CockadoodleMoo.org

A farm animal sanctuary located just north of Reno, Nevada near Pyramid Lake

Help us help the animals

1. Volunteering at CockadoodleMoo: See details midway down in the middle of this page or click here.
2. Cash donations: Donations through PayPal go toward animal food and medical care.
One-time donation: 3. Link from here when you buy from Amazon: An easy way to help is to click this AMAZON LINK any time you plan to buy from Amazon.com. Doing so gives us a 6% referral fee, which is a huge help — and easy too!
4. Non-cash donations: For our wishlist of non-cash donations that would really help us help the animals, see the wishlist box lower in this column.
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A few times a year, we will send out email updates — generally only for really big news. We will never share or sell your email address.

Wishlist — most-needed items

The following non-cash items would be extremely helpful. Used but good condition is fine. (For less pressing but still needed wishlist items, click here.)

* Plastic water pitchers — We use these to scoop animal food, and we go through many each year.

* Bandages, gauze — Elastikon-style bandages and vet wrap are used each week to secure the bootie on Dolly the goat's leg where her missing hoof would be. Vet wrap is also used on chickens' feet when they get bumblefoot. Wrapping gauze and gauze pads are frequently used in treating animals.

* 3-gallon water jugs with handles — We lug water to animals, especially in winter when hoses don't work.

* Pyrex mixing bowls and casserole dishes — They don't break when frozen like ceramic and plastic dishes. We use them as feed and water bowls for chickens and rabbits.

* Chain-link panels and horse panels — Additional fencing allows us to expand areas for the animals and to take in more.

* Feed, straw, hay — Any feed, straw or hay will be put to good use. These may be broken bags from stores, straw bales left over from decorations or hay no longer needed if animals die.

* Old towels — These are used for cleaning up and for bedding material, especially for sick animals.

* Bird seed — We feed hundreds of wild birds year-round at CockadoodleMoo and seed is always appreciated.

* Cat litter — The six rescued cats go through lots of litter.

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Rose - Chicken

Rose or Rosie was a quiet chicken. She was never one to race for food, and actually preferred tomatoes to sweet fruits. Rosie was the chicken who watched the other chickens play. When thrown a grape or other treat she would let other birds race in and get it, sometimes jumping out of the way so as to give the other bird a clear shot.

Rosie was always thin, and at one point I tried feeding her off by herself, but she would just get stressed out over being removed and would not eat at all.

This winter was hard on Rose and when we installed the new heat lamp in the coop she could be found basking under it with her wings relaxed at her sides. During the bitter days she would stand just inside the coop door watching her flock in the snow.