Charles The Raccoon

Our raccoon friend has moved right in and it doesn’t look like he’s going anywhere soon. We found out yesterday that the neighbours down the road, recently released a “pet” raccoon….. Our daughter has named him Charles, and he will be getting vaccinated next week for distemper and rabies. Pete has built him a ramp […]

New Friend???

The pot bellied pigs have a new “friend” that is helping them keep warm. This raccoon showed up in the main barn on Wednesday night and we tried to move him out because we were worried about the chickens. It was a miserable night with high winds and snow, so we left him. Last night […]

Sadie vs Pete

Sadie 2…Pete 0 We’ve been having a challenge here at Cedar Row with our little goat Sadie staying in her pen area for the last 2 months or so. Last week after bringing her back into the pen for the sixth time that day, she horned Pete in the back of his leg and broke […]

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 […]