Maple's Mini Sanctuary

05/24/2023

Hi friends, we have been supporting our feathered friends with our own money but we do need help getting this sweet hen to the vet! She has a prolaosed vent which is infected :( If anyone can support in any way we appreciate it so much! Here is our GoFundMe link. Thank you 🙏

Hi guys, we have a sweet young hen who is experiencing a pr*****ed vent which is al… Ashley Coughlin needs your support for Vet exam for chicken with prolapse

03/16/2023

Friends! There are several hundred ex laying hens who are up for slaughter next month that need adoption! If you are interested in adopting, please see the link and fill out the form. They are trying to organize transport if there is enough interest in Texas. Also if anyone can donate it will help the transportation efforts across the country 🙏

10/08/2022

This poor duck was wandering alone in an apartment complex begging for food and water for over a month (left pic), and a good Samaritan was able to capture him and bring him here yesterday. He is already making new friends and he even followed everyone into the coop this evening! Welcome home handsome guy🥰💜🦆

08/22/2022

We just took this beautiful guy in from a lovely family who was moving and was unable to keep him. Welcome Hei Hei! 😍

06/18/2022

Friends ! It's been a long time since we've posted but we have a baby turkey who has a slipped tendon and needs help! Her leg is turned outward and she can only walk on her knee. As she gets bigger it will become very painful and I need to get her evaluated for surgery as soon as possible. We appreciate anyone who can help at all! Updates to come 💜🦃

Hi everyone! We are needing funds to help this poor baby turkey... We believe … Ashley Coughlin needs your support for Baby turkey with severely disabled leg

02/24/2022

Hi friends, it's been a while since we've done any rescues but this evening we were contacted by a good Samaritan who found this poor baby left to die in a bin on the side of the road. She was covered in p**p, emaciated and too weak to even stand. After tube feeding her and giving her a warm bath, she unfortunately passed away an hour ago 😣😢
I post this to honor this sweet bird, because someone did not value her life and left her abandoned to die sick and alone. I hope I at least gave her a sense of safety and comfort in her last few hours of life 💜 Fly high sweet angel
Thank you to Tiffany at The Chicken Rescue for helping her get to us !

09/27/2021

This weekend I had to make the most difficult decision to have our sweet Rudy put to sleep. Recently his leg had become even more deformed from his past hip injury, to the point that he was unable to eat/drink anymore without falling over. We tried hard to keep him in his wheelchair but he despised being in it and woukd always flip himself over to get out 😩 I felt it was too stressful for him.
I fed him on my lap/in his chair for a while, but ultimately felt that his quality of life had declined so much and he would continue to be in pain and struggle.

This was almost something that I couldn't do because he is so special to me, but I feel it was the best decision for him. He had a safe and happy life for almost a year after I took him out of that tiny cage at the feed store. He spent his days enjoying the sun and fresh air with his best friend Winnie. I hope he's walking and flying around over the rainbow Bridge now, with no more pain. I'll miss him so much 💜💜💜💜💜💜🌈

07/20/2021

It's been incredibly busy since we moved, being a mom to a 2 year old and handling the microsanctuary. I feel like I never get time to sit back and enjoy our amazing animals, but today was a rare moment that Rudy and I got to sit on the back patio and enjoy tea and treats.

I love Rudy so much... he's been through so much in his young life. He's not even old enough to crow, but he's already sustained a terrible hip injury (left untreated) which permanently disabled him, probably at the hands of humans being rough with him. I also noticed that his wings were clipped so improperly that the person who did it actually cut through his wing bone 😭. The last pic is his wing bone which is now just a stub that healed over. I can't imagine the pain he must have felt.

Im so glad I found Rudy at the feed store. He would have been eventually "discarded," either for food or because he can't walk normally. Here I try to show him love as much as possible.. I carry him in and out each day to his outdoor run. His infected hock is doing much better and he seems to be completely out of pain now 🤗. Today I did a photo shoot with him to show everyone how special he is 🥰🥰

07/15/2021

Cecil's enjoying his fruit bowl! He's still getting antibiotics and his eye is stable. He is now in an outdoor coop with 2 new lady friends 🥰

07/11/2021

As Cecil continues to improve (yay!), our disabled rooster Rudy required more attention than I thought. After x-rays, we found that he has septic arthritis in his knee joint along with an abcess 😢. Our vet suggested surgery in a few weeks to clean out the infection, but we're weighing out that option because it's very expensive. Right now we're trying antibiotics and pain meds for 2 weeks.

Luckily his wheelchair got here just in time this week, so he's trying it out at nighttime to take pressure off his joints. Please send him well wishes!

07/08/2021

Cecil's eye is looking better today! I flushed it and cleaned it... he got all meds and even ate some banana 😍 He is such a good patient and took a little nap on my lap after. Thank you everyone for the support and well wishes for him!

07/07/2021

Thank you for helping me everyone!! -Cecil

Cecil has a great prognosis, his eye has collapsed and he won't be able to see out of it again BUT the infection is fairly easy to get rid of and his doctor cleaned it out really well. I will be flushing it out once a day and giving him antibiotics for 2 weeks. Thank you everyone who donated. .. you saved him! He's on the road to recovery now🥰🥰🥰