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We offer a forever home to hens who are unwanted, poorly or disabled, or lone hens needing some friends to flock with.

28/07/2025

Nick made the mistake of sitting down. A perfect lap for 2 poorlies - Peggy and Carnation - while I have a coffee!

25/07/2025

This is the post I have dreaded writing but knew the time would come.
Beautiful Maureen has been going downhill slowly, her neurological problems couldn’t be fixed. Recently she took a big step downhill and, like once before, I had to tube feed her to keep her going. This time it wasn’t going to be enough, her little body had had enough, and I made the decision to take her to the vets. We had a long cuddle and she is now at peace.
Fly high little Maureen and catch up with your friend Camilla xx

21/07/2025

MONDAY MORNING MINDFULNESS is taking a summer break and will return in September 🥰🙏🐓xx

09/07/2025

I am trying to work out what percentage of time looking after a hen sanctuary is taken up by cleaning? I’m thinking over 90%. Lowveld Poultry Sanctuary what do you think?
However, moments with the hens when you have a cuppa make it all worthwhile.
This morning I’m with Maureen while she has brunch 🥰

08/07/2025

Bill is a bit of a charmer with the ladies. He likes to invite them to join him a freshly dug dust bath ❤️
Today Meg has found him irresistible 😉

07/07/2025

It’s time for……
MONDAY MORNING MINDFULNESS!! 🙏🥰

Here we are again, another Monday, another new week. I was looking for a photo to use today and found one of little Pop, one of our Frizzles. The nature of their feathers, seeming to point in the wrong direction, is appropriate for how we can feel on a Monday morning 😵‍💫. We can be whipped up by the change of pace around us and feel we have to be ready to go and immediately 100% productive 😳.
So for today’s mindful moment let’s be more gentle with ourselves. Ease into the new week with some self care this morning. Take a little time out to have a few quiet moments sitting and resting - maybe with a mug of tea or coffee - and use all 5 senses to become aware of your surroundings in the present moment. I like to use the 5,4,3,2,1 technique for this. Slowly rest your full awareness,in turn, on 5 things you can see, 4 things you can hear, 3 things you can touch, 2 things you can smell and 1 thing you can taste. Let me know how you get on.
Have a good week everyone and look after yourselves and others 🙏🥰🐓xx

04/07/2025

Maureen had been doing well but had a set back a few days ago. I messaged the lovely people at Every Feather & Wild Life Rescue who have a hen with a similar condition for suggestions. We seem to be using the right treatment of various vitamins and pain killers, which is good. What I hadn’t realised is the big effect stress can have on this condition. Maureen had a set back after her friend Camilla died. More recently she met Peggy in the hen hospital and they seemed to get on together- although Maureen seemed hesitant to go for food when Peggy was eating. Then a couple of days ago I popped them both into the same coop at night rather than bringing them in. Last night I brought Maureen back indoors to her usual bed. This morning she is so much brighter.
I will now concentrate on making Maureen’s life as stress free and consistent as possible. She will still be with Peggy at times while I see if they can integrate but I will have much more quality time with her. And lots of cuddles. Sorry for taking my eye off the ball Maureen 😞❤️🙏

30/06/2025

It’s time for…..
MONDAY MORNING MINDFULNESS!! 🙏❤️🐓

Hello everyone, here we are again so soon 😳, I hope you are all well.

When life seems to be going by so quickly we can get into an autopilot mode and miss the detail. This is when we can turn to mindfulness for help.
The idea of ‘beginner’s mind’ invites us to look at the world as if for the very first time. Here we make use of our senses to experience everyday things. For example, when you have a cup of coffee you would take in the aroma, feel the cup in your hand and taste the coffee, noticing its warmth. Maybe take a really close look at the cup, closer than you have before, noting its colour, pattern and texture.
This is just one example but it can be applied to anything. Chores that you do without thinking - maybe washing up, hoovering, letting the hens out first thing in the morning - try doing them as if for the first time and really notice what is going on. It’s a really good way to bring your focus into the present moment.
Let me know what you choose to try and how you got on.
Have a good week everyone and be kind to yourselves and others 🙏🐓xx

23/06/2025

It’s time for…..
MONDAY MORNING MINDFULNESS!!
🙏❤️🐓

Hello everyone, I hope you are all well and enjoying the summer.

Yesterday I fell over (as I so often do 🙄) in a spectacular way, as I went up some steps with a bucket of water. I tripped, landed on the bucket - and was then soaked by its contents 😆.
I get very annoyed at myself as I often fall over because I am rushing. I go round with what psychologists call ‘a sense of urgency’. This doesn’t mean I get things done more quickly because in the rush I forget things and have to rush back in the other direction to find them. If this resonates with you then mindfulness can help. I am making it my intention for this week to notice when I’m rushing and stop, take a few deep breaths to bring myself back to the present moment and then move on at a slower pace.
It’s a good ideal to make an mindful intention for the week, whether it be to move more mindfully, put aside some time each day to sit quietly, or maybe to bring more mindfully awareness to your interactions with others. By setting an intention we are consciously deciding what we want to focus our mindfulness practice on.
Let me know what you choose 🥰
Have a good week everyone and be kind to yourselves and others 🙏❤️🐓xx

21/06/2025

Maureen and Peggy have joined me in the ‘absolutely no hens allowed’ garden.
They met in the hospital recently and are still recovering 🥰

17/06/2025

…….. PEGGY UPDATE……..

Just back from the vets and having breakfast with Peggy. Her vet is really pleased with how her leg stump is healing. She’s now allowed outside with her bandage on. She’s such a brave and trusting hen and allows the vet to look at her leg and bandage it.
We ❤️Peggy xx

16/06/2025

It’s time for ……
MONDAY MORNING MINDFULNESS!! 🙏❤️🐓

Hello everyone, here we are on another new Monday Morning, I hope you are all well and enjoying the summer.

Mindfulness, awareness of what is happening in the present moment, can help us in so many ways. I am sure that many of you, like me, keep up with world news and find yourselves feeling so many emotions. Whether it is the news or other circumstances in our lives, when we are faced with situations that we have no control over, mindfulness can help. Rather than trying to push our feelings away we are encouraged to to become aware of them and allow ourselves to feel them. Acceptance of emotions that are already present helps us to honour them for what they are. Similarly we can become aware that some things are not within our control. What we can control, however, is how we respond to these situations. As well as acknowledging our feelings we can gently bring ourselves back to the present moment by stopping, taking a few deep breaths and noticing what is around us. We can also focus on actions that we can do to help inject some kindness into whatever part of the world we are in. Maybe we could make it our intention for this week to carry out ‘random acts of kindness’.
Let me know how you get on and look after yourselves 🙏xx

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