9 Animals. 9 Stories. 9 Sponsors.
Help us find someone special for the last nine Kindred Farm animals waiting for a sponsor
Every animal at Kindred Farm has a story.
Some arrived frightened and in urgent need of help. Some lost the people or animal companions they loved. Some simply needed a safe place where they could be themselves.
Today, they are part of the Kindred Farm family.
This August, we have one big goal. We want to find sponsors for the nine animals who are still waiting for someone to call their own.
If we find all nine, every animal currently living at Kindred Farm will have a sponsor for the year.
Of course, we say currently for a reason. There is always a chance another animal will need us.
Over nine days, we’ll introduce these characters one at a time on our social channels. You don’t have to wait to meet them all. Their stories are right here.
Take your time. Meet Duchess, Rolo, Ginger, Apollo, Pipi Long Stocking, Mystic, Little Miss Muffet, Juniper and Sundance Kid.
One of them just might steal your heart.
Duchess: One Very Fabulous Duck With Quite the Tale to Tell
It only takes one person to change the course of an animal’s life. In this case, it took one neighbour, one phone call, and seven very lucky ducklings.
In September 2018, we got a tip about baby ducks and chickens on a property that looked abandoned. There was no food, no clean water, and a “duck pond” that was honestly more of a swamp. So we rolled up, loaded seven tiny babies into a crate, and brought them home to the farm.
They landed in our barn with fresh food, clean water, and a baby pool, but they huddled together like one giant, trembling puff of fluff, far too nervous to be told apart. Each duckling had unique head markings, but good luck spotting them when nobody would hold still for two seconds.
As the ducklings grew, their markings changed completely, except for one. Duchess kept her all-white head and quickly became the easiest of the bunch to spot in a crowd.
Pretty soon she paired up with a dashing fellow named Duke, and the two of them ruled the roost as the farm’s resident royal couple.
Duchess and Duke had their happily ever after until March 2021, when Duke passed away. It was a loss felt by the whole flock, especially Duchess.
But ducks, like people, find their way forward. Over time, Duchess grew close with a duck named Fern. Fern is a bit of a free spirit who loves to wander off and explore solo, but she and Duchess always find their way back to each other to settle in and nest together.
Duchess has been through a lot, but she’s still queen of the yard.
Want to help keep her living like royalty? Sponsoring Duchess helps cover her food, her share of the Waddle Inn upkeep, and the vet care that comes with being a farm sanctuary duck.
Rolo: The Barn Cat Who Finally Let Us In
Hi, I’m Rolo. I’m a Community Cat. I come and go as I please. Some nights I’m here, some nights I’m not. That’s just how I roll.
When I first showed up in early 2025, I was scared of everyone. I’d hide and just watch from a distance. But the people here kept showing up anyway. Food, treats, patience. Day after day.
It took months. But one day, I let someone pet me. And I guess that was it. I was hooked.
Now I’m a total love bug. You’ll usually find me passed out on the heat pad in the barn, living my best life. I still come and go on my own terms. That’s just who I am. But I know this place will always take care of me.
That’s why I need a sponsor. Even as a free-roaming guy, I still need food, health checks, and vet care to stay safe and healthy.
Your sponsorship means that no matter where I wander, I’ve always got a soft landing here.
Ginger: A Survivor Looking for Her People
Picture this: two young chickens, alone in the dark, standing in the middle of a busy road.
That’s how Ginger’s story begins, and it could have ended very differently if the White Rock RCMP hadn’t stopped to help.
Where do you put rescued birds at a police station? In an empty jail cell, of course!
For one night, two very unlikely “inmates” brought a little unexpected joy into a tough shift for officers who see a lot of hard things.
The next day, we got the call and our volunteers went to bring these two to their forever home at Kindred Farm.
They were just babies when it happened, and we’re so grateful they had each other to get through something so scary. After two weeks of quarantine to make sure they were healthy and safe for our resident flock, they officially became family and got the perfect names: Ginger and Mary Ann.
Two castaways, rescued from a busy street, finding safety on a little sanctuary. If you don’t already have the Gilligan’s Island theme song stuck in your head, you will by tonight. You’re welcome.
Sadly, in June 2024, we lost Mary Ann. She wasn’t herself one day, and despite our vet’s best efforts, there wasn’t anything to be done. It was a heartbreaking loss for Ginger and for all of us at the farm.
Ginger is still here, still with us, carrying her castaway spirit forward.
She’s been through more in her short life than most chickens ever will. A dangerous night on the road, an unforgettable rescue, a jail cell, quarantine, and the loss of her best friend.
Through it all, she’s found her forever home at Kindred Farm.
Now she just needs someone in her corner.
Your sponsorship helps cover her food, bedding, and vet care, and lets her live out her days safe, warm, and loved. Exactly what every castaway deserves.
Apollo: The Bunny With a Soap-Opera Origin Story
Gather ’round, because this one’s got twists.
Back in October 2025, our morning volunteer crew popped into the rabbit house for a routine cleaning and instead got a surprise: a whole nest of baby bunnies.
Cue the confusion. Our two Flemish Giants, Mystic and Luna, were both filed under “female.”
Plot twist: Luna was, in fact, a boy.
The story took a harder turn when Mystic came down with an upper respiratory infection that spread to the babies.
Only one tiny survivor made it through.
He arrived with main-character energy, so we named him Apollo, after the Greek and Roman god of light, truth, prophecy, and healing.
No pressure, little guy.
These days, Apollo spends his time being an absolute romaine lettuce connoisseur and sticking close to his mama, Mystic. He’s living his best bunny life.
Want to help keep it that way? Sponsoring Apollo covers his food, bedding, vet visits, and all the extras that make sanctuary life good.
Pipi Long Stocking: She Struts Like She Owns the Place
Well hello there! The name’s Pipi Long Stocking, and yes, I am named after that fiercely independent girl with the wild hair.
Let’s be honest, my black-and-white striped feathers are basically the chicken version of mismatched socks and total confidence.
I’m a Barred Plymouth Rock hen, and I strut like I own the place.
I don’t. Yet. Working on it.
Life hasn’t always been a barnyard party, though.
Two years ago, I lost my Dad, and my whole flock felt a little quieter without him around. He was the one who taught me the fine art of dust-bathing and how to give the rooster serious side-eye when he got too full of himself.
My mom did everything she could, but she knew, deep down, that she couldn’t give me the time, space, and attention I needed to really thrive. So she reached out to Kindred Farm.
The people here didn’t hesitate. They welcomed me with open coops and warm hearts, and just like that, I had a new home.
Since arriving, I’ve settled in beautifully. I share a cosy henhouse with my siblings, and I’ve made all sorts of new friends along the way, some feathered and some not.
But every chicken deserves someone in her corner, and that’s where you come in.
I’m looking for a special sponsor to help support my care here at Kindred Farm. My food, my health checkups, and all the little comforts that make life good.
In return, you’ll have a devoted, if slightly dramatic, feathered friend cheering you on from the barnyard.
So if you’ve got a soft spot for a striped hen with a story and a whole lot of heart to give, I’d love for that someone to be you.
Mystic: I Almost Didn’t Make It Here
Hi, I’m Mystic.
Not long ago, Luna and I were living on the street with someone who couldn’t care for us, even though I think they loved us the best they could.
We spent our days crammed inside a plastic container with no air holes, soaked in our own urine, hardly ever fed.
We were scared, sick, and running out of time.
Then a volunteer at Kindred got an urgent call: two young rabbits needed somewhere to go, fast.
That call saved our lives.
Luna and I are safe now. We’re warm, we’re fed, and for the first time, we’re not afraid.
But being safe is just the start of a good life.
Now I need hay, vet visits, and someone to make sure I never go without again.
That’s what sponsorship means. A full belly, a clean home, and a person like you in my corner.
Little Miss Muffet: She’d Choose Grapes Over Curds and Whey Any Day
Little Miss Muffet came to us carrying a story of love and loss.
In 2024, a woman named Val came to our farm, heartbroken. Her husband had passed away suddenly, and he’d left behind a flock of hens he’d cherished as pets.
Val couldn’t bear the thought of them not receiving the same love and care he’d always given them. Caring for eleven hens on her own felt like more than she could manage.
So she found us, hoping we could carry that love forward.
We welcomed all eleven of those hens with open arms, Little Miss Muffet among them.
A Black Australorp with sleek, glossy black feathers that catch a shimmer of green in the sunlight, she carried with her the quiet dignity of a hen who had been someone’s beloved companion.
In her time with us, Little Miss Muffet has become part of our family too.
Unlike her nursery rhyme namesake, this Miss Muffet isn’t afraid of a little creepy-crawly. She’ll happily chase down a bug or two around the yard. No tuffet required, and definitely no running from spiders.
She’s curious, confident, and always delighted to find grapes in her salad lunch.
Now we’re hoping to find a sponsor to help cover Little Miss Muffet’s care, including food, bedding, and vet visits.
If you’d like to help carry Val’s husband’s love forward, consider sponsoring Little Miss Muffet.
Juniper: There’s Always Room for 1 More, or Even 7
It only takes one person to change the course of an animal’s life.
In this case, it took one neighbour, one phone call, and seven very lucky ducklings.
In September 2018, we got a tip about baby ducks and chickens on a property that looked abandoned. There was no food, no clean water, and a “duck pond” that was honestly more of a swamp.
So we rolled up, loaded seven tiny babies into a crate, and brought them home to the farm.
They landed in our barn with fresh food, clean water, and a baby pool, but they huddled together like one giant, trembling puff of fluff, far too nervous to be told apart.
Each duckling actually had unique head markings, but good luck spotting them when nobody would hold still for two seconds.
At first, we worried it would be difficult to find room for them at the farm, but we kept our fingers crossed that we could figure something out.
Volunteers came to the rescue, and the Waddle Inn was built.
The seven ducks quickly grew. They are bred as meat birds, so “grew” is an understatement. Their head markings changed completely too.
Juniper started to lay eggs and made a beautiful nest of straw and white feathers. We collect her eggs every day so that we don’t get any more little ones.
We hope she doesn’t mind, as we’d love to help more ducks in need.
Now Juniper is looking for a sponsor of her own.
Sundance Kid: Self-Appointed Protector of the Flock
Hi, I’m Sundance Kid.
My buddy Butch Cassidy and I didn’t exactly plan on becoming farm animals. We just sort of came with the package.
Some backyard chicken farmers ordered a batch of chicks, and surprise, two of us grew up to be roosters.
Nobody saw that coming, especially not the neighbours.
Turns out, crowing doesn’t go over well in the city. Someone complained, the Surrey bylaw officers showed up, and just like that, Butch and I had two days to find a new home.
Or else.
Now, about my job.
I’m the protector of this flock, and I don’t take that lightly.
I’m up early, keeping watch and making sure everyone’s safe. I know the volunteers who feed us and clean our space get a little nervous around me sometimes.
I’ve been known to flap my wings and kick pretty hard when I think something’s off.
I promise I’m not trying to be scary. I’m just doing my job.
A guy’s gotta protect his hens.
Protecting the flock is a full-time gig, and even a tough guy like me needs backup sometimes.
Food, vet care, and a safe place to sleep. That’s where a sponsor comes in.
Could One of These 9 Be Yours?
Nine very different animals. Nine very different stories.
They already have a forever home at Kindred Farm. Now we’re hoping each one can have a sponsor to call their own.
Animal sponsorship helps us provide the food, shelter, veterinary care, and day-to-day support our animals need throughout the year.
Our goal is to find sponsors for all nine by the end of August.
If one of these characters has stolen your heart, visit our Animal Sponsorship page to learn more and become their sponsor.
Can’t choose one right now? You can still help. Share this page with an animal lover in your life. Their perfect match may be waiting right here at Kindred Farm.