downsizing doesn't mean dumping your chickens in the bush

[FoodFreedomNow]

Thats so sad! My neighbors recently let go there bunny and it was outside our yard for 2 days. I decided to catch it and now we have 5 bunnies! Im taking it to the vet tomorrow to get it examined before putting it in our bunny hutch just in case

What in the world are people thinking, "releasing" their domestic rabbits?? Thank you for rescuing it - it wouldn't have survived for long, otherwise. Good idea to quarantine it, too...I do a 14-day quarantine when I acquire a new one. Better safe than sorry.

 

[FoodFreedomNow]

I had a horrible situation a few days ago.  A neighbor just bought a house this last spring.  I guess they hated it here and chose to move back to the state they previous lived and listed their house about a month ago.  I was aware they purchased a lot of chickens but didn't know about the ducks.  Well anyway, I was driving home and came across 15 or so ducks all on the road.  When I got home I called the realtor for the property knowing now no one lives there.  She was a ware of the ducks and have been giving them breed.  I explained it is against the law to have farm animals roaming and the owners could get fined, also that is called abandonment and this was very serious. She asked if I wanted them.  I told her no but gave her a neighbor number who might but also suggested craigslist.  I told her I would help her catch them and to call me when she got to the house.  Well later that night between the neighbor who agreed to take them and the realtor we caught 10, but two possible three flew off.  When catching them a few felt okay but most of them were very thin   I left the realtor extra food to catch the other two possible three hoping she was concern and wanted to achieve this for the sake of their life.  Well yesterday I drove by the house and there was two squished ducks right in front of the house.  Broke my heart.  If I had known she wasn't going to try to catch them I would of went back to catch.  They all went for the food as they were starving and it wouldn't of been hard. I just can't believe these original owners to leave their ducks.  I guess they rehomed the chickens.  I also found a squished rabbit as well which I wonder came from their home as well.  Just had to share.

Thank you for caring about these animals and making someone else's "problem" (or in this case, inconvenience) yours.

I'd like to think ignorance, not deliberate cruelty, is the reason for people abandoning animals like that, but either way, the animals suffer for it. Poor ducks that were run over...probably didn't know to get out of the road. At least they're not starving now.

 

[scooter147]

Its not ignorance, its pure laziness and/or they don't give a rat's behind.

 

[FoodFreedomNow]

I think we agree that they are not a credit to humankind

 

[ShanandGem]

Camper coops come with built in nest boxes!

 

[FoodFreedomNow]

Camper coops come with built in nest boxes!

That is cool!

Pretty girl, too.

 

[pioneerchick816]

I had to share. I just read this thread yesterday on a long drive home from seeing family and lo & behold look what was wandering around my coop this very morning!! I plan on giving her a home, but not sure about the integration/disease/etc part. Suggestions?

 

[scooter147]

Pretty bird.

I would isolate her from your flock for a couple weeks.

I came home from work one evening a few years ago and has a extra hen in my coop, this coop has a covered top so there was no way for her to get in.

About an hour after I was home the doorbell rang and it was animal control. She told me she caught my chicken running around the intersection a few blocks away and returned it.

I told her that was not my chicken and although I appreciated the thought putting that chicken without knowing it was really mine in with my flock was not a good idea. It wasn't good for my flock due to unknown diseases and the hen you put in there could have likey been killed by my flock.

She apologized and left. The scary thing for me was I did isolate this hen immediately and she ended up dying about a week later. I have no idea why however.

 

[FoodFreedomNow]

Pretty bird.

I would isolate her from your flock for a couple weeks.

I came home from work one evening a few years ago and has a extra hen in my coop,  this coop has a covered top so there was no way for her to get in.

About an hour after I was home the doorbell rang and it was animal control.  She told me she caught my chicken running around the intersection a few blocks away and returned it.

I told her that was not my chicken and although I appreciated the thought putting that chicken without knowing it was really mine in with my flock was not a good idea.  It wasn't good for my flock due to unknown diseases and the hen you put in there could have likey been killed by my flock.

She apologized and left.   The scary thing for me was I did isolate this hen immediately and she ended up dying about a week later.   I have no idea why however.

I'm just floored that animal control did that without your permission..!

Thank goodness your flock stayed healthy.

 

[FoodFreedomNow]

Pretty bird.

I would isolate her from your flock for a couple weeks.

I came home from work one evening a few years ago and has a extra hen in my coop,  this coop has a covered top so there was no way for her to get in.

About an hour after I was home the doorbell rang and it was animal control.  She told me she caught my chicken running around the intersection a few blocks away and returned it.

I told her that was not my chicken and although I appreciated the thought putting that chicken without knowing it was really mine in with my flock was not a good idea.  It wasn't good for my flock due to unknown diseases and the hen you put in there could have likey been killed by my flock.

She apologized and left.   The scary thing for me was I did isolate this hen immediately and she ended up dying about a week later.   I have no idea why however.

I'm just floored that animal control did that without your permission..!

Thank goodness your flock stayed healthy.