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olovera said:
I am a seasoned Public Middle School Science teacher and licensed NYC wildlife rehabilitator in my spare time that has stumbled upon the world of backyard chickening. I received my first four that were found wandering the streets of Brooklyn about a month ago. I am so in love.

I currently have just the four and from the research and questioning I've done, it seems that I have me some Production Reds. Trouble is, I don't know if they are hens or roos. In NYC we cannot have roos in which case I will need to find them homes and start anew.

I'm animal lover and even have 6 rescued pigeons at home. I have been doing my research for the past year and decided I wanted to give a home to those chickens who needed one instead of starting with chicks. I have a backyard and set up a coop that was donated to me out back and predator proofed it. I do plan to upgrade it and to upgrade the run size as well. My kids help me care for them and I've found that I love running home for lunch to just sit with the birds as the free range under my supervision since we do have a hawk or two flying around every so often. I also have released squirrels in my yard and it is fun to watch the two forage side by side.

I stumbled upon BYC over and over again as I researched chickens and I have found so much great information here that it was a no brainer to join!

Happy to be here!
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Welcome. It is very kind and thoughtful of you to take in rescues. I really wish more people would give chickens who need it a second chance home instead of hatching. Thank you.
 

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