Sorry, thats not what I meant. I meant "pets" as in dogs and cats that live indoors. I live in the city and my chickens are my pets. Do they free range? No. Do they have a ginormous run? No. But they live outside! I provide them with what chickens need.
just by this photo you can see that they are not meat birds.
ill take a look
Hi, I’ve had them for six months and a half. But my neighbors said they might be around a month or two when I just found them. Sorry that I don’t really know the exact age of them.
I think that you are mistaken. They are animals that are domesticated by human beings. My chickens live in a coop. There are 14 chickens living fat and healthy. Safe from the cooking pot and safe from mistreatment. I am knowledgeable about almost everything that can happen to them, prolapsed vent, mites, fowl pox, Marek's disease, and even predators. Farm animals are raised for a profit, that one difference does not mean that my chickens are not being mistreated. I am fit to raise my chickens, they are my pets, my family, my soul. This misconception that chickens only purpose is to lay till they die needs to stop. Most farmers do not care for their chickens wellbeings, rooster are culled on day one of hatching, and hens are debeaked, overcrowed, and die without seeing the sun.
A farm is a much better place than an apartment. Don’t discourage that, some are good places.They will be fine at your house as long as you make adjustments. I do not think that they are roosters. You will need to give them UVB lights for them to keep their health well and get one more chicken budy. They also need grit to digest food and calcium for egg laying. A chicken needs a flock of 3 to feel happy. You will also need to expand their walking area. 3-4 sq. feet per chicken at min which means you will need 9-12 sq. feet min total. You can free roam them in the house also but you will need to bathroom train them or put diapers on them. They will also need enrichment. Chickens spend the entire day pecking at the grass. You will need to get them entertainment like roost, veggie pinatas, bugs, food dispensing bobble thingys, ect. Chickens are living things and they are not a simple cheap easy to raise pet. Best wishes.
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If you give the chickens to a farm. Farms have a desire for profit. Heck, most will even put a bullet into a sick dog's head instead of bringing it to the vet. A lot of farms are nearby here. They need the money to live off the land. When those hens stop laying they will get killed, no matter what. I own chickens here and I am not a farmer, they are my pets. If you want to give them away you should not give them to a farmer. If you can not reach out to anybody that wants pet chickens you should give them to a farm rescue.
Actually, if they are 6mo they look like hens.Hi, thank you so much for your help.
I understand it’s been unfair for the chicken to live in this condition and I can’t provide them with a better one.
I’ve been trying to give them to friends who has gardens but couldn’t succeed. I then try reaching out to farms and they claimed hens only. I really couldn’t figure out a better way
They were more like 2 or so weeks when you found them. If you've had them for 6 1/2 months they are girls. They're not laying because they haven't had a proper diet. Do you have a farm store near you?
While I don't disagree completely I do disagree. My family runs a small farm with about twenty hens and pullets with three roosters and we do not kill the hens when they get old. I've never met someone in our small farming community who would shoot there own dog because it's sick. I've met a few who would only treat them at home though.They will be fine at your house as long as you make adjustments. I do not think that they are roosters. You will need to give them UVB lights for them to keep their health well and get one more chicken budy. They also need grit to digest food and calcium for egg laying. A chicken needs a flock of 3 to feel happy. You will also need to expand their walking area. 3-4 sq. feet per chicken at min which means you will need 9-12 sq. feet min total. You can free roam them in the house also but you will need to bathroom train them or put diapers on them. They will also need enrichment. Chickens spend the entire day pecking at the grass. You will need to get them entertainment like roost, veggie pinatas, bugs, food dispensing bobble thingys, ect. Chickens are living things and they are not a simple cheap easy to raise pet. Best wishes.
IMPORTANT
If you give the chickens to a farm. Farms have a desire for profit. Heck, most will even put a bullet into a sick dog's head instead of bringing it to the vet. A lot of farms are nearby here. They need the money to live off the land. When those hens stop laying they will get killed, no matter what. I own chickens here and I am not a farmer, they are my pets. If you want to give them away you should not give them to a farmer. If you can not reach out to anybody that wants pet chickens you should give them to a farm rescue.
