I have to part with my girls.

[Kiki]

I’m about three hours away, and I cannot make guarantees on #4. But I live at a summer camp, I’m experienced with chickens and those island reds, and they would get lots of pets and snuggles.
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[RhodeIslandRed5]

Three hours sounds a bit too far, our vehicles aren't too dependable.....

Do you have a vet that will see chickens should something go wrong? Is this place highly protected? You'd have to promise to provide a wide range for them to forage for grasshoppers.

 

[RhodeIslandRed5]

Three hours really is too far, especially trying to figure a way for my girls to ride comfortably for that long and one is limping badly. I'd have to seriously think on this.

 

[RhodeIslandRed5]

Two of these girls wouldn't be suitable for children as they do not like to be caught and one does not like to be cuddled. She WILL scramble and scratch when she doesn't want you.

 

[campingshaws]

Three hours sounds a bit too far, our vehicles aren't too dependable.....

Do you have a vet that will see chickens should something go wrong? Is this place highly protected? You'd have to promise to provide a wide range for them to forage for grasshoppers.

I do not visit the vet with chickens, but I have a farm vet that I use for fecals and other things I can’t do myself. I am able to dose meds, give shots, and tube feed chickens and have many times.

I have a place that is highly protected, and I have a place they can forage. They are not the same place. I have lost birds to predators in the past, but none this year (yet). This is my fourth year of hobby farming and after a wave of botulism decimated my flock last year, and countless disasters in years before, I have accepted that losses are part of farm life. I can do my best to keep them happy and healthy for the time they are here, and that is the best I can do.

I support your decision to be choosey, and I understand if you don’t choose me. Kiki tagged me, so I answered.

 

[roosterhavoc]

What can a vet do with your chickens that can’t be done at home? Most don’t even see chickens or know anymore about them than your average chicken owner.

 

[21hens-incharge]

Personally I think asking they not become dinner is ok.
Asking that a person has proper housing and knowledge is ok.
Setting the requirement of future visits is not.
Having a vet is one thing most of us do not have access to.
Then there is the question of if the chicken has this or that very expensive to treat condition and the new owner euthanized.

There are reasonable and then there are unreasonable expectations.

 

[Chef JimmyJ]

Red5, I am heartbroken for you! Have you really thought this through? There is a WEALTH of experience and knowledge right here. The Bratty Girl pecking my arm as I write this, has a HOLE you could stick your Pinky in, to her skull. There are no Avian Vets near by, but a little reading here, and I treated the wound and she is Fine, as Fiesty as ever 8 days later!
Very few issues should require a Vet visit. You cant need to take ALL to the Vet for expensive procedures? Unfortunately, we also have to understand, these are living creatures and bad things, including death is part of all our lives. Loved as they are, is it not Better to let one costing so much, go and Celebrate their life with those that remain? I hope so much you can work this out and keep at least the healthiest of your girls...JJ

 

[RhodeIslandRed5]

I do not visit the vet with chickens, but I have a farm vet that I use for fecals and other things I can’t do myself. I am able to dose meds, give shots, and tube feed chickens and have many times.

I have a place that is highly protected, and I have a place they can forage. They are not the same place. I have lost birds to predators in the past, but none this year (yet). This is my fourth year of hobby farming and after a wave of botulism decimated my flock last year, and countless disasters in years before, I have accepted that losses are part of farm life. I can do my best to keep them happy and healthy for the time they are here, and that is the best I can do.

I support your decision to be choosey, and I understand if you don’t choose me. Kiki tagged me, so I answered.

I discussed your place with my family. They agree that it is just too far to drive, and a couple of my girls aren't suitable for children, and need firmer hands. I'm afraid I have to say no.

 

[campingshaws]

I discussed your place with my family. They agree that it is just too far to drive, and a couple of my girls aren't suitable for children, and need firmer hands. I'm afraid I have to say no.

No problem. Best of luck to you.