Anyone want a free rooster? I have a 4-month-old Buff Orp cockerel who I am looking to rehome. The only catch is you must pick him up on the west side of Chicago, as I do not have a car.
He is healthy and beautiful and full of character. But he is starting to be aggressive toward the hens, and...
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Yes, we do want to rehome our roo (who was supposed to be a hen but these things happen), for both noise and space reasons - the chickens are in an enclosed run and I understand that roosters can get aggressive. But I had thought we were going to have to hide him in the basement until...
Anyone else see this from yesterday's Sun-Times?
http://www.suntimes.com/6942644-417/raising-chickens-legal-in-chicago-and-people-are-crowing-about-it.html
According to the article both roosters and raising birds for meat are legal in Chicago! This comes as news to me as I thought neither was...
I'm a new chicken-keeper on the west side Chicago. My eight chickens are 3 months old, and low and behold, one of them has proven to be a rooster!
Well as we know one can't keep roosters in the city.
So, this beautiful Buff Orpington cockerel is free to a good home.
Hopefully someone in the...