I had some company this evening while I was.closing up the birds ❤️
Hope you hop into this work week with positivity and good vibes!
Nothing make Huey, Dewey and Bill happoer than mud and bugs
Hey guys, just wanted to pop on your feed and remind you to have a beautiful Sunday ❤️
Please say hello to Frank Burns and Margaret Houlihan, enjoying their first breakfast at Peace Will Follow. If you saw our post last night, you know that these 2 were found running through Lancaster city and 2 concerned citizens literally risked their lives dodging traffic to secure them and bring them to safety.
These 2 additions are our first intakes in over a year. We have had to be very careful in monitoring our resources as our circumstances have changed over the past year. Not only our financial resources but our physical and emotional capital have to be taken under consideration.
It takes so much work to be a caretaker for animals. You have to think of all the "what ifs" and "how will i?" Before you assume the responsibility for caring for another living being. I am not just speaking for myself, but for our community as well. When you make the decision to purchase chickens from a feed store, you HAVE to consider all possible outcomes. You have to be willing to make accommodations if you don't end up with exactly what you want. Your impulsiveness should not end up being a sanctuary's next intake. I have said "No" to every single call where someone has asked me to take their accidental Roo. I won't even call other sanctuaries because I don't feel like it should become our responsibility to carry the emotional burden of caring for your animal because you decided it's not convenient.
Maybe that goes against what some people think a sanctuary is, and that's OK. And if other sanctuaries welcome those surrenders, that ok too. We obviously want all animals to have a life filled with love and happiness.
Today I am happy to have given Frank and Margaret that chance. But I beg you, choose compassion. Plan, problem solve and prepare for all possible outcomes before you bring a living being under your care.
Earlier today a brave citizen reached out after securing these two chickens after they were running through the streets of downtown Lancaster. My first question, because we don't have much space for quarantine, was "Do they seem to be bonded?"....well, what do you guys think?
Formal introductions to come, but for tonight, these love birds earned some much deserved rest, with full bellies and safe shelter and the company of one another ❤️
Stop out and see us at Dog Days in the Park! We have new merch and lots and lots of puppy love!
Humperdink LOVES his splash pad, but his imbalance makes things challenging. As much as I love being the duckie lifeguard, this little makeshift floatie makes us both feel.more comfortable!
New PWF shirts arrived today!! ❤️❤️
And the gold medal for being high maintenance goes to.....IPO!!
We have had to keep Chey out of the water for the past week because she has had a mild skin infection that we are treating. She spends about an hour in a clean pool in the morning for breakfast and then again in the evening for dinner. After about 5 days of treatment, she is looking 95% better, so we are just staying the course for a few more days to make sure we are over the hump. Thank you to Chey's sponsor @vicki.dailey for her monthly donation and checking in on Chey when she comes to volunteer!
Make sure you stay hydrated today my friends!!