Hi all! I'm "suziii" from North Alabama. I've grown up with a handful of chickens in the yard, not to mention cats, dogs, fish, a pet turtle, etc. - I grew up to become a ridiculous animal lover. Haha.
So my family had 4 hens and a rooster. We used to have about 10-15 that free roam on a couple acres of land..so we thought having some chicks would be a cute idea.
Two of our hens started laying on eggs. In the past, our hens never hatched out every single egg. They'd have maybe two or three out of several eggs hatch. Well, not this time.
This time, both hens were 100% successful with hatching every egg. Honey had 12 chicks, Nessie (named for the way she likes to stretch her neck and look around in a creepy kind of way) had 10 chicks. It was the most adorable little scene! However, it's way too out of hand. Nessie's babies hatched first, at the end of April. Honey's babies hatched a couple weeks after that.
Now Nessie's babies are getting fairly big. Unfortunately, we are going to have to find new homes for some of them. This is a very painful process for me since I adore all of them, but I know that they need more room and that the cost of keeping all of them would be too much
Anyways, I will probably need advice on rehoming some of them, and if there are good resources on how to find people willing to take them in. I'd rather them not end up in a freezer, that would kill me. I know that there is a chance of that once they leave your home, but I do hope there are people out there that are truthful about the animal's future.
If there is anyone in Alabama or Tennessee looking for some free roamers, or if you just want some for eggs, let me know!
It is nice to meet all of you! Very interesting forum so far!
So my family had 4 hens and a rooster. We used to have about 10-15 that free roam on a couple acres of land..so we thought having some chicks would be a cute idea.
Two of our hens started laying on eggs. In the past, our hens never hatched out every single egg. They'd have maybe two or three out of several eggs hatch. Well, not this time.
This time, both hens were 100% successful with hatching every egg. Honey had 12 chicks, Nessie (named for the way she likes to stretch her neck and look around in a creepy kind of way) had 10 chicks. It was the most adorable little scene! However, it's way too out of hand. Nessie's babies hatched first, at the end of April. Honey's babies hatched a couple weeks after that.
Now Nessie's babies are getting fairly big. Unfortunately, we are going to have to find new homes for some of them. This is a very painful process for me since I adore all of them, but I know that they need more room and that the cost of keeping all of them would be too much
Anyways, I will probably need advice on rehoming some of them, and if there are good resources on how to find people willing to take them in. I'd rather them not end up in a freezer, that would kill me. I know that there is a chance of that once they leave your home, but I do hope there are people out there that are truthful about the animal's future.
If there is anyone in Alabama or Tennessee looking for some free roamers, or if you just want some for eggs, let me know!
It is nice to meet all of you! Very interesting forum so far!
