7 hens, 2 muscovy hens

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annie19

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Hi, I'm a chicken owner in the city of Asheville, and am planning to move to Mexico (for a few years at least) in about a year or less, and have discovered that taking my flock with me would be difficult. But not nearly as difficult as returning them to the USA would be--that will be pretty much impossible due to restrictions, cost, quarantine requirements etc. So--I am beginning to search for possible homes. The hens are 3-9 years old, most of them older. They still lay occasionally, but are mainly pets. Cuckoo Marans, Black Copper Marans, White Silkie, 2 Belgian D'Uccles (mille fleurs), Ameraucana, and a medium sized black cross. The ducks are good layers in the summer, not particularly friendly. They were rescues from SC--delivered to my farm when I lived in SC--by a waterfowl rescue group.
I will euthanize them if I have to--would never leave them in an iffy situation--and I know that is a possibility because there are so many chickens looking for homes. : ( And these aren't even good layers. But--if anyone is in the area--I will not ship them anywhere--and has a pampered flock they wouldn't mind adding to, I would compensate you for taking them. I would have to see your set up first--my girls have a super secure heated coop with large covered/enclosed run. They aren't allowed to free range anymore post hawk attacks. (fortunately, my little mille flour survived, but Hawk is out there, watching and biding his/her time)
This is a long post, thanks for reading, wish me luck!
 
Please don't euthanize! There must be plenty of people who will take them on this board. I have a friend in Asheville and I can call her. She doesn't have any chickens right now.
 
Euthanizing would be last resort. But it's not a terrible thing. They are getting older, and the worst thing--much worse than euthanizing by my kind vet--would be to finish their lives via being eaten by predator or maybe even worse than that would be living neglected (i.e. in a dirty, crowded environment, underfed, covered with parasites, inadequate shelter or any other number of things that would make their lives miserable)
And I'm not even sure I would go that route. I might gamble on taking them across the border and staying in Mexico (hopefully) long enough for them to die of old age. Although I have heard of small chickens living into their twenties!! (Which mine might--they are very spoiled with fresh veggies, regular deworming, leg-oiling to prevent parasites etc)
 

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