Today we drove 3 hours to bring our rooster Tweetie to a new home, in CT. This family had emailed us before and assured us that they will build him his own coop and run, and it will be predator proof. He will have 3 hens to look after, and 2 young girls who will dote on him. When we met with...
Tweetie has grown up to be quite the.... young chicken. (Boy or girl, we don't know yet.) I'm thinking that sling we made her when she was young really helped, because she's still alive and very healthy now! The first picture was when we got her, at 2 months old. She is now 7 months old...
I posted a few weeks ago, informing you guys that we were having chicks arrive on the week of May 20th...
They arrived, all 7 of them, safe and sound! We got a call the day before for some breed switch-ups, which was fine by me. I got the breeds we wanted. :) We got a Barred Rock, a...
3 months ago, we received a email from a lady, regarding her special needs 2 month old Welsummer chick. When this chick hatched, the lady noticed something very wrong and different about her. She had a leg that was bent at the knee and stuck out to the right. This lady owned a large farm of...
Hi all... some of you may know me as the ACF rescue, who takes in disabled chickens (blind, unwanted, leg problems, etc). And i do indeed love to rescue the birds, but how will we pay for the medicine and food and supplies if we don't have any egg layers? And I certainly can't depend on my...
I'm starting to go through my many photo albums of pictures (over 6,000 photos) and digging up some cute, old pictures of my animals. So I decided... why not give them captions? Hope you guys enjoy, and if you do, post below and i'll post some more! :D
Does anyone remember who this is?
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2 months ago we adopted a 3 year old male un-neutered chihuahua named Gizmo. Ever since we got him, he has gone the bathroom in the house. Poop, not pee. He won't tell us, he'll just jump down and walk away, no barking, no whining. Just off he goes to go do his buisness in the other...
My dwarf hamster bear (1 1/2 years old) has recently aqquired a abscess on the inside of his cheek overnight! I have researched and everyone says bring to a vet, but we cannot afford a vet right now. Is there anything I can do?
Symtoms:
Breathing heavily
Wheezing
Making clicking noises
Big...
Meet Tessa, a 2 month old TINY Welsummer chick. We don't know is "she" is really a "she", but whatever the result, "she'll" be either staying with us if she's a girl, or going back to her old owner is she's a cockerel. The reason we adopted her was because she has a broken foot that sticks...
For those that remember Gloria, (the barred rock with the stink eye who passed away a few months ago) I do believe she has sent us a angel who will take her place to love on Penny... Clara, a Cuckoo Maran with a limp, has recently come to love and adore Penny... what do you guys think? Is this...
Somehow, word got to a man who has 6 chickens, 2 of which were disabled. He emailed me, saying that one had a limp and another had a crusty eye (which wasn't true, seems he only wanted to be rid of her) and that if I didn't take them he was going to cull them. He told me they were Cucko Marans...
All has been quiet here at ACF, though tomorrow we will be adopting 2 new birds, who both look like Minnie Gloria's. (For those that don't know Gloria, she was a barred rock with a leg problem and a laughable stink eye) They are Cucko Marans, one has a limp (remind you of someone?) and one is...
Opinions on whether to free range or not.... 3 weeks ago, our half-blind hen got killed by a hawk. He's (the hawk) the only predator (right now) in our area, and he's a menace. Once a week, maybe, I see him out there watching the girls from outside their safe pen thats covered in netting. Now...
We lost another chicken today, (thats 2 in one month. So sad.) Abby, our blind golden laced wyandotte, got killed by a hawk. I let the 3 girls out to free range for 5 minutes, and I came out and there he was, ontop of my poor little girl. I feel like it's my fault that she got taken, because...
Its been a long time since I've posted pictures on here. Hope you enjoy! :)
Lucy in the mini-coop and Abby catching some z's
Pretty little lady. She's still my lil baby, though. She still loves to perch on my shoulder and peck at the buttons on my pants and follow me around. :)
That...
For those who know Gloria, my barred rock, who has a major stink eye glare, a stubborn attitude and is a rescued hen with a leg problem.... she recently had become really sick. Sicker than I have ever seen her before (thats saying alot, that girl has had a lot of problems throughout her life.)...
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For those who know Gloria, my barred rock, who has a major stink eye glare, a stubborn attitude and is a rescued hen with a leg problem.... she recently has become really sick. Sicker than I have ever seen her before (thats saying alot, this girl has had a lot of problems throughout her...