Lefty's Place Farm Sanctuary

Lefty's Place Farm Sanctuary Lefty’s Place is a small animal refuge in the Macedon Ranges, Victoria. We love chickens. Operating since 2011.
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We rescue, rehabilitate and tell the stories of suffering animals everywhere. DONATIONS ALWAYS TRULY WELCOME

FOR DIRECT BANK DEPOSITS:

ACCOUNT NAME: Lefty's Place Inc
BANK: NAB
BSB: 083-451 ACCOUNT NO: 74-132-0298

OR VIA PAYPAL:
paypal.me/leftysplace

Righty’s Retirement Paddock has regular visitors who come in for second breakfast, second lunch and third lunch. They ar...
03/07/2025

Righty’s Retirement Paddock has regular visitors who come in for second breakfast, second lunch and third lunch. They are my oldies Elsie, Angry, Cosmo and Greedy.

Elsie was found as a lamb with pneumonia wandering around the road just out of Benalla in 2015.

Angry was surrendered to us in 2014 with the words “if you don’t take him, I’ll send him to the abattoir”.

Cosmo was found tied to a fence in an industrial park in 2012. He was emaciated and had rickets. The chain around his neck had begun to wear away his skin.

Greedy was found as a newborn lamb in 2013. He was freezing to death with no mother in sight.

What a privilege to watch these sheep actually get to live a full life to old age, not many get to live this long. ❤️

How I love Target Gift Card. For some reason she loves humans. She really has no reason to seeing as she was dumped in t...
02/07/2025

How I love Target Gift Card. For some reason she loves humans. She really has no reason to seeing as she was dumped in the bush by a human who was an absolute piece of work. Dumped in the bush with almost 30 of her sisters, she was found by kind rescuers.

I went to see this group of hens once they were safe just to take some photos, but Target Gift Card had other ideas, she kept jumping on my shoulders, so I took her home (photo in comments). These days she still jumps all over me and her favourite place to perch is my boot when im sitting down.

Sir Didymus is currently standing up on his log in his enclosure, surveying Lefty's Place and getting ready for his big ...
01/07/2025

Sir Didymus is currently standing up on his log in his enclosure, surveying Lefty's Place and getting ready for his big day ahead. He will dance perhaps 102 times today. He will chase Mr Baboo, who is 5 times his size, perhaps 11 times today and he will lead his girls in to other flock's enclosures to eat their food perhaps 25 times today. He is a busy man with tiny legs but he gets stuff done.

Sir Didymus was dumped at a suburban lake just before Christmas. He, and all the other dumped roosters, are why we urge people not to let their hens hatch eggs! If you cannot provide a lifelong home for the chicks you are letting hatch, DO NOT HATCH CHICKS. I really do not understand how this does not sink in to people's heads. Just stop. The deaths roosters experience when dumped by humans are horrifying.

This is Baker and Chupa Chup. They have both moved in without my authority. I’m unsure how the animals know that a compl...
30/06/2025

This is Baker and Chupa Chup. They have both moved in without my authority. I’m unsure how the animals know that a complete push over lives here, but it seems out of my control.

Sometimes, when I'm searching for some sun, I forget that I just need to look to my chickens. The chickens who have arri...
30/06/2025

Sometimes, when I'm searching for some sun, I forget that I just need to look to my chickens. The chickens who have arrived here who have been neglected, abused and kept in the dark in farms - they all know that the sun always shines again and they always make the most of even the darkest of days. They trust the light and dark more than I do and little Chicka Dee Dee Dee Dee trusts it more than anyone. For a tiny hen who is so riddled with issues, she is so unbelievable happy. She can barely walk from being so exhausted from her heart disease, but her joy in finding delicious treats and chatting to me and Mrs Mangle is her sun and her joy. Her delighted chirps every time I say her name or when I ask her if she's chowing down, are full of happiness and light.

There's always the sun and always the sunflowers says Miss Chicka Dee Dee Dee Dee.

A few months ago, Obsidian Blackbird McKnight, went blind. It was dramatic and she was terrified. Within the last few w...
29/06/2025

A few months ago, Obsidian Blackbird McKnight, went blind. It was dramatic and she was terrified. Within the last few weeks, I’ve seen signs that she can see more out of one eye again. Today, after some slow re integration over the past few weeks, Obsidian is back with her family and got back up on to her perch between her two best friends. She’s still mostly blind, but she can now manage out there again and she’s so much happier. I told her I’d help her get through it if she could work past her hatred of me, and she did. So proud of her.

From left - Kong Fu Sing, Obsidian Blackbird McKnight and Mrs Pelham.

There was a lot of congestion at Roger’s (not so) secret door this morning. The battle for right of way was intense. Tri...
28/06/2025

There was a lot of congestion at Roger’s (not so) secret door this morning. The battle for right of way was intense. Triangle Of Happiness won in the end and pushed her way through with her weight.

Blackie was rescued from a pullet grower shed in September 2024. The shed she was in housed thousands and thousands of y...
27/06/2025

Blackie was rescued from a pullet grower shed in September 2024. The shed she was in housed thousands and thousands of young pullets but of two distinct ages. These pullets are kept in sheds until point of lay age when they are sent to egg farms all over the state and country. The older pullets were healthy, but the younger pullets all had rickets and were tiny. In a situation where thousands of chickens are living together, the younger chickens will always be disadvantaged. They'll be bullied from food and water and become unwell. This is what happened to all the younger pullets in this shed, they all had rickets and they all had stunted growth. Because they all had limps and struggled to walk, they all stayed with me and with Liz who ran Melbourne Chicken Rescue.

Liz and I worked together for years. She'd send me all the chickens who couldn't be rehomed to others because of their difficult health problems. We chatted daily about chicken care. So when Liz was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer at the end of December last year, the next day she was here, handing me her sweet little rickets hens for me to care for and one of them was Blackie. When Liz passed away, I carried on my promise to her that I would look after her hens with the respect and passion that she always did.

Blackie's rickets got steadily worse until a few weeks ago when she was struggling to hobble around with her sisters. She wasn't able to use her legs anymore. An x-ray showed she could no longer move her knee joint, the rickets had just destroyed her little body. Within a few days of that x-ray, she developed a heart murmur and the feeling in her legs was waning. This sweet little hen who just wanted the chance to live a full chicken life was put to sleep on Wednesday.

There was a strange comfort in passing Blackie on to Liz. Wherever she may be now, I do know she is surrounded by the hens we have both loved and now that includes Blackie.

The Emperor's New Groove is here to let you know he has his eyes on you and he will keep you in line today. This little ...
26/06/2025

The Emperor's New Groove is here to let you know he has his eyes on you and he will keep you in line today.

This little man is tiny, but he is oh so fierce, in fact he is the Lefty's Place bully/corrupt police officer. He intimidates everyone he can on the property, his tiny legs working overtime as he chases large roosters all day long. With his chest puffed out and his eyes piercing, his job of protecting his girls from other roosters, hens, cats, bees, wind, leaves, boots and sparrows is all consuming - don't get in his tiny way.

The Emperor's New Groove is one half of the brothers I like to call "They Hysterical Brothers" who were dumped at a Caroline Springs lake just before Christmas last year.

I’ve had some kind people put money in the Lefty’s account over the last month or so who I haven’t got an email address ...
25/06/2025

I’ve had some kind people put money in the Lefty’s account over the last month or so who I haven’t got an email address for. If that’s you, please know how thankful I am! My email is [email protected] if you want to drop me a line so I can thank you. ❤️🙏

Today’s LP News - Chicken Vet DayIcy cold day. Lots of acupuncture. Implants. Heart checks. One goodbye to a sweet girl ...
25/06/2025

Today’s LP News - Chicken Vet Day

Icy cold day. Lots of acupuncture. Implants. Heart checks. One goodbye to a sweet girl and lots of sore chickens needing meloxicam. Chickens need vet care, like all animals do. ❤️

Photo One - Gwen has a tumour that is progressing. She gets checked monthly to see if she’s still managing. She gets meloxicam and cbd oil daily.

Photo Two - Pickles hasn’t been herself, so I had her checked out today. My fiesty lady has some repro issues and she’ll now been on meloxicam daily and perhaps get an implant next month.

Photo Three - Mrs Mangle had her acupuncture, but sadly also has a small reproductive tumour growing. This happens to all Isa Browns at some point. She was implanted and will be watched by me like a hawk.

Photo Four - Elphaba and Glinda both have a respiratory crackle. Being elderly and a bit frail, they’ve just won themselves some lovely time inside to recover.

Just five of the many chickens seen today.

Morning stare from Manny.
24/06/2025

Morning stare from Manny.

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P. O. BOX 392
Romsey, VIC
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Lefty’s Place is a small, registered not for profit animal refuge in the Macedon Ranges, Victoria, run by photographer, Tamara Kenneally. Named after her beloved sheep named Lefty who passed away in January 2013, it is home to rescued sheep, chickens, ducks, turkeys, peahens, dogs and cats from a variety of backgrounds. The main goal of Lefty’s Place is to document each animal’s life from their time in farms/abattoirs etc through to their new lives at Lefty’s Place. Tamara is committed to portraying these animals as the individuals they are and providing viewers with each animal’s true self and story so they can be aware that farm animals are so much more than just a food source.