Author: Siobhan

Trouble’s In Trouble

Cedar Row was asked to take Trouble, another turkey who survived a gassing at an industrial hatchery in London, Ontario. Living with a wonderful family for 2 months, it was time for Trouble to move on. Unfortunately, before he moved from the house to the farm, he tried to jump up on to a counter […]

Plucky and Dark Wing

This video was featured on the Toronto Star website along with an article on November 30th. The caption reads: Turkeys Plucky and Dark Wing will spend their first Christmas holiday at Cedar Row Farm Sanctuary near Stratford, Ont., spared from the “pluck, baste and roast” ritual that befalls millions of turkeys each year. You can […]

Jimmy’s First Snow

Jimmy’s mom was put on the cull truck after she gave birth to a litter of piglets that were stillborn. Not even finished giving birth, Jimmy was born on the truck. The driver told a young man to kill him because he was ” contaminated” and could not go back in the barn. He decided […]

Turkeys Are Cool

This little turkey was pulled from a bagged of gassed poults, to be fed to birds of prey. There were 4 alive this time, but only 2 survived. The 2 survivors will be going to live at The Roosters Inn in a couple of weeks. Thank you Claire Anderson, for all your hard work raising […]

Joaquin’s Getting Stronger!

  Joaquin is getting stronger everyday, and was able to enjoy the sunshine and warm temperatures today. This little guy came to us a week and a half ago with only one good leg, and this is him 12 days later. His acupuncture treatment went really well, and the vet also put him on a […]

Joaquin Walking!

Joaquin tried walking today! The swelling is coming down on his front, left foot, and he is able to put some pressure on it. He drags his hind legs behind him but is trying to very hard to stand up. We had our pig vet out to see him last Friday, and he thinks the […]

Joaquin Update

A few days ago we received a desperate plea from a young couple. They found a piglet left for dead in a field. Though our farm is overflowing, we could not in good conscience turn away an injured baby. We took the little one to the vet yesterday, and while he will need a ton […]

Joaquin the Piglet

We received an urgent email on Friday night, from a young couple who had rescued a piglet, not 2 weeks old, from a pasture near Pembroke. The little pig was left for dead, after his mother had accidentally stepped on him, leaving a large wound on his back. After being out in the pasture for […]

Dark Wing

Plucky has a friend…… Dark Wing! Dark Wing started out as a day old, in a factory barn, near Woodstock, with thousands of other male poults. Because of his unique feather colouring, he was constantly picked on by the others. The farmer pulled him out and moved him to a separate enclosure in their yard. […]