Have you ever rescued a chicken? Post your story here!

[BantyChooks]

It may well be nonsense, but it did get me to thinking that I didn't want any roosters at all, so her point was well made. And since my chickens all have names, we wouldn't be eating them. And I suspect the RoostersAreAwesome isn't eating her/his rescued roosters either. I just think it's a kind thing to do when people take them and give them a nice life.

Yes, if you just plain don't want roosters, that would be wise. Certainly would be nice to be able to just keep the extra boys, but the sad fact is there's just plain too many. I'd love to keep all mine, but they're running my poor girls ragged, so I gotta cull soon... Sigh.

Want 5 extra boys?

 

[thewatsonfarm]

Yes, if you just plain don't want roosters, that would be wise. Certainly would be nice to be able to just keep the extra boys, but the sad fact is there's just plain too many. I'd love to keep all mine, but they're running my poor girls ragged, so I gotta cull soon... Sigh.

Want 5 extra boys?

I think I'm pressing my luck with the neighbors as it is.

 

[BantyChooks]

I think I'm pressing my luck with the neighbors as it is.

Aw, nonsense. Everyone needs a few bratty (and adorable) cockerels running around.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

This is really sweet. I always feel badly for the little roos that people don't want. It breaks my heart.

I was thinking of getting some fertilized eggs for my broody hen some time ago, but the lady at the feed store told me that more then 50% would be roosters, due to the hotter temperature of being under a broody hen in July in southern California (and I live in suburbia; not wanting to infuriate my neighbors). And she told me how hard it is to find homes for them.

I like you, RoostersAreAwesome! You have a good heart!!!

Thanks. I agree, it is hard to find homes for extra roos. My roosters are pets, and I would never eat them.
Griffin and Olive:

Dusty:

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Pumpkin; who is a good flyer

Lupin; who loves taking selfies

Frosty; who loves to strike a pose

 

[13ChickenGirl]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/stormtroopers-story.1177519/#post-18549879

I didn't feel like typing up his story again!!!

 

[thewatsonfarm]

Pumpkin; who is a good flyerView attachment 1031737 Lupin; who loves taking selfiesView attachment 1031739 Frosty; who loves to strike a poseView attachment 1031742

They are all so spectacularly beautiful! They all seem to be striking a pose! That close up of Lupin is absolutely precious!!!

 

[adickenscoop]

Awl this is such a sweet thread! I came across a really sweet rescue story! - Does that count? About Neptune, a little x-laying hen in Australia who was featured in one of PoultryDVM's Case Stories - http://www.poultrydvm.com/cases/neptune-the-chicken

 

[Abriana]

A week and a half ago I agreed to take an EE hen. Her owners were moving & "couldn't" take her with them. I know their realtor -- he offered to find a home for her & called me. They were going to dump her at a lake, where there are other dumped chickens. (Boo!) She had been with them for 4-5 years, living all that time in a small coop & run all alone with no flock, and had never eaten anything but laying mash -- no greens or treats.

When she got here, she was really scared & we realized she didn't know much about being a chicken. She wouldn't eat the greens we gave her (she didn't seem to know they were food), and she started out being really aggressive toward our other hens, even though they were separated.

I am absolutely AMAZED at how quickly she has integrated into the flock. Her new name is Lucille. She was isolated for 3 days, then I took her to the vet first to make sure she was healthy. But she was really anxious to get out of her run and join the other girls, so I spent the 3-day weekend last week with her in my lap a lot, as she watched the other girls. From them, she learned how to free-range, how to take a dirt-bath, to eat extra treats like watermelon, raisins, oatmeal & BOSS. She would jump off of my lap & go try something after the girls were doing it, but had walked away. And if Fiona (our alpha-hen) came over to pick on her, she'd run back to me & jump back up in my lap for protection! Smart girl, right?

She gets picked on a little bit, but she is spending her whole days now with the rest of the flock already!!! And the last two nights she has been going to bed at night in the coop with my other Easter-Egger. They seem to be friends. It's so sweet!!!
So sweet! Glad she was able to live a happy life.

I love our little Lucille!!!!

 

[Jacquieh]

That's nonsense. It's luck of the draw how many roosters you get, they're not impacted by temperature. They are pretty hard to sell, but if they're bigger birds they make good eating. Smaller ones are only a single serving, but they're still edible.

I'm new to chickens, but I've read time and time again about if you turn the temp up a degree or two on your incubator you will get Boys, and down will give you girls! If this is "nonsense" why is Everyone swear by it?