SAVING LIVES, HEALING SOULS
Gone but Never Forgotten
Minnie & Daisy
Minnie and Daisy are Japanese silkies, and complete the quartet of lady chickens at the sanctuary.
All of the silkies came from a breeder who was not able to care for them. Saving Grace stepped in to give them all loving homes, and now they spend their days squawking and pecking from the comfort of their penthouse!
11/22/2020 ~ This morning we said "good-bye" to the beautiful and sweet Silkie Chicken, Minnie. She just celebrated her 6th anniversary here. She wasn't big on being held. But if on the rare occasion you were lucky enough to hold her, she would just snuggle in and sometimes carry on a full conversation with you. Goodbye sweet girl, you will be deeply missed.
Memories shared by Minnie's friends:
Until you have had a chicken, it is hard to understand how much personality they can have. My heart is with you. - Alice H.
I’m so sorry she was a lucky girl to have found you - Randi L.
Oh Minnie RIP sweet little peep (6 years ) she had a fabulous home thank you for all the love and giving her the loving home she had. Forever grateful. - Pam C.
Helga & Flower
Don’t be fooled by the names, Helga and Flower were two of the three male roosters here at the sanctuary. Rescued by a group of local volunteers, they were taken from a slaughterhouse with just minutes to spare. After a brief stint in a fabulous Hollywood apartment, they made it to the sanctuary just in time for Thanksgiving in 2017.
Despite being caged in a slaughterhouse for much of their young lives, Helga and Flower became two of the most lovable, social roosters you could ever meet. When visitors came to the sanctuary, they never passed up the chance to get a “lap dance.” Sit with them in their pen and they would climb right up for some attention.
Lucky
Like Helga and Flower, Lucky was also rescued by a courageous volunteer from a local slaughterhouse. Lucky had a distinct feature among the roosters here at Saving Grace: his upper beak had been trimmed. This painful procedure was done to keep him from pecking the other chickens he was confined with at the slaughterhouse. It was just one of the many cruel things that the agricultural industry did to animals in the name of convenience.
With those dark days behind him, Lucky preferred to spend his days hanging out with his goat pals. He could often be found lounging with Winston or challenging Niblet to a head-butting contest (Niblet always let him win).
Lucky standing on Niblet
Patty
Patty was one of our white rescued Japanese Silkie chickens. She was almost always found beside her right-hand gal, Maxene. And although these girls acted as chickens typically do, they looked a lot more like cotton balls with 80's style perm hair do's. Patty also loved to be held and cuddled.
Patty left her body Nov 19, 2022.
Maxene
Maxene was the second half of the dynamic duo of our white rescued Japanese Silkie chickens. Like her bestie, Maxine loved to be held. You couldn’t imagine just how soft this special chicken was. We knew she looked soft…but until you felt how light and small she was, you wouldn’t truly know what we knew at the bottom of our hearts: Maxine was part cotton ball.
Miss Rosemary, Thelma Lou,
& Juanita
11/23/2020 - The girls are finally home! After being vet checked and cleared to go, Miss Rosemary, Thelma Lou, and Juanita are out of quarantine and were moved into the aviary. (These were the emergency rescue chickens we took in two weeks ago.)
But not before Erich and Laurie spent the afternoon refurbishing the previously occupied chicken house that will now be their new home. The house is solid, safe, and warm. And with a purple border!
The ladies are separated from the other aviary residents (silkie chickens- Daisy and Patty and bunnies- Betty and Tony) until we can determine that everyone will be safe.
Here are the ladies having a little pre-dinner snack.