Dispatches from the sanctuary. Every rescue, every recovery, every rooster who thinks sunrise is his personal achievement.
UPDATE on Bubbles’ Formal Mud Complaint: it has been officially logged… and addressed. 👑🐄💛 After our original post about sinking—literally—resources into these yards, you all jumped in fast. And to...
The best thing after a mud facial is a pumpkin cleanse! Fun Fact: In humans and pigs, pumpkin seeds contain a compound that acts as a natural dewormer, and the high fiber of pumpkins acts as a cleanse...
Bubbles would like to file a formal complaint about this mud. 😳🐄 (Meanwhile, Bernie is on the left—minding his business and munching hay like nothing’s happening.) We didn’t anticipate sinking—liter...
#gratitude We woke up to more than twice the amount of forecasted rainfall, and my gut response was terror. An ominous shadow cast over the first morning of 2026. We knew that 64 bales of straw weren’...
🖤✨ SPROUT HAS BIG NEWS FROM THE BARN ✨🖤 You may notice some changes around here... and we want to be fully transparent about why. Steampunk Farms Rescue Barn’s soap company has officially grown into...
There’s a whole lotta water on the horizon! We wouldn’t mind a white Christmas, but a flooded one sounds downright awful. 😭 Send your warmest, driest wishes our way, please. We’re gonna need ‘em ALL!...
A little alfalfa breakfast on this drizzly but not-too-chilly Christmas Eve. Pima, her adopted boys Nimbus and Scotty, llama Florian, and a glimpse of Andy in the back are helping themselves to the ca...
Have a peaceful longest night this Winter Solstice. Sunset: 4:43pm in Ranchita.
Some days don’t go as planned. I had a headache at breakfast time, so instead of checking in with Tierra’s diners on my usual schedule (immediately after serving the Seniors and Special Care yards), I...
Farm cats are just built different.
🚛💨 Nine holiday packages have left the building! 🎄🎁🎅 Many thanks to everyone who supported small business, rescued animals, and a very special, little pig in Arizona, too! 🥰
