Spring has sprung and Trixie wishes some particular enrichment all the way through flock-down.
You may well be asking, “what’s flock-down?”
In 2022, an avian influenza outbreak devastating wild & home birds in Europe made its option to North The usa.
Since then, greater than 80 million home birds and thousands and thousands of untamed birds have died or been killed because of avian influenza. As a result of the fatality price is just about 100% in chickens and turkeys, and state officers in most cases mandate all birds in an inflamed flock be killed, we selected to take bizarre precautions to offer protection to our cherished feathered pals.
For the previous two years, the birds were saved indoors with coated out of doors get admission to. Whilst their out of doors house is enough, it’s nonetheless a fragment of what it was once.
Whilst we paintings to make bigger their coated out of doors spaces even additional sooner or later, I’m attaining out to you to lend a hand Trixie and her pals as of late.
Your $10 present buys one bag of grass seed!
What’s a graze field?
If you happen to lawn, you most likely already know what a graze field is! It’s a raised mattress lawn transformed to develop contemporary grass for hen pals.
A strong, bird-safe grate is added to the highest in order that the grass can develop via and the chickens can nibble it at their recreational.
This can be a nice type of enrichment that safely reconnects our chook pals with greenery and nature.
I’m hopeful you notice the convenience and pleasure graze containers would convey to Trixie and her whole flock. We’ve executed our absolute best to stay prices down – a gaggle of animal fans has volunteered to construct and set up the graze containers.
Your $20 donation buys wooden for the containers.
Each and every graze field will probably be 4×4 ft and can value round $300 in line with field. However this funding is easily value it!
Trixie is one in every of 600 hens we just lately rescued from an egg farm. Whilst many of those hens have discovered perpetually houses, Trixie is without doubt one of the hens who arrived with well being issues. Just about 10% of the chickens suffered some type of reproductive illness, requiring them to stay at sanctuary.
For those hens, a graze field will supply them with enrichment and pleasure for no matter time they have got left. 🥰
Your $40 transforms into 4 luggage of soil!
As of late Trixie enjoys putting out at the hen playground, some other volunteer enrichment undertaking for the chickens! She is just right pals with Kenzi, some other chicken from the farm, and loves exploring.
Flock-down is hard for the birds, and graze containers will make it much less so. Preserving our chickens enriched is significant to their glad, wholesome lives, and your present towards the graze containers as of late will make this conceivable.
With compassion,
Jess Carroll
Government Director