Rescue chicken ???

[CluckJunkie]

I have never raised chickens before...or touched one for that matter that wasn't ready to cook, anyway. I found this sweet bird on the side of the road located in the non-poultry district of town late at night. I wanna raise her & adopt some sisters to keep her company. Could someone please help me identify the breed, age, etc.?

 

[Poultry parent]

either a white rock, or some sort of factory meat bird, looks like a pullet, so a hen under one year of age

 

[CluckJunkie]

Yeah, I think she fell off a chicken truck. Pilgrim's Pride is in the next town over. She hasn't laid eggs yet. If she is a meat bird, when do we process her?

 

[Poultry parent]

if all of her feathers are in you can do it right now

 

[CluckJunkie]

I guess all her feathers are in. She has no bald spots if that's what you mean.

 

[Kfchicks]

What they mean by all the feathers are in is that it doesn't have baby chick down feathers anymore, that full feathers have replaced the down