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We are delighted that Mac the Mossburn Rabbit now has his own book.
The story follows our very own Mac on a voyage of discovery with the help of Fern the Deer and the Rabbit Rescue Squad, amongst others.
Poultry
Here at Mossburn we rescue and shelter misused, abused, unwanted and neglected poultry. You can help us to do this by paying to foster an animal. Just click on the 'Foster Me Please' button for the animal that you would like to foster.
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Marran Hen
Hilda is on the left, Hester is on the right
Hilda and Hester
Nelson and Emma
Nelson and Emma are, we believe, American Buff Geese. They are definitely a pair but we have no idea at all of their age. They arrived here on 9 May 2004, along with two sheep, Nunu and Lala, as their owners had been forced to vacate the rented premises they occupied and could not find another house with land to accommodate their animals.
Although very independent and very attached to one another, Nelson and Emma soon became friendly with the other resident geese here and as protective of the sheep as the other geese.
When people ask if they can look round on their own we always warn them that they can approach and touch all the animals but beware of the geese - there is nothing Nelson likes more than a fleeing human! Stood up to he will back off, but if he thinks he has the upper hand (beak actually!), he will chase and bite! Emma does lay the occasional egg but has never shown any inclination to sit on her eggs, which is a good thing as we would discourage her from doing so.
Albert and Angelina
Albert was our only goose apart from Henry (and he's not really a goose at all - see below) so he was feeling very lonely. Albert spent his time walking around looking sad and honking.
We quickly realised that for Albert to be happy at Mossburn he was going to need some company so we aquired Angelina. Albert was delighted and only honks now to call Angelina.
Henry
It is no good our listing Henry under Poultry, he would get terribly upset! See the Sheep section where all will be explained.
Roger
Roger
As you can tell by his name he is not a chicken at all but a cockerel who arrived in the hands of a distraught policeman who had been asked by a neighbour to wring Roger's neck, he could not bring himself to do it!
We are often asked to take in cockerels, but as they are territorial and will fight, we cannot usually do so. If you allow chickens to hatch eggs you are going to end up with some hens and a whole load of cockerels and if you can’t deal with the problem the answer is not to let your chickens hatch eggs.
Roger was lucky, we did not have much poultry on the yard at the time of his arrival and we allowed him to stay. He made friends with Ali and Omar, the turkeys, and the three of them live together happily. We do not know how old Roger is but he was obviously young when he arrived here in 2001. We do not know his breed either, he is a mixture but handsome for all that.