I don't mind the hens, its the roosters. And sadly, animal control don't come to calls in the county for any reason. They tell us to trap andcarry the animal to the Humane Society. And they charge $20 a head to take them, plus they don't take chickens. Lol... But I hadn't thought about knocking...
I'm gonna find 2 of my rooster's a new home. I am gonna go get chicken wire and rig up a temporary pen for them and another actual pen to "try" to lure the others into tomorrow until can either find them a home or find someone who can slaughter them. I know I can't do it. I can't even kill any...
All of them eat here, that's why I wanted my girl. I basically take care of them, though they are not "legally" mine. He's pretty much given up caring for any animal he had and gotten rid of them all. All of his hens are here too. The chickens that are left running the yard are the 2 mama's and...
We've already asked him to do something with his and he told us he couldn't catch them, that if we could then to give them to someone who wanted them or eat them. There were more, but we caught and gave them away. His chicken's aren't the problem, ours newest ones are. I may just have to get...
am a first time mom to a BEAUTIFUL Rhode Island Red named Lil' Bit. She was about a week old when I bought her in March 2015. I had never raised chickens before, however I have had a yard full of them for a couple years (my neighbors)and I wanted a pet chick I could spoil. She was raised inside...
Thank you! I am learning and reading, but I need some advice quickly, where is the proper place in the forum to post about an issue I am having with a rooster in my yard?
I am a first time mom to a BEAUTIFUL Rhode Island Red named Lil' Bit. She's my heart! I got her for my birthday in March 2015 when she was about a week old. I raised her in my house for as long as I could, until she outgrew the guinea pig cage that she slept in nightly. She is SPOILED like...