Freyja's Friends - Small Farm Animal Rescue and Sanctuary

08/17/2024

06/26/2023

Pretty insulting. A video about how to safely introduce roosters into a bachelor flock was flagged and I challenged it, so they added a second strike. I explained the whole time that they were not hurting each other, that I was monitoring them, their shanks are not sharp, even hens fight.

I save roosters to keep them from being fought and processed. Videos on processing are okay though. Comments about killing roosters that are aggressive are okay. But showing people what it really looks like to save animals, unacceptable??!

This notion was beyond upsetting.
I joined TikTok because it was my understanding there was a way to generate income for the rescue. Plus, I hoped to spread knowledge to a larger audience. But, this is the result. Unbelievable.

06/23/2023

Our second order through Shopify!!!
Almost makes the time, money, and effort and monthly fees worth it.
I’m honored anyone would want to show support for the rescues here. Truly.
If anyone is interested, we do have Freyjasfriends.org that you can visit or just DM.

06/18/2023

I took a bit of a trip. Needed a spiritual recharge. Connected with nature. Much needed for gathering community.
No signal up there, and none of my posts went through!
I’d encourage anyone reading this to recharge their spirit and respect the land on this day.

06/15/2023

Some days we have to try harder than others.
send times we look for inspiration and motivation and we’re able to find it… but not always.
Telling someone to “cheer up“ or to “be positive“ it’s pretty much telling them they need to not feel or that something is wrong with them for not being OK with what is not OK. Sometimes the best that we can do is simply not break down. And sometimes, we break down.
When someone is suffering, maybe we can just tell them that we love them no matter what. Maybe we can just assure him that we won’t throw them away.
Freyja’s Friends wants the unwanted broken to be broken. And maybe, just maybe, if something is loved for their brokenness, they’re able to heal a little.

05/31/2023

1st sale off Shopify.
because it was semi-local, it got to be hand-delivered. It would’ve been five minutes less to drive to the post office and back and then the delivery would have used up more resources, so it just seemed more appropriate to have it delivered to the front door.
It means a lot that someone would buy a tote bag and help raise awareness about the sanctuary.

Anyone in the area can purchase things via dm that aren’t on the Shopify (cleaner, insect repellent, beard shampoo, all earth-friendly) and it will be delivered to you.
Sometimes we head out to so DM from there, too!

05/31/2023

If anyone brings their unaltered male dog to visit, expect a lecture on why to spay and neuter.

Not only are shelters overrun with dogs because there are just too many and people abandon them because they have become unfashionable, it is best for the dogs’ welfare.
They didn’t believe me about how testicular cancer being a concern for the dog. They googled it. 25% chance!! That’s 1 in 4!!
If you love your dogs, spay and neuter them. Please.

05/28/2023

Lost my favorite rooster yesterday. Drekavac. Very strange. I was talking to him and he wasn’t responsive. I realized he wasn’t blinking. Touched him, and realized he was gone. He was in a position I’d never seen a chicken die in before, just sitting out in some bushes.

After burying him and saying some kind words, appreciating our time together and thanking him nourishing the earth with his sacrifice, I found a random bird head, beak, and feathers. Buried that, too, to honor that bird’s life.

Rescuing can be very rewarding, but it can be devastating.

we are frequently flooded with the idea that everything we do needs to feel good. I hope anyone reading this learns to disagree. Do things because they are the right thing to do, not based on whether or not you feel good. When we take in an animal, there’s a possibility they are not healthy and will pass away and it hurts and it feels like failure. I constantly feel like a failure. So, then, it doesn’t feel good. So, I should just give up then? And let unwanted things remain unwanted?let someone else do the work?
That’s not the right thing to do. Obviously. The hard thing, the unfun thing, the thing others don’t want to do. That’s what’s needed. Please, if you are reading this: do that. You may not be walking around like a smiling buffoon all the time, but you’ll be an asset to the earth and it’s inhabitants. You won’t be hurting people by making them thing they are living wrong because they aren’t blissful through their life. It you are, you aren’t doing hard things.

05/17/2023

This little girl is the alpha of the pack, but she is sensitive!

She is praise motivated, but sulks away when scolded.

She loves to play and is high energy.

She is highly in tune with how her humans are feeling. She loves to lick faces as a sign of trying to comfort those that need it.

Aggie was in the pound completely emaciated. Her profile resembled a xylophone. She was denied love and care. From the meet&greet, she latched into us. She was scared and wanted to hide under me when I squatted down.

She is an example of loving something broken and repurposing what someone else threw away.
She had a happy life now as one of Freyja’s friends.

05/13/2023

A couple things about this:
a) I am actually at the maximum capacity for roosters, but, I’m also not going to say no, and have the poor guy die for doing his job.
2) very cool that people think of me to help rescue the animals. It makes me feel like I have a little more purpose in this world.

05/12/2023

Been a while since I’ve been able to enjoy a lovely vegan meal out.
I miss Orange County for the places like
Thanks for making me smile with the karaoke conversation (I was ear-hustling. I’m a creep.) and, of course, the delicious food.

You don’t have to be vegan to eat vegan. I’ve turned many people on to the realization that vegan food is delicious. Each and every meal without meat helps, folks…just spraying…