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Blackbird Ranch Farm Sanctuary

A GFAS accredited farmed animal sanctuary, located in Pullman, WA.

09/06/2025

Come visit the Blackbird Ranch booth at “Pride in the Park” in Moscow, Idaho! We’ll be here from 12-4pm at East City Park.
Learn about volunteer opportunities, sponsor an animal, buy some cool merchandise to support the animals, and more!
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09/04/2025

Are you local to the Palouse? Come visit us this Saturday, September 6 at the Inland Oasis Palouse Pride in the Park from noon-4pm! This free event takes place at East City Park in Moscow, Idaho. There will be fun performances, yummy food, and variety of booths that showcase many of the local artists, craftspeople, organizations, and businesses that make the Palouse a great place to live. Blackbird Ranch will have a booth with information about the sanctuary, volunteer opportunities, animal sponsorship packages, merchandise, and more! Palouse Pride is a family friendly event and we look forward to seeing you there!

East City Park is at 900 E. 3rd St., Moscow, Idaho

For more information visit
inlandoasis.org/pride2025.html

See you there!

09/01/2025

I’m always super grateful when our volunteers come out to help care for the animals. We even have kids who come out to volunteer sometimes. I usually think I explain the husbandry tasks pretty well to the volunteers, but today I failed at my job. This was the result when I tasked a 15 year old to put sunscreen on the pigs. 😂 . Stay tuned for the post with their tan lines next 🤦‍♀️.

08/30/2025

Managing a sanctuary requires teamwork. This is definitely not a one person type of job. We have a lovely team of dedicated, hardworking volunteers who give up their valuable time to help us care for the many animals who call Blackbird Ranch their home. These wonderful humans want to help because they love the animals just as much as we do and they believe in our mission. This morning I had the pleasure of training two of our fantastic volunteers, Justine and Kevin, on hoof trimming for our sheep and goats. The sheep and goats have their feet tended to each month, to keep them in tip-top shape. Hoof health is so important to their overall wellbeing; this is a task we don’t want to put off, and we make it a priority. Justine and Kevin have proven to be capable, strong volunteers with a passion to learn more, so I was delighted to teach them this skill, and it will be so nice to have another two members of our team know how to do hoof trims; it makes everything run more smoothly when I can pass off an important task like this to others and trust that the animals will be in good, competent hands. We are .

08/28/2025

🚨 New merchandise fundraiser! 🚨
We are launching 2 brand new original designs on merchandise as part of a kindness campaign to support our veterinary medical fund. I’m not going to sugarcoat it, this past year has been financially challenging, and we need to rebuild our medical savings so that we can continue to help more animals in need. Over the past 12 months, we have spent over $31,000 on medical expenses. It’s true. For a little grassroots nonprofit organization, run entirely by volunteers, with a very small social media following and donor base, this hits us hard. We need to act now to rebuild our medical fund such that we can effectively help the next animal with a medical need or emergency who comes our way. We will be holding several different fundraisers, with some fun items (including another t-shirt design), over the next couple months to help us with this challenge. The first of these is this original artwork designed by our very own, longtime (and incredible) volunteer, Victoria! We have 4 different shirt styles (including kids), which feature the adorable and familiar faces of our own residents, and lots of colors to choose from. The inspiration for the design is pulled from our core values which are based on kindness and empathy. Everyone who has been to Blackbird Ranch has undoubtedly seen our welcome sign hanging proudly in our barn, which embodies inclusion and values diversity across the entire spectrum of humans and nonhuman animals alike. This design will be available thru our online store at Bonfire (link in bio) thru September 11.

https://www.bonfire.com/everyone-is-welcome-at-blackbird-ranch/?utm_source=copy_link&utm_medium=post_campaign_launch&utm_campaign=everyone-is-welcome-at-blackbird-ranch&utm_content=default

08/25/2025

Jack has barely moved from his own personal barn fan during this little heat wave we’ve been having this past week. He carefully plans his day to do his very important turkey business early in the morning before the heat kicks in, then he wanders into the barn and spends the rest of the day relaxing in front of his fan and keeping cool.

08/01/2025

Have you ever seen a chicken in a superhero cape? These capes are actually chicken aprons, they are designed with little elastic straps that fit around the wings of the hen, right at the shoulder, which allows the fabric to lay across their back, like a cape. We use these aprons when we start to see missing feathers on the back of the hens, caused by breeding. The males will stand on the female’s back during mating and the act can damage their feathers or pull their feathers out. In extreme cases, the males can dig into the females skin on her back, with his nails causing wounds and lacerations. The aprons help to protect the ladies, and they look pretty cute while wearing them too!

06/24/2025

Our woolies had their annual salon day! Just in time for the warmer weather, these babes will be feeling so much better without all that extra weight! They were all so brave and champs about sitting in weird positions for a few minutes. Big thank you to Allison Jackson with her tender touch and compassionate shearing! We appreciate your hard work!

06/17/2025

It’s Donkey Fashion Week at Blackbird! Cheyanne and Brayson are modeling their new hip fly masks. They have recently shed their thick winter coats, and are looking so sleek and shiny, but with the warmer weather comes the flies. Their new accessories will help protect their eyes from the annoying pests.

05/22/2025

Simon may be going thru his “terrible two’s”, but when he’s not running around getting into mischief, he is just the sweetest boy. You barely have to touch him and he automatically flops over for belly rubs. Since Simon has been with us from birth, he has only ever known sanctuary life. He’ll never have to go thru the hardships that many of our other animals have endured, before getting rescued, and he doesn’t have PTSD to work thru as a result. It makes me happy to know that for his entire life, all he will know is love, respect, and dignity.
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05/21/2025

This pretty little hen is Odette. Odette was rescued from a chicken farm that was closing down, several years ago. There were hundreds of chickens at this farm, who were scheduled to be killed, once they closed. We, along with several other sanctuaries were allowed to enter the farm and collect up as many hens as we could fit in our vehicles, in order to save them. We brought back a packed SUV full of chickens (and 1 rooster), and found excellent homes for the majority of them. The remaining handful stayed at Blackbird, including Odette here.
Odette is a shy but inquisitive gal, she loves basking in the sunshine and snacking on blueberries.
OdEtte has never had her own personal sponsor, and we would love to find her one! If you would like to sponsor Odette, for only $10/month, please reach out to us, or you can join our Patreon family at the “chicken tier” level to begin your sponsorship.
Patreon.com/blackbirdranchsanctuary
Her sponsor will receive a canvas photo of Odette, a sponsorship certificate, and a tote bag.

05/17/2025

I’m sorry Mile, you can’t have 247 pears for breakfast today. 🍐

Address

P. O. Box 722
Pullman, WA
99163

Telephone

+16197291813

Website

http://www.blackbirdranchsanctuary.org/

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Blackbird Ranch Sanctuary is an advocate and champion for animals. Blackbird Ranch protects farmed animals from cruelty, provides lifelong sanctuary to farm animals in need and offers education and support for the community in order to inspire cruelty free and compassionate living.