Mother Clucker's Microsanctuary, Leicester, NC (2025)

11/20/2025

It was a hectic day today, so no chicken photos.

I do have this photo of Hank though.

Hank helped me get Luka and Cyana's crates ready for their vet appointments tomorrow.

It's an hour drive each way so we made them nice and cushiony for the drive.

Thank you, thank you, thank you for the donations for their appointment tomorrow!!! You helped us with $271 towards their appointment! That's a huge help! Thank you! ❤️

If you would like to donate towards Cyana and Luka's appointment, I'm going to link their post explaining why they have an appointment. I'm beat and taking the lazy way out instead of explaining it in a new post.

Having a Hank post is appropriate though because it's been a cat day today.

My friend's feral cat showed up this morning not well. Thankfully we were able to trap him and get him to the vet.

I'm happy to report that he is going to be just fine.

He had us really worried so we are very relieved!

I'm really nervous about taking Luka to the vet. Cyana is a pro, but I'm worried Luka is going to think we're taking him away to a different home.

I'll be happy when their appointment is over and he's back home with Taela and Stella.

I'll update about their appointment as soon as I can tomorrow.

Thank you again for your help. It honestly means the world to me. And to Cyana and Luka too. ❤️

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11/19/2025

Patsy ❤️

I don't think Patsy will ever have a trust of humans, including me.

If I get too close she runs for her life, but that doesn't stop her from running to the gate when she sees me asking "do you have any treats human?!"

She is a nervous hen. She has been that way ever since her rescue over two years ago.

I can't blame her for her lack of trust in humans.

Humans let her down before she was rescued.

She was abandoned, with her friend Sam, and other farmed animals. They were locked behind a closed door and left to die. Unfortunately she watched friends and other animals die around her.

Patsy survived, but her trust in humans is something I don't think she'll ever have.

She loves her sanctuary life though.

Patsy has her best friend Sam, who was rescued with her, and she has Mason who adores her.

Patsy spends her days enjoying her chicken life.

She loves to scratch, perch, dust bathe and is always on the move.

Patsy never has to worry about going hungry again and she always has fresh water to drink.

Patsy is gentle.

She is soft spoken.

She follows Sam all over the place.

Patsy has no desire to be top hen and she likes that Sam is confident and bossy.

Patsy finds comfort in Sam.

I absolutely adore her and think she's the prettiest little hen.

I wish the humans in her past didn't fail her.

Patsy is so innocent and she, just like everyone here, deserved so much better.

11/18/2025

I was hoping to get through the month without a vet appointment, but that wasn't in the chicken cards.

Cyana has started becoming very vocal, her comb is turning bright red and last week she squatted for Myles. Her reproductive care is wearing off.

I was REALLY hoping her last treatment would carry her through the winter. Her body said that's not happening, so she has an appointment this coming Friday for her reproductive care.

The reproductive care is a lifesaver for Cyana. She has reproductive issues. Without it she starts laying soft shelled eggs and develops abdominal fluid. For five years now she's received this care and it's the reason she's still with us and enjoying her chicken life.

Luka will be joining Cyana on Friday.

Luka's foot is looking great, but there's one area (on the side of his foot) that I want the vet to look at. I want to make sure there's nothing going on that we should be concerned about.

I also want our vet to look at Luka's right eye. The eye that was injured during a fight. The one he is blind in.

After his rescue from the cockfighting cruelty case, before he came here, thankfully he saw a vet and had surgery for his severe bumble foot. If I remember correctly, the vet thought he may have an abscess, related to his eye. He looked at his eye, during Luka's bumble foot surgery, and found there was no infection/abscess, just scar tissue.

Luka has a lot of white around his eye, as you can see in the photo. He's had it since his rescue. I think it is scar tissue.

I want our vet to look at his eye and see if there's anything we should do. I'd also like to know if the scar tissue (if I am correct in what it is) is causing him any discomfort when he blinks.

I also want Luka to get a physical. He's older and I really want to make sure his heart sounds healthy and get bloodwork done so we have a baseline for any issues he may develop in the future.

With everything he's been through, from his previous life at the cruelty site, I think it's a good idea for him to get a checkup with our vet.

I feel like he's settled in enough to make the road trip to our vet's office.

I'm not going to lie, I'm freaking out about the cost of Cyana and Luka's upcoming appointment. The chickens account will take another big hit. Cyana's appointment alone will be $358.14.

I'm guestimating Luka's appointment based on Mason's appointment this past spring. With bloodwork, X-rays and exam his appointment was $464.25. I don't know if our vet will think X-rays will be needed for Luka's foot, but I'm preparing myself mentally for it.

I'm asking, uncomfortably as always about it, for help with Cyana and Luka's upcoming appointment if you are in a position to do so.

Our PayPal is:

https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=G5HUYVWSJVQK6

Our Venmo user name is:

MCMicrosanctuary

If you would like to help, of course I'd be so very grateful.

11/18/2025

Mr. Myles becoming one with the leaves.

If it wasn't for his blue earlobe giving him away, he'd blend right in.

11/17/2025

Today Taela chased Stella.

As always Stella ran straight to Luka.

Taela stopped in her tracks when she reached Luka because she knows Luka doesn't like for her to chase Stella.

Luka stood in the middle saying "someone pinch me. Am I dreaming?"

His chicken dreams came true.

He has a family.

Stella and Taela absolutely love and adore Luka.

The second photo is when I tucked them in tonight.

They are too much. 🥰

I absolutely adore them.

They are family.

Sweet dreams little ones. ❤️

11/17/2025

I bet Stella is having the best sleep!

She has herself completely smushed in between Luka and Taela.

I know that feels so good to her. ❤️

11/16/2025

Last year, on this day, we headed out of WNC, with the u haul and animals, and headed to our new home.

I'll never forget the friends and strangers who were waiting for us as we pulled into the driveway. They were there to help us unload. I was overwhelmed with emotion and such great appreciation.

I don't think I ever felt so cared about and loved, in my entire life, as I did with the support we received for this move.

Mike and I were emotionally and physically beat.

Absolutely Exhausted in every way. That exhaustion is a feeling I'll never forget.

I remember looking around after everyone left. The chickens runs, pavers, coops, wire were piled up in the yard. I kept thinking how in the hell are we going to do this?

We were starting our sanctuary all over again.

The chickens stayed in gazebos and in the pen in the backyard. Their world had been completely dismantled and turned upside down too.

My heart broke seeing them without their spaces that they called home.

The next day Mike and I got to work.

The work felt like it would never end.

But it did and we did it!

One year later and the chickens sanctuary is rebuilt.

We had no idea what was waiting for us when our life got turned upside down and we were forced to move.

The fear I felt was like nothing I felt before.

I couldn't see it, but it ended up being a blessing in disguise.

We're so grateful that we are home.

Thank you to everyone who helped us get here. ❤️

I will forever be grateful for each and every one of you.

11/16/2025

If you have been following us for awhile, then you know Mason and I have a complicated relationship.

He challenges me and yet greets me for treats and finds comfort in me. Like if he does a predator warning call and I run out to do a walk around and make sure they are ok.

Mason's challenges became more and more intense over the winter.

I kept thinking it was because of the stress of our move and all the changes he had been through.

Then I found out it was because he developed a heart condition.

Early spring I noticed an odd bump on Mason's toe and took him to the vet to have it checked out.

His toe was fine, but at his appointment the vet discovered he had developed a "significant" heart murmur. She recommended X-rays and they showed that he had an enlarged heart.

He started a heart med and his challenges towards me calmed down significantly. We were back to our normal relationship.

It was really nice to have our normal relationship back.

I used to have moments where I felt like I failed as a caregiver to Mason.

I had done all the rooster behavior therapies with him. I held him, I sang to him, I spent time with him away from the hens, etc. Everything that is recommended for challenging roosters, I did.

And yet nothing changed with his behavior towards me.

I didn't fail Mason as a caregiver.

Mason has his very own personality and is his own individual.

Mason also has his own past trauma.

I don't blame him for seeing me as a threat.

He was failed by humans in the past and honestly I don't trust most humans either.

I accept and love Mason for who he is.

And I believe he knows that.

Caregiving isn't always about snuggles and kisses.

It's also about loving someone without trying to change who they are.

It's about accepting and loving them for exactly who they are.

The same way that we want to be accepted and loved for who we are.

Mason has no desire whatsoever for me to snuggle or kiss on him.

And that is perfectly ok.

In the mornings and evenings though, I do have to pick him up and hold him to give him his heart treatment.

When I'm done I put Mason down. He immediately jumps up on the bench and gives me a good peck.

I tell him that's fair (no one likes taking medicine) and that I love him too.

Then he runs to be with Sam and Patsy.

Which is exactly where he belongs.

They are his everything.

They are his entire world.

11/15/2025

Jackson got his late morning walk, foot soak and a new pile of leaves to play in.

Now I can get to work on The Luka's attached run.

I'm going back through and extra securing any spots I feel I missed the first time around.

I was so exhausted when I finished The Luka's space. I think it's good to go back over it with a fresh set of eyes.

I struggled with getting Jackson's booties on him when they arrived, so I didn't use them. I ended up going back to wrapping his feet.

Last night I did some alterations on his booties and I'm thrilled that now I can put them on him easily.

I did some resizing with the toes too.

The booties are much better and Jackson can scritch and scratch through his leaf pile much more comfortably.

11/14/2025

It's been a high stepping leaf pile kind of day today.

11/14/2025

Now that's what I call a good leaf pile human!

~ Cyana

11/13/2025

Happy Birthday Jackson!!!

Every evening, when I carry him to bed, I ask him "do you know how much I love you Jack Jack?"

Then I tell him "around the world three times, to the moon and back and to the moon and back again."

Then I kiss him all over his comb.

There isn't a day that goes by that I don't give thanks to his family for saving his life and contacting us.

They didn't let 4-H have their way and I am so deeply grateful for that.

Last year, for Jackson's first birthday, he didn't have the best birthday since we were packing up for our move.

To make it up to him, I made him two birthday cakes today.

One is a banana layered cake, with blueberry icing and garnished with banana and strawberries.

His other cake is a layered sweet potato cake garnished with cucumber slices.

I was going to let him have both cakes at the same time, and then I came to my senses.

Jackson enjoyed his banana layered cake for lunch.

He gets to enjoy his layered sweet potato cake for dinner.

He was so excited when I put his lunch birthday cake down for him!

Jackson pecked the bowl clean!

I told him how much I love him and thanked him for coming into our lives.

There isn't a day that goes by that I don't think of his brother Bodhi. He'll forever be in my heart and be a part of who I am.

Jackson and I took a moment to wish Bodhi a happy birthday to his spirit and let him know he is always in our hearts and that we miss him.

Happy two year birthday Jack Jack!

I love you around the world three times, to the moon and back and to the moon and back again. ❤️

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