I don't have backyard chickens, but there was a wild rooster that lived in the complex where I was. He seemed fairly young, as he hadn't gotten spurs, and he was very used to people, a product of living in a vacation complex. He became interested in me because of the orphan chicks I took care...
There are plenty of websites out there just like this one that give advice on various aspects of chicken ownership, including raising your own chicks to add to your flock. However, there didn't seem to be much in the way of rescuing chickens. Nonetheless, for two months I hand raised my own...
The chick I rescued I just called 'kitty', even though I gave her the name Chykka (technically from a Metroid game). The wild rooster outside I named Castiel from Supernatural (because he appears out of nowhere and is socially awkward). There's also a wild mockingbird that would stalk me when I...
I have to provide a bit of background before I get called out for posting in the wrong section. I'm raising an orphan chick whose mom was hit by a car. Obviously its living conditions aren't spectacular, but I take it outside often so it can forage (I say it, someone told me it was female, I...