Ballydídean Farm Sanctuary

Ballydídean Farm Sanctuary 🐄🦙🐐🐏🐖🐓🦃🦢🦆
📍 Whidbey Island (Seattle)
🌱 Powered by plants and SSRIs
💸 501(c)(3) nonprofit
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Gwen's morning routine with Limerick 🥰🐏 (Posted by )
03/19/2025

Gwen's morning routine with Limerick 🥰🐏





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Limerick inspecting the wares at . His auntie Jennifer was babysitting him most of Friday at the store so pop in and see...
03/18/2025

Limerick inspecting the wares at . His auntie Jennifer was babysitting him most of Friday at the store so pop in and see if he's there if you're passing through Langley!




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A neighbor caught this gorgeous photo of a rainbow (and faint double rainbow!) over the sanctuary last week. So grateful...
03/18/2025

A neighbor caught this gorgeous photo of a rainbow (and faint double rainbow!) over the sanctuary last week. So grateful to live here 💖




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The floof of my people! Met this sweetie at Critters Pet Rescue while we were visiting with Limerick ...
03/17/2025

The floof of my people! Met this sweetie at Critters Pet Rescue while we were visiting with Limerick




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"1/5 stars. Got stuck in a bucket, had to wait for help, and then some dude talked to me in a baby voice while he got me...
03/17/2025

"1/5 stars. Got stuck in a bucket, had to wait for help, and then some dude talked to me in a baby voice while he got me out. Would not come again." -- this bird probably



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Now that Wicklow is starting to eat solid food, Gwen likes to give him half a graham cracker as a treat first thing in t...
03/16/2025

Now that Wicklow is starting to eat solid food, Gwen likes to give him half a graham cracker as a treat first thing in the morning (mama Glenda gets an apple)




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"Don't worry dad, I'll take first watch" --Ash (Posted by )
03/16/2025

"Don't worry dad, I'll take first watch" --Ash





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We call this "The Hay Trailer" but Parsley can't read so she calls it "Parsley's RV" 🙄 ...
03/15/2025

We call this "The Hay Trailer" but Parsley can't read so she calls it "Parsley's RV" 🙄




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When the chickens find a good dust bath spot, it instantly becomes VERY popular. Can you see how many chickens are even ...
03/15/2025

When the chickens find a good dust bath spot, it instantly becomes VERY popular. Can you see how many chickens are even in this pile??




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Look at these heartthrobs! Burren, Dublin, and Di**le posing for their boy-band album cover 🕺🏽🕺🏽🕺🏽 ...
03/14/2025

Look at these heartthrobs! Burren, Dublin, and Di**le posing for their boy-band album cover 🕺🏽🕺🏽🕺🏽




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Introducing Rosa (brown) and Soleada (yellow). They were two ducklings that a sympathetic woman on the peninsula found i...
03/14/2025

Introducing Rosa (brown) and Soleada (yellow). They were two ducklings that a sympathetic woman on the peninsula found in a cardboard box on her front porch a couple weeks ago. She reached out to who referred her to us. Gwen and I walked on to the Port Townsend ferry to meet her and pick them up. Like all ducklings, they are adorable, curious, loud, and stinky!

The yellow one is much bigger than the brown one and is a little bow-legged. We brought them into the clinic for Dr. Sandi to take a look and she called out two possible causes. 1) ducklings need a lot of niacin, a B vitamin, in order to grow right and unless they were given the right amount of duckling specific feed, they probably didn't get it. 2) ducklings need to swim! Like not just to learn but if they don't swim while they are growing their legs actually don't grow right. She said it's likely these ducklings were underfed and maybe had enough water to drink but never enough to swim in.

While they're living inside this spring, they get 2 baths a day where they can swim, splash, and just make a big ol' mess to their hearts' content 🥰.




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Well I think this is a record both for the most species we've ever brought to the clinic at the same time 😂.You already ...
03/13/2025

Well I think this is a record both for the most species we've ever brought to the clinic at the same time 😂.

You already know Flamingo and Yodelai's stories from the humans suck series (https://ballydidean.farm/humans-suck). The other four were just standard intake exams. Skunky and Mama Skunk were both underfed, undervaccinated, and undermineraled but otherwise healthy.

The ducks are both going to be fine but I'll introduce them in full tomorrow!







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Happy Thursday! Humans suck (part 2)Yodelai is a sweet geriatric goat (her front teeth are gone so she’s at least 10 yea...
03/13/2025

Happy Thursday! Humans suck (part 2)

Yodelai is a sweet geriatric goat (her front teeth are gone so she’s at least 10 years old). When she started to limp and her hooves looked fine, we brought her in for an x-ray. It revealed that she had an old sternum injury consistent with getting kicked in the chest. Now that she’s getting older, the arthritis is making the extra bone growth much more painful. She was prescribed bed rest, painkillers, and joint lubricant and is now keeping the lambs and their moms company in the basement.

Please consider helping us with our vet bills 🙏🏽. https://ballydidean.farm/humans-suck




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This one goes out to all the patient, tired, overstimulated moms who still let their kid climb all over them because the...
03/12/2025

This one goes out to all the patient, tired, overstimulated moms who still let their kid climb all over them because they know it's an expression of love. I see you. Mama Skunk sees you.




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Gwen and Maliya at family pizza night! This sweet teen has kind of reverse adopted us and we love it. She comes over jus...
03/12/2025

Gwen and Maliya at family pizza night! This sweet teen has kind of reverse adopted us and we love it. She comes over just to help out or hang out in between school/dance/cheer/whatever. She's a good worker, a source of great high school gossip, and the sweetest big sister figure for Gwen who has looked up to her as a dance idol long before she ever knew who we were.

Thanks Maliya 💖




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Welcome Skunky! He and mama skunk were saved from slaughter, and I can't believe this is real, from a woman who breeds a...
03/11/2025

Welcome Skunky! He and mama skunk were saved from slaughter, and I can't believe this is real, from a woman who breeds and kills sheep to raise money for her horse rescue 🤦🏽‍♀️. This is the same woman who gave us Flamingo, the chicken with an untreated shattered leg from a pellet gun. Did I mention that humans suck? https://ballydidean.farm/humans-suck

Skunky is just about the sweetest little guy I've ever met. He's bouncy, cuddly, and curious. And his mom is really trusting too, despite how misplaced that trust was at her last home.

Skunky and Mama Skunk are pending adoption and will go to their forever home just down the road from us after he is weaned and neutered.




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I can't tell you how she got up there. I can't tell you why she wanted to. But I can tell you she looks real cute! ...
03/11/2025

I can't tell you how she got up there. I can't tell you why she wanted to. But I can tell you she looks real cute!




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Happy Monday! Humans suck (part 1).Flamingo is a chicken who was shot with a pellet gun, shattering one of her legs. She...
03/11/2025

Happy Monday! Humans suck (part 1).

Flamingo is a chicken who was shot with a pellet gun, shattering one of her legs. She was left that way, with two projectiles and fragments of bone stuck in her body. Her owners were happy to use her for eggs but refused to treat her horrific injuries. Dr. Sandi tried to restore her quality of life by amputating her leg but unfortunately she did not recover from the procedure.

The life Flamingo deserved was too far out of reach, but at least we could give her a dignified death.

Please consider helping us with our vet bills 🙏🏽. https://ballydidean.farm/humans-suck




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Wicklow has no idea where he's going but he's going to get there FAST #farmsanctuary #animalsanctuary #rescue #friendsnotfood #herewithusnotforus #govegan #goveg #vegan #veganfortheanimals #animalsofinstagram #someonenotsomething #whidbeyisland #sheep #sheepofinstagram #rescuesheep #savethelambs #friendsnotfiber #notyourmomnotyourmilk (Posted by @anstosa)

Rez getting some quality time in with the scratching post (street sweeper brush) #farmsanctuary #animalsanctuary #rescue #friendsnotfood #herewithusnotforus #govegan #goveg #vegan #veganfortheanimals #animalsofinstagram #someonenotsomething #whidbeyisland #cows #cowssofinstagram #pasturepuppies #notyourmomnotyourmilk #rescuecow #dairyisscary (Posted by @anstosa)

I always love seeing Blossom emerging from bed! She missed breakfast again because she's deaf so Sarah had to go find her. #farmsanctuary #animalsanctuary #rescue #friendsnotfood #herewithusnotforus #govegan #goveg #vegan #veganfortheanimals #animalsofinstagram #someonenotsomething #whidbeyisland #pigs #pigsofinstagram (Posted by @anstosa)

Our 5 bachelors have started free ranging during the day because they are just SO sweet and social. They follow Sarah wherever she goes as she's working throughout the day and when it gets dark they all go back to their coop and jump up on the roosts together 🖤🖤🖤🤍🤍 #farmsanctuary #animalsanctuary #rescue #friendsnotfood #herewithusnotforus #govegan #goveg #vegan #veganfortheanimals #animalsofinstagram #someonenotsomething #whidbeyisland #sheep #sheepofinstagram #rescuesheep #savethelambs #friendsnotfiber #notyourmomnotyourmilk #llamas #llamasofinstagram #chickens #chickensofinstagram #rescuehen #rescuerooster #loversnotfighters #rescuechicken (Posted by @anstosa)

Baby Sunlight is very happy about her corn stalk (corn on the cob is always a piggy favorite) but she is worried about having to share it so she stays on the move 😂 #farmsanctuary #animalsanctuary #rescue #friendsnotfood #herewithusnotforus #govegan #goveg #vegan #veganfortheanimals #animalsofinstagram #someonenotsomething #whidbeyisland #pigs #pigsofinstagram (Posted by @anstosa)

The huge increase in our fresh produce sorting needs thanks to The Goose demanded a rethinking of our intake, sorting, and distribution system. Here's what Sarah came up with! We've been using it for several weeks and it's working great. #farmsanctuary #animalsanctuary #rescue #friendsnotfood #herewithusnotforus #govegan #goveg #vegan #veganfortheanimals #animalsofinstagram #someonenotsomething #whidbeyisland (Posted by @anstosa)

Finally caught this on video! Rez has learned how to open pumpkins with his head 😊 #farmsanctuary #animalsanctuary #rescue #friendsnotfood #herewithusnotforus #govegan #goveg #vegan #veganfortheanimals #animalsofinstagram #someonenotsomething #whidbeyisland #cows #cowssofinstagram #pasturepuppies #notyourmomnotyourmilk #rescuecow #dairyisscary (Posted by @anstosa)

The story of Ash, the livestock guardian dog who saw a field mouse run into a bush. #farmsanctuary #animalsanctuary #rescue #friendsnotfood #herewithusnotforus #govegan #goveg #vegan #veganfortheanimals #animalsofinstagram #someonenotsomething #whidbeyisland #dogs #dogsofinstagram #lgd #anatolian #adoptdontshop #workingdog #farmdog (Posted by @anstosa)

It's farm fashion Friday! Did you know that pointy gel nails are great for cow scritches? #farmsanctuary #animalsanctuary #rescue #friendsnotfood #herewithusnotforus #govegan #goveg #vegan #veganfortheanimals #animalsofinstagram #someonenotsomething #whidbeyisland #cows #cowssofinstagram #pasturepuppies #notyourmomnotyourmilk #rescuecow #dairyisscary (Posted by @anstosa)

Arnold is such a good boy. When tour groups come through, he just walks up to them and tips over for belly rubs 😂 #farmsanctuary #animalsanctuary #rescue #friendsnotfood #herewithusnotforus #govegan #goveg #vegan #veganfortheanimals #animalsofinstagram #someonenotsomething #whidbeyisland #pigs #pigsofinstagram (Posted by @anstosa)

Being originally from the midwest, we are used to a LOT more deciduous trees than we have in the PNW so our little trip to Cleveland to visit Gwen's uncle Nolan and Aunt Ari was an excellent opportunity for leaf jumping (No, that's not their house in the background unfortunately 😂) #farmsanctuary #animalsanctuary #rescue #friendsnotfood #herewithusnotforus #govegan #goveg #vegan #veganfortheanimals #animalsofinstagram #someonenotsomething #whidbeyisland #farmgirl #farmhand #gwednesday (Posted by @anstosa)

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Ballydídean aims to promote animal welfare, ethical land stewardship, and positive community building

Founded by the Santosa family in 2018, Ballydídean Farm Sanctuary is something that Sarah and Ansel dreamed of starting since they were 15 in high school. Many have never met farm animals; particularly not those who were kept in non-production conditions and have misconceptions about the behavior or characteristics of those animals. Those misconceptions are often used as excuses for treating farm animals different from pets.

We want to adopt animals out of production conditions and give them happy, peaceful lives. And we want to give others access via community or educational events to help build a sense of empathy towards these animals, especially in children.