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    Rescue Rooster- Potential problems/ treatment?

    Update in case anyone is at the edge of their seat over this lil guy: he seems to be doing well, all things considered! Very obviously traumatized and doesn't trust humans, but he's calmed down a lot and will barely even alarm when i slowly approach his cage to give him corn! I haven't even...
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    Rescue Rooster- Potential problems/ treatment?

    Good to know! Good call on the sex as well, someone in the household was woken up by crowing around 5 am today, looks like this bedraggled muppet is a rooster!
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    Rescue Rooster- Potential problems/ treatment?

    Thanks for the tip! Will any permethrine based dust work, or should I look out for some specific brand names?
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    Rescue Rooster- Potential problems/ treatment?

    It didn't even occur to me that it would be a rooster, but that's a good point! I didn't hear any crowing at all, just normal 'scared hen' noises, but I'll see if I can sex it when its a bit more calm. Good to know about the flight feathers, should we take any action? i don't want to stress the...
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    Rescue Rooster- Potential problems/ treatment?

    My sister and I found this poor thing in the bushes at the post office today. We managed to catch him and brought him home to clean him up and see if we can do anything for him, but this is new to me and I want to make sure we give him the best chance at survival. His behavior seems pretty...
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    Hi!

    Hi! My name is Riley, and I am in the PNW with about 13 hens atm. I've raised chickens for about 7 years, and I think I'm pretty experienced in chicken keeping. I love bantams, especially my silkie bantam (who is incredibly dumb and I love dearly) named Sweet Gene. I've consulted BYC a number of...
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