Pepper came to us from a home with many horses who were severely picking on her.  Horse herds have a hierarchy, and she was on the very bottom.  She is a sweet but anxious girl.  Her insecurity and background have lead her to be very herd bound and she is attached at the hip to Shiggy.  With time, patience, and consistency, however, she is gaining self confidence and settling in nicely.

Chandler is the sweetest and most shy animal on the farm.  He and Joey were adopted from Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue in 2018.  PVDR is based in Texas, but they have satellite adoption centers around the country, and Chandler and Joey came from the one based in Riverside, WA.  We don't know much about his background, but his timid and sometimes fearful behavior has lead us to believe there is probably abuse in his past.  He has come a long way since he's been here, though, and gaining confidence every day.

Joey is a young donkey with a fun spirit. He and Chandler were adopted from Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue (PVDR) in 2018.  PVDR is based in Texas, but they have satellite adoption centers around the country, and Chandler and Joey came from the one based in Riverside, WA.  The only thing we know about Joey's past is that he was picked up as a stray in Texas.  He is very confident and sometimes ornery, but if you show him respect , he'll give it back to you.

We didn't intend to have a rooster, but sometimes it can be difficult to correctly identify the gender of a baby chick. We thought Conan was just a bossy pullet until one day he let out a "cock-a-doodle-doo!" and we realized we had a rooster on our hands.  Conan does a great job protecting his flock and keeping a lookout for predators.  Sometimes that means even startling us with a double kick to our knees if he feels we're too close to his girls.

Conan's girls are entertaining to watch and will flock all around you if you have some grubs or scratch for them to eat.    Karen is a an Australorp,  Hedwig is an Easter Egger, Luna is a Buff Orpington.  Our newest editions to the flock are Sally, a Black Orpington, Phoebe, a Blue Fauvacana, and Hoochie & Mama are Gold Kissed Granite Olive Eggers.

Jay-Quel-in was adopted from the barn cat program at Kitten Rescue of Mason County.  She was never socialized as a kitten, so the barn cat program adopts cats out to homes that agree to let them live their best lives hunting rodents around the property instead of expecting them to interact with humans.  Her home base is the tack room in the barn, which has a cat door for her to go in and out of, a nonstop supply of cat food and fresh water and a cat condo to sleep in at night.  We keep her room warm in winter and cool in summer and she rewards us with the gift of many rodent bodies to remind us she's doing her job.  She has no desire for human interaction, so we rarely see her during the day, but we're grateful for her presence.