New Life For Animals Rehoming Centre Inc.

New Life For Animals Rehoming Centre Inc. New Life For Animals Rehoming Centre is a network of volunteers who provide foster caring and eventually rehome animals - mainly chickens.

Please come along and support this if you can.
06/08/2024

Please come along and support this if you can.

Come join us for a night of comedy featuring comedians from Sydney & Melbourne International Comedy Festivals. Your tickets will help us raise much needed funds for vet bills and our future goal of building a sanctuary.

The comedy night will be held at the beautiful Yarra Valley Lodge. Drinks will be available for purchase. You can also make a night of it by booking lodging and dinner at the Yarra Valley Lodge. They will be offering vegan options in dining at Lodge Bar. To make dinner and lodging bookings, visit Yarra Valley Lodge website.

Book your comedy show tickets at:

http://comedyforacause.net/KNL

Thank you for supporting Kiwi’s New Life Bird Rescue!!

23/07/2024

Grug 💕

Though she is very cute, breeding pigeons like this is very much not cute! Her feathers make her life more difficult because they grow over her eyes and her walking is an awkward. Add that to the fact that she has most likely been so in**ed because people want an aesthetic, that she is unable to fly well and struggles socially with other pigeons.

A big THANK YOU to Happier Pets for this beautiful package of her printed photos, chocolates and a USB with some photos ...
17/07/2024

A big THANK YOU to Happier Pets for this beautiful package of her printed photos, chocolates and a USB with some photos I’ve never seen before of my boy on the day he went to the beach with his buddy and Nicole 💕 I appreciate this so much.

15/07/2024

Turkey, a girl from the egg industry, has a couple of important questions for you to consider while she raids our shopping.

Medusa has been at the vets for a second time in the past week. We are trying to manage her heart condition and check if...
13/07/2024

Medusa has been at the vets for a second time in the past week. We are trying to manage her heart condition and check if there are any other underlying issues which may be reducing her appetite. Fingers crossed we can get her feeling better soon 🤞

Now entirely liberated from his body, my boy has come home to me 💕
10/07/2024

Now entirely liberated from his body, my boy has come home to me 💕

I’ve been very vulnerable in sharing about my experience of Bravey’s death which is a very scary thing to be in a world ...
07/07/2024

I’ve been very vulnerable in sharing about my experience of Bravey’s death which is a very scary thing to be in a world so lacking of empathy but in all honesty I hope it helps people recognise how truly incredible chickens are.

And one thing I really want to share which feels very very vulnerable, is how amazing Turquoise, the mostly blind house chicken has been in comforting me in my rawest grief. For the last few days, being around Bravey’s space has felt impossible but that’s where the animals are so I’ve had little choice but to be in there. Each time I would move his things, find his feathers or clean some of his area, I would fall to bits.

In my howls of grief, Turkey would come over to me and just sit by me. Sometimes she would sit quietly at my feet. Other times she would stare at my face. She really doesn’t enjoy being touched or held but she would happily sit with me, hold space for me and let me know she was there with little beak taps.

Our species needs to learn how incredible these animals truly are and I feel sorry for anyone who chooses not to understand it. While we lock up billions and billions of complex and intelligent creatures in tiny cages or sheds to take what we want from them, one of them is showing more empathy and comfort towards me than the majority of the human race.

Humans lose out when they choose not to engage with animals on a deeper level.

I keep saying it but I am eternally grateful for those who saw Bravey for who he was though and those who have reached out.

I should also mention that in my grief, Atty has also been a big comfort. At one point he ran from the other end of the house and opened a sliding door, just to sit with me. But he’s always been good at emotionally supporting me.

Animals are incredible.

I appreciate the comments, messages, phone calls and voice messages from everyone. Thank you to those who have cried wit...
06/07/2024

I appreciate the comments, messages, phone calls and voice messages from everyone. Thank you to those who have cried with me.

I also am feeling so supported by those who know how much this boy meant to me.

Thank you so much to Tash, Duckman, Nat, Cynthia, Helen and Bree for the beautiful native flowers.

Thank you so much to Nicole and the spirit of Tilt for sending the beautiful roses.

Thank you Carolyn for physically holding me in my rawest grief yesterday.

I also appreciate those who have checked in to see how the other chickens are coping, particularly Hop is since they have been together for 3 years. She was distressed to see his body but she is doing okay.

It is wonderful to hear how he touched the lives of people through his journey.

I miss my boy so much.

Bravey 🐔💔Arrived: 11th April 2021 Departed: 2nd July 2024It is with the absolute greatest sadness in my heart that I ann...
03/07/2024

Bravey 🐔💔

Arrived: 11th April 2021
Departed: 2nd July 2024

It is with the absolute greatest sadness in my heart that I announce the passing of my sweetest boy, Bravey.

Bravey passed away in my arms at approximately 11:30pm on 2nd July with Dave and I telling him just how loved he is.

He’s now free from his physical body, a body that put limitations on his life but also a body that meant he was destined to cross my path and allowed the two of us to form such a strong bond.

I have so much to write about him but right now I just can’t.

❌ Probably best I put a WARNING up about this post. If you don’t like seeing dead toes that have fallen off, DON’T scrol...
30/06/2024

❌ Probably best I put a WARNING up about this post. If you don’t like seeing dead toes that have fallen off, DON’T scroll through the photos. ❌

Three weeks after being rescued, Bramble’s toe has finally fallen off. This is the result of being entangled in thread. One of his other toes has been impacted by the thread and in the effort to help it and to make sure he stands more comfortably, I have been able to splint it.

When he arrived, he was soaking wet, unable to walk and we weren’t convinced he was going to survive. But he had a will to live. The other day I saw him perch for the first time and he has been preening himself. He also has a lot more attitude with me, telling me off when I get close. He’s come along way in the past few weeks and eventually will join our flock where he will live a safe and comfortable life.

I included a photo of the toe for all you weirdos who enjoy looking at that stuff 😅😵‍💫

Hop has been pretty spoilt this last week. Happier Pets made her a new sling for her chair since she destroyed her previ...
25/06/2024

Hop has been pretty spoilt this last week. Happier Pets made her a new sling for her chair since she destroyed her previous one and brought her a 20kg bag of sorghum because she only likes the red seedies.

Many thanks to those wonderful humans. From Hop.

These two always want to know what I am eating.
25/06/2024

These two always want to know what I am eating.

24/06/2024

Turkey the house chicken wants you to stop eating chickens and their eggs and make vegan trifle instead. It’s her solution to all problems in the world.

Just a gorgeous girl, sitting on top of the central heating on a freezing cold day.
19/06/2024

Just a gorgeous girl, sitting on top of the central heating on a freezing cold day.

Bramble is covered in some pretty disgusting grease, likely from hanging out near fast food restaurants. Today I tried t...
17/06/2024

Bramble is covered in some pretty disgusting grease, likely from hanging out near fast food restaurants. Today I tried to get some of it off but it’s probably going to take some time to fully clean up.
He was very good during his bath though.

13/06/2024

The house chicken is constantly in the groceries. She’s definitely recovered more of her vision after her stroke but she has absolutely no interest in joining the outside flock again.

Bramble 💕Yesterday this poor dude was picked up in a Coles carpark by a caring member of the public. He was soggy and no...
12/06/2024

Bramble 💕

Yesterday this poor dude was picked up in a Coles carpark by a caring member of the public. He was soggy and not able to stand or walk at all. The person got him off to an amazing animal rescuer who brought him to us.

He had a cotton thread fully wrapped around both feet and as you can see, one of his toes has actually died from loss of blood flow which may drop off or we may have to have it amputated. We cut him free from the thread and stabilised his body temperature. Today he’s standing and moving more than he was yesterday but still not feeling well. He has been medicated and is just resting at the moment.

A good reminder for everyone to please not litter the threads that you pull off your clothing into the environment. They can and do cause suffer to other creatures.

Henry 💕Pigeons have this amazing way of finding people who will help them. Henry did just that and found his way to a fa...
31/05/2024

Henry 💕

Pigeons have this amazing way of finding people who will help them. Henry did just that and found his way to a family that helped nurse him back from very ill health. They then made the hour and a half long trip to us to make sure that Henry could join a flock and make some friends. Henry has spent a few weeks inside in care and joined the big aviary the other day. He has some wing strength to build back but he will do so in no time.

What a lucky guy to find people who would love and care for him at his time of great need and who would be willing to transport him to his new life.

There should be more caring souls like that in the world.

26/05/2024

Atreyu is the cutest 😍

Medusa amongst the flowers 🌷 Medusa is one of our special needs chickens who requires extra care and attention as she ha...
21/05/2024

Medusa amongst the flowers 🌷

Medusa is one of our special needs chickens who requires extra care and attention as she has a leg deformity.

That doesn’t stop her enjoying life though.

A massive THANK YOU to Melbourne Chicken Rescue for organising 24 bags of chicken food to be donated to us. This will go...
05/05/2024

A massive THANK YOU to Melbourne Chicken Rescue for organising 24 bags of chicken food to be donated to us. This will go such a long way for our flocks and helps us immensely in reducing costs of feeding the gang for the next while. Turkey is very keen to start eating her way through it.

Blind hen Turquoise enjoying the sun 💕
28/04/2024

Blind hen Turquoise enjoying the sun 💕

Poor little Albatross the pigeon came into care with a dodgy wing. This morning he went off to our avian vet and it was ...
26/04/2024

Poor little Albatross the pigeon came into care with a dodgy wing. This morning he went off to our avian vet and it was found that he had a break. He’s been bandaged up just to help it heal and is on pain medication to help him through.

His life is worthy of medical treatment, the same way cats and dogs lives are.

The slaughter of native birds in Victoria is horrendous. It needs to end.
10/04/2024

The slaughter of native birds in Victoria is horrendous. It needs to end.

The slaughter of native ducks begins this morning.

It should never have gone ahead.
It should have ended.

Jacinta Allan, you are complete disappointment. Hang your head in shame.

A big thank you to Lisa and Neil from Kiwi's New Life Bird Rescue and Helen and Adam from LittleBeaks for their help wit...
29/03/2024

A big thank you to Lisa and Neil from Kiwi's New Life Bird Rescue and Helen and Adam from LittleBeaks for their help with the chicken coop and building swing perches for the pigeons. Also, the vegan feast was delightful. Thanks for coming team 🫶

28/03/2024

I still have people ask me what we do with the eggs from the hens. The answer is feed them back to them. How could we not when you see how much they love them?
For isa brown chickens the process of egg laying leaches so much calcium from their little bodies because they have been genetically manipulated to lay an egg every 25 hours. Imagine having your period every 25 hours! Feeding their eggs back to them is how they get some of that calcium back.

23/03/2024

Peanut having a soak 🛁

Medusa on her way to the vet for an implant to stop her laying eggs and a refill on her heart medication.
21/03/2024

Medusa on her way to the vet for an implant to stop her laying eggs and a refill on her heart medication.

Over a month ago, our beautiful senior girl Turquoise had a suspected stroke which resulted in her going blind. Since th...
20/03/2024

Over a month ago, our beautiful senior girl Turquoise had a suspected stroke which resulted in her going blind. Since then, she has had to learn to navigate the world again but that hasn’t stopped her. Though she needs some extra care and support, she has rejoined the flock in the day time and comes in to a comfy indoor bed at night with her best friend Sapphire.
These girls came to us three years ago after they had been kept in battery cages in some horrible human’s backyard. They were crammed in so tight that they had pecked each other raw and had all stopped laying eggs. Luckily they were rescued and have lived a very happy life since.
Turquoise’s life matters. It matters to us and to her chicken friends, but more importantly, her life matters to her.
We need to start seeing animals for the individuals that they are instead of what we can take from them.

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PO Box 620
Altona
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