I have gotten in over my head with some super great chickens!

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brilyn

brilyn

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Jun 9, 2013
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We live in Arizona and have 5 chickens that we bought from our local farm store. We got Edmond and Cookie (Rhode Island Red and Barred Rock) first. They were so fun that we got three more. Edmond and Cookie are a little over 2 months old now. The others are a little over a month. They are the fancy kind with the feathers on their head. I believe they are all hens.
We have had so much fun raising them. But we didn't realize how fast they grew and take into account that the weather was going to get hot so fast.
At first we could put them in the yard for a good part of the day. Now we only have about 2 hours a day that they can be outside without dying of a heat stroke. We love them very much, but we can't give them a proper home now. They are fantastic friendly chickens. We play with them a lot. My daughter just loves them. I never knew that we would actually care and have feelings for farm animals. They are our pets.
I have been on this site looking up all kinds of issues on raising chickens and it has really helped.
It is upsetting that we have to now find new homes for them. I am really sad and I am afraid that someone will want them for cooking or other bad things.
I could really use some advice as to how I can re-home them. I would like to post them on here because it seems like most off all the people on this site really cares about chickens. Since I am new, I don't qualify to post an ad yet.
I posted them on craigslist so far without a response.

Any help or advice would really be appreciated.

Thanks, Christine


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Greetings from Kansas, Christine, and
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! Pleased to have you with us! Sorry about your dilemma. Not sure where you live but folks from Arizona and Las Vegas raise backyard chickens successfully. Shade, some breeze, and fresh cool water is what it takes. If you're still intent on rehoming, you might try posting in your state's thread below. Maybe a local person with noble intentions can take them off your hands? Good luck to you!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/26/where-am-i-where-are-you
 
Thanks for the reply. I wish I was able to give my chicks all that they need. I couldn't bare if anything happened to them. I can't stand to see them hot and what seems to me "in distress" in the heat. They can't be happy cooped up in a cage in the house. They are too big for that now. I want them to have good homes together where they can be taken care of properly. They are such sweet things. They need more than I can offer them.
I have posted another plea for help in the section you mentioned to me.
I appreciate your help.
Thanks, Christine
 
Hi! We live in litchfield park az! We would love to give your girls a home! Our girls are our pets as we are vegetarian! They are treated like queens and live in a very large coop! Email me and we can have you over to see how our chx's live! [email protected]!
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