My flock of 23 get to run around all day as long as I am home in time to shut the pen door at dusk. They are the happiest when they can run around our couple of acres.My theory is it is their job to keep themselves safe during the day...
I would try taping the leg forward or something before euth, just to see if you could maybe retrain the legs. Maybe the cup trick for spradle leg would work.
They are probably leghorn roosters, they are a surplus that they often use for packing peanuts. Chicken rescues tend to be over run with roosters and may or may not be able to take them. They readily take hens. good luck!
Go to Madison WI Craigslist and see the posting for 20 hens from Monday 12-7. They are about one and one half years old and must go today, basically!! Ad says must go before the big snow (which is tomorrow). I hope some of you...
NEVER freeze a bird to kill it. Chickens can survive in freezing temps. Use carbon monoxide if you can't snap the neck or use a hatchet. See above for some very humane methods involving car exhaust and hoses etc. I work in animal control...
I have a wood floored shed that we put plywood over the top to protect the actual floor. 6 inches of shavings/straw mix keeps the floor itself pretty clean and dry. No need to scoop it out other than a couple of times a year. I turn it...
My Wyandotte roo and my Penedesinca hen (2 out of 10 chickens) both have a phlegmy wet rattly sound - the roo only when he crows, and the hen will emit a hiccup/cluck/cough sound that sounds very wet. They do not have a sound breathing,...
