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09/04/2025
Amongst the most intricate nest makers is Speckles. This adorable little floof with help from her hus-bird, Marjoram, find all sorts of cool things to cozy up their nest. She loves adding pine needles, wood chips, and large feathers to her nest especially.
After surviving being used as live bait in dog hunting training, seeing Speckles so content with her friends and hus-bird remind me why we do this work and how important it is to educate about pigeons. Pigeons are brilliant, adorable, clean creatures. They deserve all the love in the world and then some. They have helped us in wars, advanced research, been loyal companions throughout thousands of years and proven time and time again that they are incredible. It is sad that nowadays they are looked down upon. Humans domesticated them, trained them to come to them, then abandoned them and now complain that they mess up their towns and cities.
I think it is about time that society rethinks the pigeon and remembers them fondly like it used to be.
08/13/2025
Fact or Myth 👉Pigeon Edition
The color silver attracts pigeons.
What do you think?
07/31/2025
When you are a duck, your favorite thing in the universe is when it rains!
After a couple day rainy spell, our ducks were more than thrilled when a fun puddle formed in their enclosure. They spent most of the day digging for grubs and splashing all about in the "mini pond".
07/30/2025
Here's a guide to help you figure out if you've spotted a feral or domestic pigeon!
Domestic pigeons cannot survive in the wild. They often succumb to predation, starvation, dehydration, or illness because they have no clue how to find all the things necessary to survive. It has always been handed to them.
If you find a domestic pigeon, please rescue it!
Want an easy way to help pigeons? Share this post so more people can learn to recognize an abandoned bird in need.
07/29/2025
According to Friendship, 2 fake eggs aren't enough! Despite her originally laying only two eggs, Friendship took it upon herself to gather more. She figures if she is going to go through the hard work of nesting, she might as well make it count. She proceeded to roll fake eggs across the aviary from other pigeon's nests into her own when the pigeons were looking the other way. After getting up to four fake eggs in her nest, we snuck this photo of her sly smile as she tried to convince me nothing happened here that day.
How many fake eggs do you think Friendship will get up to?
07/28/2025
Thinking of building an aviary?
We’re sharing an article on how to build an outdoor aviary that’s bird-safe and predator-proof.
Link: https://dreamingofachance.com/outdoor-pigeon-aviary/ or go to our bio!
07/27/2025
🪞 Did you know pigeons can recognize themselves in a mirror?
It’s a sign of self-awareness, which very few animals demonstrate.
Proof: Pigeons = genius-level birds.
07/26/2025
We had a great time with everyone today for the “I’m For The Birds” Tour! So grateful to everyone who came and got to learn about the sanctuary!
Goomba the rooster showed off how much he likes pets. Yoshi the rooster showed us his epic dance moves. #
Knight and Jude the pigeons came out so everyone could say hello to pigeon cuteness and appreciate their amazing smiles up close.
And of course, Dante showed off how great his pouting skills were!
Hoping to see everyone again next year too!
07/26/2025
🚨 Happening Today!🚨
Today's the day! Our I'm For The Birds Tour is happening and we can't wait to see you there! Come see all the birds and learn all about them! It's going to be a fun filled time and a great way to get to know our residents!
We've been busy adding mats to our pigeon aviaries and I have been so lucky to have many good helpers. Ringo has been my number one assistant with Agapi, Abomasnow, Eddie, Wh**ey, and Pecan assisting as well.
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Hi everyone, Tiff here – thank you for joining us. We are so happy that you get to be part of our sanctuary family! If you don’t know already, I am the president and founder of Dreaming of a Chance Farm Animal Sanctuary right here in Pleasant Valley, NY. I would love to tell you a little bit about who we are, what we do, and how you can make a difference.
I myself am an animal lover who has been rescuing and rehabilitating animals in need for years on my family’s farm. I have dedicated my entire life towards helping animals in need and am currently working to become a farm animal veterinarian so I can do more. Working at a sanctuary and on my farm, I became aware of how many animals are out there in need of homes. My farm was contacted frequently to see if we could take in unwanted pets or help rescue animals. Over the years, my family and I adopted/rescued over 50 animals needing a home. Working at the sanctuary, I saw an opportunity to not only be able to help more animals in need, but also give back to the community while doing so. With the help of an insane amount of coffee and some fabulous people, we made this dream become a reality.
So what do we do you may ask? The answer is actually quite simple. We are the place that poultry that need a home end up at. People don’t realize how often birds get put in terrible situations. We have seen far too many cases of abuse and unwant and even more of neglect and abandonment situations. We seek to take in as many birds needing a home as our capacity allows and provide them with lifelong care and the rehabilitative means they often need to live their best life.
For the first few years, we want to remain poultry focused. As we grow and gain more support, we hope to be able to expand into rescuing other types of farm animals in need while still having a heavy poultry focus. We hope that you will continue with us on our journey of making a change one life at a time.
