September flew by. The heat started to abate. The animals started getting more energy. And everyone seemed to stay stable and happy. 

The animals are excited that they will be getting their annual pumpkin delivery soon. Mara Jade joined the house chicken gang for a couple weeks while being treated for bumblefoot. 

The summer hit full force in August, but still it's been a milder year than last year's summer. We have been helping the animals beat the heat with misters, mud wallows, and lots of watermelon. 

We have been on standby to house several animals from wildfire evacuations but thus far no one has had to evacuate to us. 

July has been a rough month for us. Yuki left this world as her bone cancer pain became too great. Bellatrix the goat left us unexpectedly, passing away in her sleep. 

And Gwen the house chicken also passed away in her sleep, leaving a huge hole in our house. But we have rescued Billie Eilish the pigeon, Jadzia the turkey, and Furiosa the hen. Furiosa is getting fitted for a prosthetic. 

Our May Paint N Sip ALSO went great, huge shout out to Jen Swift for guiding us through painting Carol the cow. 

We had our first ever Summer Pignic, where visitors got to come for a tour and then hang out with the pigs for lunch! It was a HUGE hit! We plan to host this event once yearly in June. 

April continued to be a very hard month for us. Geordi developed a urinary obstruction, and despite numerous surgeries at UCDavis, he did not recover. Ryker has been very lonely but is being hand raised by Aaron, so he thinks he is a human. 

Glory was spayed at Davis and has lost 50# in 6 months! She still has 50 more pounds to lose, but she is on her road to recovery. Despite the sad losses we have suffered, our animals currently seem as happy as ever. The sheep have been sheared, the pigs are all best friends, and Harry Sullivan the turkey loves visitors. 

It has been an extremely difficult time for us. We are so thrilled that we brought in our Princess Bride sheep to the ranch, but then in March we lost Alison shortly after she gave birth to Ryker and Geordi. We are now hand raising these two boys inside. 

We are also temporarily fostering a pig named Joyce for @pigluvco. We also lost Yaddle, one of our friendliest hens ever, to Marek's Disease. Meanwhile Winifred is temporarily living in the house while we continue to treat her bumblefoot. 

It's a new year, and we were grateful to be able to temporarily house 4 bantam chickens from the LA fires. They are each smaller then our pigeons! The Pasadena Humane Society has been over run with rescues, and we were able to house these adorable tiny chickens for the month. They will be going to their permanent sanctuary home in February. 

We are currently at capacity for all species, but we will accept temporary fosters in need depending on their situation. We are continuing to upgrade our existing infrastructure towards the needs of our residents. 

With December coming to an end, we have completed one full year as a non profit. Thank you all for your help!
This year we have rescued 6 pigs, 4 sheep, 3 goats, 1 cow, 12 roosters, 6 chickens (hens), 1 turkey, and 30 pigeons. We currently have 82 rescued farm animals living with us.

We are capacity for what we can handle at this time. We did make just under $7k in donations this year, which is an amazing feat!  But we did spend $74k on the ranch, so we obviously have a long ways to go before we can be run by donations. Still, we are deply grateful for all the connections we have made in the community and we would not have been able to save the animals we did save without your help. 

It's been a rainy month, which is not typical for this early in the winter. We've been prepping the property with mulch in the areas prone to flooding, and our pond is starting to fill already. The animals have lots of fresh straw and bedding to keep them warm. 

Minerva and Neville joined us: two piggies that found themselves in a tough spot when their owner had to leave them behind for her own safety. Luckily they landed a new permanent home with us, and they will be spending the next couple weeks in a small enclosure inside our larger pig pasture getting acclimated to their new piggy friends.

We had four lovely sheep join us in October 2024. As well as Winifred the hen with bumblefoot. The sheep came from a homesteader in Oregon who was down sizing her flock. Sadly most of the flock is being sent to slaughter, but she did agree to rehome several to sanctuaries, including these 4 to us. A fellow sanctuary founder brought them to us and they are adjusting well, but Donny the male has a lot of health problems. 

We are building more housing for future pig residents as our current pig residents are doing great. Cordelia has lost weight and is living her best life. We are hoping Glory will follow in her footsteps. Anya has become Cordelia's little shadow and sister, these two are almost always together, especially sleeping together at night. 

We updated our pig pasture which allowed us to rescue two more pigs this month, Anya and Joyce. We rescued a couple more abandoned chickens as well. We hosted volunteers from around the state and got a lot of work done. We love having visitors come for volunteer days! We got lots of dirt moving and painting done! 

We plan to rescue more pigs in the future but need to stage it so they can have proper introductions. For now Cordelia and Rory have become friends, Anya is friends with Rory but still working on befriending Cordelia, and Gladys has moved in with the chickens in their space since she is older and arthritic, being in that space is safer for her.

Aaron continues to build more structures to help the animals live their best life. He has built some new feeding pens for the pigs, and is working on extra shade and sleep structures for them as well. And Cordelia and Rory are starting to get along, which is amazing news. Tonks and Cedric have also settled in nicely with the goat herd.  

We lost another chicken to cancer, but we rescued two more from slaughter with the help and collaboration with Stockton Animal Save, an animal rights group in the area that performs vigils at slaughterhouses. They are in quarantine for two weeks before they can join the larger flock. We also treated two chickens for conjunctivitis and they are luckily on the mend. There have also been a lot of fires in the area, which is terrifying, but we have been spared evacuation, and have a plan in place to try to evacuate as many animals as possible in a short period if we do have a closer fire. 

In July we lost two chickens, Leela and Susan. Both passed related to reproductive health issues. Chickens have been genetically modified to produce an unsustainable and unhealthy amount of eggs. Even when they live happy lives with us, many of our chickens pass at young ages from reproductive related cancers or health issues. Eating eggs supports this cruel industry and it's ways, and we ask that you think about going vegan as a way to make a statement that you love animals and are not ok with the way humans have modified them for their needs regardless of how harmful it is to the animals. 

Cordelia was spayed at UCDavis and is recovering nicely. She is upset to not have access to a mud wallow, but is still allowed a mister. She has two weeks in recovery and then can return to her normal piggy activities. Rory has been in a great mood despite the heat. Gladys is the biggest lover. And Carol and Yuki continue to ham it up being best friends. 

June was a big month for us. Our two new barns, one for goats and one for pigs, were completed. Once this was done, we took on two new abandoned goats we had promised homes to back in January, and we took on two new pigs being fostered by Charlie's Acres for us while we waited for the barns to be complete. We collaborated with Only Sunshine Farm Sanctuary to get a lot of preparation for the barns done to welcome the new residents as well. 

Gladys and Cordelia the pigs are doing well. Gladys is an absolute love though she is on a lot of pain meds for chronic arthritis. Cordy is obese and scared of people, but we are sure she will come round. Tonks and Cedric the goats quickly adjusted to their new spots in their larger goat herd and seem happy. Encanto our youngest pigeon fractured his metatarsal bone, but it was a small fracture, and our founder Lindsey, a veterinarian, was able to splint it and place him on cage rest and pain meds. He seems to be on the road to recovery.

The pigeons have arrived! Thank you everyone for helping have such a successful fundraiser to quickly build a safe space for our new pigeon residents. They are SO happy in the new space, pairing off and loving their bird bath the most. 

Carol got a new fly mask, Rory is a happy pig every day, and we had our first tour date/open house. Check out the tour date section of our page for details on how you can join future ones! 

Ground has been broken, cement has been poured. Our two new barns, one for rescued pigs, and one for rescued sheep and goats, should be finished by the end of June. New residents scheduled to come when their building is complete. 

April was a busy month. We raised funds for a pigeon aviary and finished building it. Our cross fencing was built. We said goodbye to Madame DuPompedeur who got a good couple last months with us despite her cancer. Carol went to Davis and was spayed, have her hooves trimmed, and got her vaccines. Durmstrang, our rooster flock, has been a bit chaotic at first but seems to have finally settled down.

Our first tour date is the end of May, come join us!  

We have two new barns being built soon, and have agreed to take on several more residents once they are built. For now, Charlie's Acres and Kim's Nurturing Nest are fostering a couple animals that will eventually be long term residents with us when the barns are up. Can't wait to share them with you! 

March was not nearly as sad as February thankfully. Thus far both Yuki and Madame are not showing symptoms from the cancers and are living their best life. The animals are in quite good moods with the nicer weather. We finished enclosing Durmstrang, our rooster flock area, with aviary netting, so now even the tiny breed roosters will be safe. We welcomed 6 new hens from a factory farm rescue organized by Animal Place. And we took in 4 new roosters needing placement in to our bachelor flock. We are still waiting for our cross fencing and new barns to go up. 

The other exciting news is we can start welcoming volunteers mid April. If interested, please email: rorypondrescueranch@gmail.com. 

We look forward to having volunteers help with daily chores and spend time with the animals. 

February was a sad month. Our livestock guardian dog Yuki was diagnosed with bone cancer (amputation is not an option for her given her current lifestyle so we are managing her pain). Madame DuPompedeur was diagnosed with reproductive cancer and secondary egg yolk peritonitis (she is receiving palliative care). Baron passed from his lymphoma. We also said goodbye to Donna Noble, the best turkey ever. Her pain was no longer mangeable and she had become immobile. 

But we have some good news. Yuki is living her best life, even if too short. She is best friends with Carol Danvers the cow. We successfully rescued 4 chickens (2 hens and 2 roos) from an abandonment situation (most of the flock was being picked off by predators). We successfully introduced the 2 roos, Wilfred and Alonso, to our rooster flock. Aaron and Lindsey vaccinated, dewormed, and trimmed hooves on all the goats and didn't get injured ;). We are waiting for the rain to let up as we have contractors hired to place cross fencing and barns in place, but can't do it with the ground this wet. Lastly, Lindsey is in the process of completing paperwork and insurance coverage for volunteers to join us, and for us to host an Open House later this year. 

We adopted Carol Danvers the cow, our property has been super muddy and wet from the rain, but our pond has filled up! 

Our rooster enclosure is complete and is starting to fill up as there are so many roosters needing homes. 

Baron was diagnosed with cancer (lymphoma) after prolpasing his cloaca and having surgery to remove his mass. He is undergoing palliative acre with us right now.