SPONSOR a GAME BIRD
Sponsoring a game bird rescue is one of the best ways to support our ongoing work to provide a lifetime of care and love to abused and neglected farm animals.
Caring for farm animals can be expensive when you add up the costs of food, shelter, supplements, enrichment, bedding and other standard supplies. This does not include medications or veterinary visits. Your monthly donations will cover all of the basic necessities that each of our amazing animals need.
Sponsors will receive a full animal biography; photos, videos, and annual updates; and a cumulative year-end receipt for your tax-deductible donations.
Your sponsorship provides a steady stream of support and budget relief that allows West Place to continue welcoming needy animals to our sanctuary. We appreciate your help!
Chicken Rescues
In the early days of West Place, we did not rescue chickens due to space limitations (we only have so many buildings). Later, we figured out how our waterfowl could live with chickens and it was perfect for many years until 2021 when a tragic case of avian flu claimed the lives of all of our chickens and turkeys.
Now, we are building separate housing for game birds for so many reasons. They eat different food, have different housing requirements, and they are affected by things like avian flue in very different ways than our waterfowl. In order to help as many birds as possible, we need your help to construct a new Chicken House. Direct contributions can be made here.
Although we need a new Chicken House before we can continue our game bird rescue efforts, we've made a few exceptions in emergency situations.
You can sponsor one of our chickens for $20 a month, which provides them with grain, corn for foot health, monthly deworming and treats. In addition to these basics, we are always seeking funding for medications and vet visits.
Jenny
Jenny is our little "forest chicken." No, it's not an official breed but one day, a couple on a hike saw this brave girl come running out of the woods. It is pure luck that she managed to survive. Because we were in a fallow period following the avian flu outbreak, Jenny had a lengthy quarantine period in several places before coming to us. She tested negative for the virus and was our first new chicken rescue in 2023. Since we didn't have a dedicated game bird building yet, she temporarily rented space from the peacocks. They are being good hosts, but she really needs her own place . . . and a sponsor!
We really wish schools would STOP hatching classroom eggs with no plan for what to do with the living, breathing hatchlings for the rest of their lives. We got a call from a concerned parent, who's child's school needed to place two two-week-old "hen" chicks. No other parent would help or get involved. We took them in and raised them at West Place but soon they started crowing . . .because they are both roosters and not hens! We love them dearly and have given them a great home. We spend time socializing Ivan and Willard (formerly Ivy and Willow) every day so they grow up to be a good boys.
Ivan
Willard
Willard came with the name Willow, but if you read the above story about Ivan you will see that we rescued two "hens" who turned out to be roosters. We love the boys but they do require extra care to keep them calm and gentle around our volunteers. Willard and Ivan are strikingly handsome, and thanks to our socialization and enrichment programs they are both polite and friendly towards people and other birds.
Poor Goldie was captured off the streets of Cranston, RI, after neighbors witnessed her get attacked by a cat. Her first day at West Place was very stressful. Goldie was missing a few feathers when she first came to us but otherwise looked healthy. As the day went on, she began open mouth breathing, which is never a good sign. We rushed her to the ER and several hours and several hundreds of dollars later, she was discharged. It seems all of the stress, sunburn, and malnutrituon had caught up with Goldie. Thankfully, she made a full recovery and is anxiously awaiting completion of The Chicken House so she can rule hte roost.
Goldie
Guinea Fowl Rescues
We never want animals to be neglected, but we have always secretly wanted guinea fowl! These hilarious little ones showed up in a neighborhood in Cranston much too close to the highway. They had no mom with them (meaning something happened to her), they were too young to live on their own and they would have been killed by a car or a coyote within a matter of days. We picked them up and put them through our quarantine procedures and they are now living with the peacocks while they wait for our new game bird building to be completed. You can help us fund their new home by sponsoring one or ALL FIVE!
Turkey Rescues
Normally, you can sponsor one of our super cool turkeys for $35 a month, which provides them with grain, corn for foot health, monthly deworming and treats. In addition to these basics, we are always seeking funding for medications and vet visits,
AT THIS TIME WE ARE STILL MOURNING THE LOSS OF OUR TURKEYS -- TAT AND SMOKEY -- FROM AVIAN FLU AND WE ARE NOW IN NEED OF A DEDICATED GAME BIRD FACILITY IN ORDER TO RESCUE MORE TURKEYS.
YOU CAN HELP US GET THERE BY CONTRIBUTING TO THE
BIRDS OF WEST PLACE MEMORIAL FUND.
