08/26/2026
WHAT'S GETTING LOW AT THE FARM? — CURRENT NEEDS & PROJECT UPDATE 🐾💚
Good afternoon, everyone! 💚
We figured we'd do this update a little differently, without posting the same "fit arm needs" post. 😂
With hundreds of animals in our care, supplies can disappear amazingly fast — and right now there are several things we're getting pretty low on.
🌽🐄 OUR BIGGEST IMMEDIATE NEED
We are currently down to just:
🐄🐐🐑 3 bags of All-Stock Feed
We've also worked through our current supply of:
🌽 Chicken Scratch
🐴 Horse Feed
🐥 Chick Feed
🌽 Corn
And we currently really need:
🐱 Dry Cat Food
We DID receive some wonderful donations of wet cat food and wet dog food, and we are extremely grateful! 💚
🥫 Wet/canned cat food is always needed, though, because we have several special-needs cats who can only eat wet food. We use it every day and go through it quickly.
Really, ANY animal feed is greatly appreciated. Even if it isn't one of the items at the very top of today's list, chances are pretty good somebody here eats it. 😂🐄🐐🐑🐷🐴
And before anyone worries when they see us say we're "low," I want to make something VERY clear:
❤️ OUR ANIMALS ARE ALWAYS TAKEN CARE OF.
When we say we're low on something, that does NOT mean an animal will go without food if donations don't come in.
We post our current needs so those who want to help know what we use most and what would help us replenish our supplies.
If something runs out, we purchase what our animals need. Their care never depends on whether a donation comes through. ❤️
Donations help offset those expenses and allow the farm's operating funds to stretch further toward veterinary care, rescue expenses, repairs, utilities, maintenance, and the approximately 8,742 unexpected things a farm manages to need every month. 😂
Right now, our feed needs include:
🐄🐐🐑 All-Stock Feed — only 3 bags remaining
🌽 Chicken Scratch
🐴 Horse Feed
🐥 Chick Feed
🌽 Corn
🐱 Dry Cat Food
🥫 Wet/Canned Cat Food
ANY BRAND. ANY SIZE. 💚
A large bag helps.
A small bag helps.
A case of canned food helps.
Even a few individual cans help.
It ALL adds up.
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🛒 TRACTOR SUPPLY PICKUP
If you'd rather purchase feed or supplies directly, you can place an online Tractor Supply order for pickup at:
📍 Brunswick
📍 Waycross
📍 Jesup
Use M&B Farm & Hatchery as the pickup name and message us to let us know which store it's waiting at. We'll take care of picking it up! 💚
🌾 FEED SOUTH
You can also put credit directly on our feed account:
Feed South
3880 Brunswick Hwy
Waycross, GA 31503
📞 (912) 548-1475
Account: M&B Farm & Hatchery Inc.
Donations can be made in-store or over the phone.
Any money placed on our account stays there as a credit toward upcoming feed purchases. Every dollar on that account is one less dollar that has to come directly out of the farm's operating funds.
📦🐱 AMAZON GIFT LIST
We also have cat food and other regularly needed supplies on our Amazon Gift List:
https://www.amazon.com/registries/gl/guest-view/20TCC7BLW1T6
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🌾🚚 HAY — AND WE MAY HAVE A HUGE OPPORTUNITY!
Our regular hay loads are currently $340 each, and with the number of livestock here, hay goes FAST.
We are incredibly grateful to the anonymous supporter who recently paid our entire previous $620 hay balance. 💚🌾
That covered:
🌾 $280 — remaining balance from the load we received immediately before the wildfire
🌾 $340 — our most recent load
But we also have some REALLY GOOD NEWS!
Our friend and longtime supporter Hunter Jones has generously offered to DONATE ROUND BALES OF HAY TO THE FARM! 🐄🐐🐑🌾
This could make a tremendous difference in our ongoing hay expenses.
Hunter is approximately 2½ hours from the farm, so our biggest challenge right now is simply getting the hay here.
The good news is:
🌾 The hay is being donated.
🚜 We have a 20-foot bumper-pull flatbed trailer that can be used.
🏠 We now have a way to temporarily store and protect the hay once we get it here.
We are down to ONE missing piece:
🚚 A truck capable of safely hauling it.
Unfortunately, our F-150 can't safely pull our 20-foot trailer loaded with a large load of round bales, especially for a trip of about 2½ hours each way.
We're not willing to overload the truck or take an unnecessary safety risk to get the hay here.
So we're asking:
💚 DOES ANYONE HAVE A PROPERLY EQUIPPED TRUCK AND WOULD BE WILLING TO HELP US HAUL IT?
We already have the trailer available. We need someone with a truck that can safely tow it loaded with the round bales.
At this point:
🌾 Hunter has the hay.
💚 He's DONATING it to the farm.
🚜 We have the trailer.
🏠 We have temporary storage.
🚚 We need some horsepower and a helping hand to connect the two! 😂
If you can help with transportation, PLEASE message us.
And if you can't haul it yourself, sharing this post may help us reach someone who can!
Transportation help would be a donation to the farm in its own right. Getting these round bales here could significantly reduce our ongoing hay costs. 💚🌾
Sometimes helping the immediate farm isn't about writing a check...
Sometimes we need somebody with a big truck. 😂🚚🌾
Until we're able to get the donated round bales here, anyone wanting to contribute toward our regular hay can donate directly to our account with:
🌾 Pine Haven Stables & Riding Academy — Christy Parker
📱 Venmo:
Please put:
"M&B Farm & Hatchery Inc."
in the comments so it is properly credited to our account.
And nobody has to purchase an entire $340 load!
🌾 $5 helps.
🌾 $10 helps.
🌾 $25 helps.
🌾 $50 helps.
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🐐🐑🏠 LIVESTOCK SHELTERS — $790 REMAINING
Hunter is also allowing us to purchase several ready-made livestock shelters that we can use immediately for our goats and sheep.
We have the opportunity to purchase:
🏠 3 Calf Hutches — $450 total
🏠 2 Calf Domes — $250 each / $500 total
That's:
🐐🐑 5 READY-MADE LIVESTOCK SHELTERS — $950 TOTAL
And we've already made progress!
💰 TOTAL GOAL: $950
💚 DONATED: $160
🐐 REMAINING: $790
While they're designed for calves, they'll provide excellent additional shelter for our goats and sheep.
And one of the biggest advantages?
WE DON'T HAVE TO BUILD THEM. 😂🔨
Five additional shelters built from scratch would require lumber, roofing, hardware, screws, equipment, transportation, construction time, and a LOT of workforce.
These are already built. Once we can move them here, we can use them immediately.
We're also still financially recovering from the wildfire evacuation earlier this year. Evacuating hundreds of animals across multiple counties for nearly two weeks was incredibly expensive, and coming home didn't make those expenses disappear.
We've continued operating the rescue, feeding hundreds of animals, making repairs, and taking in animals who need somewhere safe to go.
That's why opportunities like this are so valuable.
And PLEASE don't see $790 remaining and think one person has to cover it.
They absolutely don't!
💚 $5 helps.
💚 $10 helps.
💚 $25 helps.
💚 $50 helps.
A bunch of smaller donations working together can accomplish something pretty incredible.
If donating specifically toward these, please put:
"Livestock Shelters"
in the memo/comment.
And another HUGE thank-you to Hunter.
Between the shelters and his offer to donate round bales, he's helping us work toward solutions for two major livestock needs at once—shelter AND hay. 💚🐐🐑🌾
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🪵 TRUE CUT SAW WORKS — $580
Our current balance with True Cut Saw Works, LLC. remains:
💲 $580
They graciously allow us to carry a balance and make payments toward our account.
Donations can be made directly:
📱 Venmo: -Flowers
Please put:
"M&B Farm & Hatchery Inc."
in the comments so it is properly credited to our account.
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🌈💔 RAINBOW BRIDGE PET CREMATIONS — $780 REMAINING
Unfortunately, this balance has increased again.
Our previous balance was $650, which included Beauty's cremation.
Since then, we also lost our sweet Jerry. 💔🐀
Jerry's cremation is another $130, bringing our current balance to:
🌈 $780 REMAINING
This is one of those expenses we wish we never had to post about.
End-of-life care is one of the hardest realities of operating an animal rescue and sanctuary.
Many animals who come to us are elderly, sick, injured, have special needs, or need somewhere safe to spend whatever time they have left.
When that time comes, we believe they deserve the same dignity and care at the end of their lives that we try to give them while they're here.
Jerry was especially difficult for our family. He had been with us for more than three years and wasn't just another animal here at the farm. He was part of our family and touched the lives of so many children through our school and church visits. 💚🐀
Rainbow Bridge Pet Cremations graciously allows us to carry a balance and make payments toward our account.
If someone wants to contribute specifically toward Jerry's cremation, you can put "Jerry" or "cremation" in the memo.
If a donation is made directly to Rainbow Bridge without a memo, that's okay too—it will be credited toward our overall balance.
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🐾🚜 DOG KENNEL GATE PROJECT — $349.96 REMAINING
This project is still on our list!
We originally needed one new gate and four lockable latches.
💚 One latch has already been taken care of!
We still need:
🚜 1 × CountyLine 12-ft Wire Gate — $259.99
🔒 3 × CountyLine 2-Way Lockable Gate Latches — $29.99 each
💲 TOTAL REMAINING: $349.96
You can purchase these directly through Tractor Supply online and select store pickup.
PLEASE message us if you purchase the gate or any of the latches so we can update our list and don't accidentally receive more than we need.
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🎁 TRACTOR SUPPLY GIFT CARDS
Tractor Supply gift cards are ALWAYS greatly appreciated!
We use them for feed, fencing, hardware, animal supplies, maintenance, repairs, projects, and all those unexpected farm expenses that somehow appear out of nowhere. 😂
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💚 GENERAL DONATION OPTIONS
📱 Zelle:
[email protected]
📱 Venmo:
💚 PayPal:
https://tinyurl.com/MB-Donate
💚 Givebutter:
https://www.givebutter.com/mbfarmhatchery
🛒 Amazon Gift List:
https://www.amazon.com/registries/gl/gu est-view/20TC,,C7BLW1T6
📬 Check or Money Order:
M&B Farm & Hatchery Inc.
630 Sloan Hill Rd
Hortense, GA 31543
💻 More ways to help:
https://www.mbfarmhatchery.com/how-you-can-help
Donations and supplies can also be dropped off at the farm. We have a drop box by the gate for smaller items.
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💚🐾 SUPPORT DOESN'T HAVE TO COST ANYTHING!
There is NEVER an obligation to donate.
We sincerely mean that.
If donating isn't something you're able or want to do, that's completely okay!
👍 Like our posts.
💬 Leave a comment.
📲 Share something from our page.
💪 Come volunteer.
🙏 Keep our family and animals in your prayers.
Our Facebookokokokokokok page is monetized, so simply li,king, commenting and sharing our posts can actually help generate a little income for the farm.
Those interactions cost absolutely nothing, but they really do help us. 💚
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💚 CURRENT NEEDS AT A GLANCE
🐄🐐🐑 All-Stock Feed — 3 bags remaining
🌽 Chicken Scratch
🐴 Horse Feed
🐥 Chick Feed
🌽 Corn
🐱 Dry Cat Food
🥫 Wet/Canned Cat Food — always heavily used
🌾 Hay — $340 per regular load
🚚 Help transporting donated round bales — trailer available!
🪵 True Cut Saw Works — $580
🌈 Rainbow Bridge Pet Cremations — $780
🐐🐑 Livestock Shelters — $950 ,goal / $160 donated / $790 remaining
🚜 Dog kennel gate & latches — $349.96 remaining
Behind every bag, bale, can and number on this list are animals who depend on us every single day.
And whether donations come in or not, those animals will continue to be fed, cared for and loved. ❤️
Sharing our current needs simply gives those who want to help an opportunity to know where their support can make the biggest difference right now.
Whether you donate $5, put credit on a vendor account, send a bag of feed, send a few cans of cat food, help us haul a trailer full of donated hay, contribute toward a shelter, purchase a latch, send a Tractor Supply gift card, volunteer, share this post or simply hit that little 👍 while you're scrolling...
IT ALL HELPS. 💚
M&B Farm & Hatchery Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
Thank you for continuing to support our farm, our mission, our family and, most importantly, the hundreds of animals who call this place home. 💚🐔🐱🐄🐐🐑🐷🐴🐾
And if you've made it all the way to the bottom...
You officially deserve a farm volunteer T-shirt and a feed scoop. 😂💚🪣
