Charlie was such a friendly little lad. Neutering him didn’t seem to calm down his energy levels – you couldn’t pass him by without him demanding some fuss.  We will miss him loads but we are pleased that he found a happy home with Sparkles a female bunny.  The gorgeous little pair went to live with one of our wonderful vet nurses.  The news is that Charlie has become Hector – he looks like a ‘Hector’ too!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On 19 December we rescued an African Grey Parrot who was sitting in a tree in Selston. The Parrot would not have survived long without food and in the cold.

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Today we have rescued 17 budgies from an animal hoarder who bred them out of control.

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This weekend we took on 150 rescued ex-battery chickens, so we are now looking for loving homes for these hens. Whether you can take 2 or 20, a novice or an expert in hen keeping we’d love to hear from you.

We can offer advice on hen housing, feed, health issues and everything chicken related.  Chicken keeping is becoming increasingly popular and we have so many lovely E-mails from people who have taken on some of our rescue hens.  Why not consider giving a hen a happy retirement?

Battery hens live an awful, short and squalid life, when they come to us they have none of their natural behaviours, but with time the hens slowly recover. Each year 10′s off millions of hens are killed at only 14 months old so that the egg industry can maximise egg production.

We save as many as we can and find them loving new homes where they will be given a new lease of life and cared for, for the rest of their natural life.

When Henny came in with 150 other rescue hens, we quickly saw that she was having trouble walking and scratching around. Poor girl must have been in so much pain as she had a broken femur. With the aid of an old towel, a dog harness, some old garden canes and pain killers we managed to splint her up and suspend her so she wouldn’t put pressure on the broken leg. This distressed her immensely so we had to rethink things a lot. When the bone began to knit together we would bandage her at night and let her stand during the day. Mike and Sue from down the road suggested Symphytum homeopathic remedy – well we’ll try anything when venturing into the unknown. Through all the perseverence we are so pleased with Hennys recovery. She has been outside sunbathing all week and when I turned my back to talk to some rabbit adopters she trotted off up the drive. Yesterday she laid her first egg and when I opened her pen this morning she flapped her wings and perched on the nearest thing she could find. Little show off.

When we heard about some baby goats that were surplus to requirements then we had to give them a home. They are all males and we are looking for homes for them. We have had them castrated and they are still being bottle fed at the moment. They are still only 3 weeks old but already have many admirers and people willing to help with the 4 daily feeds. We have 5 Saanens and 1 Toggenburg. They are very excitable and love clambering on people and wheelbarrows. They really are full of character.