chickens. Its goal is to educate people about chicken care...

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