Erin's Farm NFP

12/21/2024

🎁🎁🎁🎁THANK YOU!!! 🎁🎁🎁🎁
The last few days have been incredible as gifts have poured in for the animals from our Amazon and Tractor Supply wish list!
Special thanks to Pam, Susan, Lily, Lauren, Yuk, Carey & Gayle for sending the animals treats!

We received radiant heaters, heated water bowls, salt licks, horse treats, goat treats, cat snacks, cat beds, cat blankets, horse halters, goat blankets, heating lights for the reptiles, & more!

We also have a MOUNTAIN of big blankets for the barn cats and pot bellied piggies to snuggle in! So we are GOOD on blankets for now. We have plenty!

I will post pictures and videos soon of everybody enjoying all of your gifts! We just need a few days to get everything unpacked and set up!

If you would like to send the animals a gift from our wish list, feel free to check out some of the things we need ! Or send a surprise or something that you find that you think they would enjoy!

Gift cards to Tractor Supply Co. are huge too! Did you know that we are able to get 15% off when we purchase things that we need in person!? So sending gift cards to TSC is one of the most efficient ways to have each donated dollar go the farthest!

❤️🙏THANK YOU ALL! 🙏❤️

AMAZON WISH LIST:
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3EHSJP9DM21V3?ref_=wl_share

TRACTOR SUPPLY WISH LIST
https://uat.tractorsupply.com/SharedWishListView?catalogId=10051&wishListEMail=true&langId=-1&storeId=10151&guestAccessKey=-13067c02:165e511139a:6c59&externalId=2130018&wishListEMail=true

12/21/2024

❄️☃️WE FINALLY HAVE SNOW! ☃️❄️
Help us “Feed the Farm” this $5 dollar Friday as we work to keep bellies full 24/7/365!

Please Help us beat the algorithm again this week!
⭐️🙏Share share share!🙏⭐️

⏰TICK TOCK TICK TOCK⏰
We have 23 weeks to go until June 1st!!
That’s what I like to call FREE FOOD DAY!” Aka - the day our fields should have enough grass to sustain our animals through the summer growing months.

With the bitter cold temperatures finally here, right now the animals are eating double time to stay warm! That means twice as much hay & additional grain. Burning those extra calories is how their bodies keep warm.

But 23 weeks is a LONG road ahead when you have animals eating twice as much food to stay warm! We currently feed 7 to 8 - 1000lb round bales PER WEEK! 😱😱That’s about 180-200 Round Bales left needed to get through the winter months starting from today….

If you drive by the farm, you’ll see stacks of Round Bales that we have already brought home. We currently have about 100 bales on the home property already. It might look like we have enough, but we certainly do not! It will be eaten & gone by March!

We hope to get our new truck tires this weekend so we can continue to haul the rest of the winter round bales of hay out of the fields & home. We hope to bring another 30-50 bales home before Christmas and we hope to be done by January 1

PLEASE HELP the animals stay warm this winter by making a $5 dollar Friday donation today that we can use to for feed.

Donate a 50 lb small square bale of hay $5
Donate a 50 lb small square bale of alfalfa $8
Donate a bag of grain $25
Donate a 1000lb big round bale of hay $60
Donate a 1000lb big round bale of alfalfa $100

All donations are 100% tax deductible due to our non profit 501(c)(3) charity status.
❄️
PayPal: [email protected]
Venmo: -farm #4990
Cash App: $Erinsfarm
Checks: 5200 S. Liverpool Rd. Hobart IN., 46342

Through our website & Network for Good:
https://erinsfarm.networkforgood.com/projects/101080-main-giving-page

Become a monthly donor on Patreon: www.patreon.com/erinsfarm

12/21/2024

What are you doing on this lovely Friday night?

❄️It’s 29° and finally snowing! Come join me as I feed the cows 🐮& mini horses🐴 & then feed the burner! 🔥

Watch as these crazy dogs Murph, Thor, Callie, Rambo, Blossom, Tsas, & NewDog play chicken with the Tractor!

12/19/2024

🐐🦙⭐️Throwback Thursday⭐️🦙🐐

On this muddy wet day back in 2020, “Snow Caps” (Snow) the goat decided she was parking her feet in a food bowl to stay dry.
She personally thought that it was a genius idea & stood her ground even when pro spitter “Ginny” the llama tried to talk her out if it! 🤣🤣

12/19/2024

🎃THANK YOU!!🎃
This week we fed the last of the pumpkins to the animals! For two months strait they all got weekly pumpkins supplemented into their diets & they loved every minute of it!
Not only is it very nutritious, but the seeds act as a natural dewormer too! Win win! It also offers them hours and hours of enrichment which is healthy for their brains & keeps them active when there is less grass to graze naturally.

Thank you to everyone who took the time to drive their pumpkins, corn stalks, etc over and leave them at the gate!
Thank you to all the scouts that spent hours driving around & picking them up ! We kept at least 10 dump trucks full of pumpkins out of the landfills and recycled in the best way

We are so grateful for this community! ❤️🙌

12/18/2024

Hellooooooo ! If you happen to be finishing some holiday shopping and want to drop ship the farm something special this week, these are the things we're looking for!

We can always use gift cards for Amazon and Tractor Supply, the chickens and ducks would LOVE extra worm treats to pick at, and of course we can always use canned and dry dog food!

As always, we can't thank you enough for helping us take care of the animals!

12/18/2024

Its never too early for a FETCH session!

Anyone else grow up with a bunch of siblings that are star athletes? There’s always that one that just wins everything every time!

“Murph” (formerly Shadow) is that sibling in a pack of misfit goofy rescued dogs. He lives in the moment & gives 110% all day long. His energy is contagious & gets the old guys like Rambo back in the game and competing with the youngsters again. He will drive you crazy, but you can only love him for his happy energy & be inspired by it.

It can be tough living with someone who is an All-Star 24/7/365. Today Murphs winning streak caused increased tension within the pack as he psychologically traumatized them, making them break down and start to turn on & blame each other….. for never ever being able to get that darn stick. 🤣🤣

I love these guys. They make me happy every single day. ❤️

12/17/2024

🐷On this day…. Exactly 5 yrs ago…. I had just completed a trip hauling a large farm pig up to her forever home at a sanctuary in Wisconsin.

The rescued piggy had been bought as a “mini pig” pet, but instead turned out to be a food industry pig & she quickly grew to be 500 pounds. She was living in a scrap yard in downtown Chicago.

At the time we didn’t have room or another big pig so we found her a safe home at another rescue. They had also recently adopted one of our 9 rescue piggy babies “Zoey”.

Zoey came from a heavily pregnant hog who had been taken from a factory farm and put on display at a pumpkin patch to give birth for everyone to see. Unfortunately, she had complications giving birth & died leaving behind 9 day old baby piglets.

We took in all nine babies, and nursed them through those first critical weeks, and then found them safe homes across the country. We kept two…. “Ozzie & Harriet” …. Siblings to Zoey! Fun memories!

🐷🐽Wow! Time flies when you’re having fun! 🐽🐷

How long have you been following us? Do you remember the story? Comment below if so! 👇👇👇

12/16/2024

Time is running out to send your Christmas cards for the season! Do you send cards? Photo cards or regular cards? Let us know in the comments!

We think a snuggly picture like this would make for a great mailing!

12/13/2024

😭The Facebook algorithm is literally killing us! 😭

I can’t believe this post has been up for 6 hours, and not a single donation for the animals has come in.

It costs us over $1000 a week to feed our rescued animals. Years ago we used to make that back every single week during $5 dollar Friday. We haven’t raised enough in a $5 dollar Friday to cover our weekly feed in over three years.

Mostly because Facebook has changed the algorithm and it works negatively towards rescues as I see other rescues struggling the same way. People just don’t see our posts.

We can post a picture of The Dalmatian and get 700 likes in a few hours and many shares. But once I attach a “donate button” to a fundraising post, it’s like the algorithm dies, facebook buries it and nobody sees it.

Please help the farm by helping us beat the algorithm! Please share this post and donate if you can. If this algorithm trajectory continues, we may have to close next year like so many other rescues. Thank you for sharing! ❤️

❄️☃️With the bitter cold temperatures finally here the animals are eating double time to stay warm! ☃️❄️

That means twice as much hay & additional grain. Burning those extra calories is how their bodies keep warm. 
Help the animals stay warm this winter by making a $5 dollar Friday donation today that we can use to pay an extra hay & grains.

Donate a 50 lb square bale of hay $5
Donate a 50 lb square bale of alfalfa $8
Donate a bag of grain $25
Donate a 1000lb round bale of hay $60
Donate a 1000lb round bale of alfalfa $100

All donations are 100% tax deductible due to our non profit 501(c)(3) charity status.
❄️
PayPal: [email protected]
Venmo: -farm #4990
Cash App: $Erinsfarm
Checks: 5200 S. Liverpool Rd. Hobart IN., 46342

Through our website & Network for Good:
https://erinsfarm.networkforgood.com/projects/101080-main-giving-page

Become a monthly donor on Patreon: www.patreon.com/erinsfarm

12/13/2024

Hop on over to Southlake KIA site & vote for us!
Help us with a chance of winning $500 !

🎁 Celebrate your favorite charity this holiday season! Nominate them in our contest today. 🎁
🎄 ​​​Nominating a charity is easy! Just comment with the name of a local 501(c)(3) charity and a link to their website to nominate them!
🎄 ​​The charity must be located within 30 miles of Merrillville, IN.
🎄 ​​​Just one nomination per charity is needed!
🎄 ​​​We'll accept nominations until 5 p.m. on December 15th, and voting for our contest will be from December 16th through December 31st.
🎄 ​​The organization with the most votes in our Facebook poll on December 31st at 11:59 pm CST will win $500!
🎄 ​​​View our previous contest winners here: https://bit.ly/2EUpeym.
🎄 ​​​For more information and the complete contest rules, click here: http://bit.ly/340phTk.

12/13/2024

❄️☃️With the bitter cold temperatures finally here the animals are eating double time to stay warm! ☃️❄️

That means twice as much hay & additional grain. Burning those extra calories is how their bodies keep warm. 
Help the animals stay warm this winter by making a $5 dollar Friday donation today that we can use to pay an extra hay & grains.

Donate a 50 lb square bale of hay $5
Donate a 50 lb square bale of alfalfa $8
Donate a bag of grain $25
Donate a 1000lb round bale of hay $60
Donate a 1000lb round bale of alfalfa $100

All donations are 100% tax deductible due to our non profit 501(c)(3) charity status.
❄️
PayPal: [email protected]
Venmo: -farm #4990
Cash App: $Erinsfarm
Checks: 5200 S. Liverpool Rd. Hobart IN., 46342

Through our website & Network for Good:
https://erinsfarm.networkforgood.com/projects/101080-main-giving-page

Become a monthly donor on Patreon: www.patreon.com/erinsfarm

12/12/2024

❤️THROWBACK THURSDAY! ❤️

Look at how ridiculously CUTE baby “Lightning” was!
His mom Kona was pregnant when she was rescued, so he was born here on the farm, and will spend his life in safe sanctuary!
Lightning was born in May 2020 so that means in this coming spring he will be 5!! 😱😱😱 Wow time flies!

Kona was part of a large rescue of 15 mini horses from Missouri. Five of those mares were pregnant! All are still doing OK and living life at the farm!

12/11/2024

It's ! With the freezing temps it's imperative that we find ways to keep their water from turning into ice. Heated water bowls like the ones shown here help with that! The downside is that they have to be plugged in! Which is where the heavy duty extension cords come in!

And of course, also with winter, comes the instinctual need to eat and fatten up! With so many cats roaming the farm, we always need cat food, too!

Thanks so much for your help!!

12/10/2024

😜”Tongue out Tuesday” 😜

In rescue, we never know what personalities we are going to get, but we are grateful that we end up with a fair amount of “goofball” animals.

We love watching them decompress and come out of their shells in the transition into sanctuary life . Once they learn that they are safe and have a forever home where people are always kind and all of their needs are met, then their “fight or flight - survival mode” instincts turn off & those true personalities start to emerge.

Often with a lot of color! 😜😜

“The Very Handsome Doc Tanner” was rescued from a kill pen in Texas. He was an X-racehorse that was sent there because he had a damaged stifle and could no longer raced or ridden. He was thrown away like trash.

Now, instead of shipping to Mexico for a horrible unregulated slaughter & to be turned into dog food where the memory of his existence is lost forever….

now, ….instead…. he is loved, honored, cared for and respected. He has a sponsor that loves him to pieces and spoils him with treats. He lives a life of peace, retirement, joy & silliness with 14 other horses rescued the same way.

Thank you for your support so we can give this to these animals that so deserve it!

12/09/2024

LOOK AT THAT FACE.

This is "New Dog" who was supposed to be just visiting until he found a new home, but after becoming insta-besties with Murph (one of our other dogs that was supposed to be temporary lol!) he's become one of the pack!

He's been learning manners, playing fetch, and running the land with Murph and his other pals - truly living his best life! He even got to go trick or treating with a friend who was dressed up as Cruella!

We're leaning towards "Steve" as his official name, but after the Cruella cosplay one of our board members is pushing for Pongo!

What do you guys think?? Drop your name suggestions below!

Or send a donation to our rescue dogs!