Meet Annie Yokely and Mary Poopins! A community Facebook post was to prove the lifeline for two plucky and adventurous hens. It, too, was to prove just how maligned, disregarded and poorly protected their kind is.

Every year, dozens upon dozens of orphaned lambs arrive into our care and kindness. Some have been made motherless from birth, others through misadventure, yet regardless of cause, all are in desperate need of a mother.

With a haunting sadness in their eyes, Gracelyn and Elvira entered our world. And we theirs, as they searched their newfound digs for somewhere to land their gaze.

Driving several hours across the country to secure a safe outcome for the rooster they had just found roadside, Ziggy Stardust’s saviour proved that all heroes do not wear capes.

Isa Buttrose, Isa Davies and, wait for it, Isa Brown, are three sassy young ISA Brown hens who have recently fluttered into our fold. And being who they are, our hearts as well.

Easily mistaken for a deer is our sweet friend whom we have named Happy Days. Her name, we whispered to her as a prophecy of the good things to come.

Finding Captain Nemo and his Pearl, and discovering an ocean of kindness.

Three very woolly sheep, rescued from different walks of life.

Caught in flood, 22 exhausted, but very much alive alpacas.

In early March 2023, we got more than we bargained for with over 50 cats and kittens in urgent need.

Being dumped in the wrong place was to prove fortuitous, for it was at exactly the right time for two sweet ISA Brown hens. Found by wildlife rescuers next to the box that had ferried them there, Henifer Lopez and Lindsay Lohen’s feathery future got a whole lot brighter.

With no need for a Coco Chanel creation or Gucci accessory, our Paris and Nicky Hilton are glamourous girls.

Just over a week on from that fateful day when the plight of hundreds upon hundreds of sweet Silkie chickens came under our radar. And so too our kindness.

Surviving on only a wing and a prayer was road accident victim, Ryan Gosling.

Walking to a kinder world

When things get dark…

Camouflage – synonyms: disguise, hide, conceal, keep hidden, mask, screen, veil, cloak, cover, cover up, obscure, shroud.

There’s a Starman in our little brood of rescued Silkie roosters. And although we know he’d like to come and meet us, his little side-steps tell us perhaps that time is not just yet.

We named her Beauty quite simply because she is. And although only 24 hours into this world, it was a beauty that radiated well into our hearts only moments after our first meeting.

For five lucky chickens, Christmas just got a whole lot brighter.

Having arrived at the pound, separately through different circumstances, their fate was set soon to become a common one.

Spied after having been dumped roadside, she had quickly taken refuge in dense bushes. For five long days and fearful nights she had existed by all of the smarts the little hen could muster.

Three clearly bonded and cheery ducks sat making idle quack quack as if waiting for their uber to arrive.

Dearest Abby, as you fled that abattoir, propelled by fear and the smell of death that always hangs heavy in such places, adrenaline flooding your system, and a wide-open gaze becoming your eyes, you raced.

Spying that a kinder future should lie ahead for a little lost lamb, the call was made.

Proving that good things come in small (read 2kg teeny tiny, small) woolly packages.

Pure and honest with her emotions is sweet Hydie.

The plucky little Muscovy duck who found her true north, and prompted us to consider if we have found ours too.

On a bitter winter’s night, a cavalcade of kindness was formed to save a newborn lamb. 

Blinking with his one good eye, little Cluedo was without a clue as to what was about to happen to him.