People will go to extraordinary lengths to make sure lovable pets like dogs and cats get the best care should they need it, however, farm animals like chickens usually don’t get the same consideration.
Originally, teachers from the Mary Kay McMillin school in New Jersey had contacted a local farm to get unhatched chick eggs, which they planned to keep in the classroom after witnessing them hatch as class pets. But soon after the chicks hatched, they realized a school classroom was no place for growing animals, especially since one chick was born with a bad leg that required extra care.
Thankfully, Tamerlaine Farm Animal Sanctuary stepped up to take two of the chicks since the teachers had become attached to the babies and refused to send them to a farm where they would be abused or even killed. “To me, it’s like having a puppy birthing project in your classroom and sending the puppies back to the puppy mill,” said Gabrielle Stubbert, president and co-founder of the animal sanctuary.
“Peeps was born with a slipped tendon, and her leg sticks out at a weird angle, almost as if it’s broken,” Stubbert said. “Nobody was willing to take her.” Peeps would have been killed had she landed in a normal farm, but luckily Stubbert took her in, and even brought her to the vet to get her leg checked out.
After getting multiple opinions on Peeps’ leg, Stubbort and her team decided Peeps would have the best quality of life if her bad leg was amputated. “Our local vet thought Peeps was a great candidate for amputation since she was perfectly healthy in every other way,” Stubbert said.
After the surgery, Peeps was immediately walking better and was no longer in any pain. “By this time, everybody had fallen in love with her. She has a huge personality,” Stubbert said. “She’s just really sweet. She falls asleep in the arms of her caretakers. You can’t not fall in love with her.”
Watch the entire video below to see how far Peeps has come since the animal sanctuary first took her in.
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[Featured image credit: Tamerlaine Farm Animal Sanctuary]
This Tiny Chick Was Going To Be Put Down, But These Heroes Gave Her A Cast Instead is an article from: LifeDaily