Sheep Grins and The Turlock Hen Rescue

It was a sunny day at the sanctuary last Saturday, but very very windy. The wind made it cold for us humans, though most of the animals seemed to think it was just fine. Adam is one of the friendlier sheep, bottle raised at the sanctuary from just a few days old, and thus more [...]

Peacock Parties and Ruby’s Beak

Every year at the Poplar Spring events, people ask questions about the peacocks that I often can’t answer. I know the stories of how Edward and Arthur came to live at the sanctuary, but I don’t know that much general information about peacocks, or how they would be in the wild. A friend has been [...]

Lovebugs of the human and turkey variety

Yet another week missed! This time I had a much better excuse – I was off in warm (if not sunny) Florida visiting Mary. We made bagels and butter and burgers and cookie dough dip. I very slowly won the shy Stanley over so that on my last day he actually approached me for some [...]