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2018-2019 RESCUES
25 October 2019 – Freckles and Bill Freckles arrived with his friend, Bill (below) on Friday 25 October 2019. Together they spent 24 hours in our holding pen being sniffed and snorted at by the current Cranky residents. Freckles, although only 8 months and significantly smaller than Bill showed signs of being the dominant steer…
Read MoreCRANKY’S FARM IS MOVING!!!
CRANKY’S FARM IS MOVING!!! For a long while now it has been obvious to the founders and board members of Cranky’s FARM that their current property is not sustainable into the future. After much consideration and searching we have decided to move the sanctuary to the beautiful suburb of Mount Mee. ABOUT THE PROPERTY: The…
Read More2018/2019 Financial Statement and Annual Report
Below is the link to our 2018/2019 Financial Statement. Cranky’s FARM 18/19 Financial Report Below is the link to our 2018/2019 Annual Report. Cranky’s FARM 18/19 Annual Report
Read MoreJACKY STEALS MY HAT
Why Jack, you have many others things to take and tear up, why my good hat? Donkey’s are quite hilarious; mischievous, clever, stubborn and very affectionate.
Read MoreHow much hay did the Cranky residents eat this week!??!
The answer is 2.2 tons!!! This week we bought the residents 3 large square bales of oaten hay at a cost of $380 each ($1,140). These bales each weigh approximately 700kg and we spread it between 6 different feeders. We thought maybe the residents wouldn’t be able to get through this amount of hay in…
Read MoreUpdate on Arlo
Arlo arrived at Cranky’s FARM early on Saturday, 23 July to a lot of curious looks and much bellowing. He spent 24 hours in the small enclosure, usually reserved just for the goats, where he could get to know his fellow Cranky’s resident through the safety of a fence. The fence weathered the brunt of…
Read MoreJACK AND HANNAH LOVE A GOOD ROLL
Jack and Hannah came to live at Cranky’s more than 5 years ago. They are father and daughter and are inseparable. Aside from food and chasing each other around their favourite thing to do is roll in their sand circles. Often their rolling is almost like a choreographed dance.
Read MoreArlo Arrives at Cranky’s
On 24 June 2018 little Arlo the 14 month old Jersey steer arrived at Cranky’s. He thew himself off the truck and immediately made his presence known amongst the other Cranky’s residents.
Read MoreMonty Arrives At Cranky’s
Monty arrived at Cranky’s FARM on Saturday, 9 June 2018. It was an exciting day for everyone. Monty took an immediate liking to the goats and went straight to sharing a meal with them. He looked a little intimated when he met Pushy and Bubba and Hannah decided it was great fun to chase him…
Read MoreCranky’s FARM is officially an Australian registered charity!
This month (January 2018) we officially obtained Australian charity status. This means a lot to us because it will give us the ability to raise the funds we need to grow Cranky’s FARM into an organisation capable of saving many more lives. We have 100 acres and only 20 current residents so we have the…
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