Happy Herd Farm Sanctuary Visit

This is Scooter. He was rescued from the dairy industry and was very sick as he’d been taken away from his mother at 1 day old so that the milk meant for him could be sold to people. He was very sick because of he didn’t receive his mother’s milk and Diane and Stephen spent the next three months nursing him back to health. (If you’re wondering what my t-shirt says, it reads, “I love animals too much to eat them.”)

Desi enjoying a scratch from my Dad.

I can’t remember who is who, so here we have either Farley, Mowat or Finnegan goats and sheep Casey in the background. When I first met Casey she was very shy but her confidence has grown so much since I last saw her. Lovely to see her settled into her new and loving home.

Beautiful Desi.

This is Percy pig. He lived inside the family home for 13 years but suddenly decided this summer he’d like to try camping out in the barn for the summer months!

Enjoying a cuddle with Sparky! (Desi and Sparky are the same breed of cow and look very similar, but Sparky is smaller and I think this is Sparky.)

Tucker is new to the family and only arrived this week. He seemed to be settling in nicely and was hanging out with the chickens and Percy.

Baby the donkey! I think she wants to take a selfie.

Baby enjoys the company of 2 of the pigs, Lucy and Betty. It was a hot day so they said hello to us for a bit and then went back to the shade.

I was very excited to be this close to one of the chickens, as they’d never been so close before. I thought perhaps she’d like to say hello, but then I realised I was in between her and her food, so perhaps she was asking me to kindly step out of the way!

This is Betty. She was too shy to say hello last time I was at the sanctuary, but this time I was thrilled that she let me give her a belly rub!

This is Lucy. Looks like my little chicken friend was happy to share some food with her. It’s wonderful to see all the different species happily hanging out with each other at the sanctuary. (They could teach humans a thing or two!)

The sanctuary is a really beautiful setting. After saying hello to the animals we sat in the shade under a tree and watched the ducks having a bath in the koi pond.

One of the ducks had recently had some babies. Walker the dog is keeping a protective watchful eye over the little ducklings.

Whistler’s Freed Food Society donated some produce for us to take to the sanctuary and before we ended our visit we helped Diane to feed the animals.

Lucy eyeing up an apple my Mum is getting ready for her!

“Did I hear somebody say ‘food’?!”

“Yeah I’m pretty sure I heard somebody say ‘food’ too!”

Pattycakes (the “geep” on the right) and Norman the lamb. They are recent rescues to the shelter and were in rough shape when they arrived. Both are doing well and settling in nicely to their forever home.