Last night was spent rehydrating hoglets and picking fly eggs and maggots from them, Ugh.
Painstaking but worth it if they all survive. What I actually wanted to be doing was trying a new recipe for cookies, making a spicy quinoa salad and applying a Lush facemask. Sadly a 1am finish, a stale sandwich and none of the above wishlist!! At least all hogs are doing ok today and seem to be eating like little troopers.
A few weeks ago our friends at Brook Farm Animal Sanctuary took in 30 sheep from a gentleman who could no longer care for them. We are helping by taking on 6 ewes, and they have made good friends with our resident ram, Jakey. The ewes are now all wormed, hooves trimmed and wool sheared,…
Spring time is very busy for us with many baby animals and birds coming in. It is very time consuming and hard work not to mention sometimes heartbreaking to hand rear small animals.
Today we have rescued some ex barn hens, at 18 moths old they reach the end of their commercial life and are normally sent fro slaughter to become pet food. If you can give a home to some beautiful girls who deserved a life-long loving home, then please Email photos of your coup and contact details [email protected]…
We have admitted yet another patient injured by fishing line, this time a tawny owl. On admission he was a very sorry state, a very bedraggled lifeless owl. We carefully cut away and entangled the line, ensuring we removed it all without causing him injury. The line was wrapped around his body and a wing,…
This morning we have rescued a further 280 hens that would have otherwise been killed for pet food or cheap pies. We are looking for life-long loving homes. If you can offer a home to two or more hens, please see our website. http://brinsleyanimalrescue.org/chickens/ Chickens make great pets and its especially rewarding know that these…
These two male Saanen goats, Boo and Ryan, came to us a few weeks ago. Saanen originated from Switzerland and are have been bred to produce milk. The females, who produce milk, have to kids each year, and so most of the young are slaughtered, the waste product of the milk industry. These two guys thou are the lucky ones,…
