Erica Stebbing
In the Brooder
- May 31, 2020
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I'm in a heartbreaking situation with my chickens and I could really use some help. Our chicks are 12 weeks old supposedly Americauna.. tractor supply was "getting rid of them" when the pandemic started, and I was terrified to think what meant by "get rid of them"...so I grabbed all 9 of them
In my moment of panic at the fate of these poor babies, I forgot something...I live in a RV park!! It was a stupid and emotional decision that I'm really paying for now. I thought maybe we'd have a couple roosters that would eventually get turned into a nice Sunday dinner but while we wait to find out who's who, my neighbors are loosing it when several of them start crowing at 4:30
My landlord told us the roosters have to go immediately, it's illegal to have them in the city limits, if the cops come out they'll fine us, court ect.
So the first obvious rooster..who was on his way out anyway because he was such a bully, we (this is about to get awful
) killed him, very humanely and far away. It was horrible and it changed my whole view of myself. I apparently am a vegetarian and should never raise animals for food, it's not in me. It's kinda destroyed my farm dreams I've held on to for the last 30 years or so.
Killing 1 or 2 roosters I can get over, it was emotionally tough but I can move on, but everyday more of them start crowing and I'm starting to think the whole flock are roosters!! I can't kill the whole flock!!!
My only hope is that several are just "hen-crowing" possibly maybe. There's 7 left at this point and hopefully my neighbors won't call the police and they'll give me a few days to get it worked out.
I posted pics of them in the chicken sexing thread but I'm not necessarily internet savy so im still figuring the message board thing out, thanks for your patience and any suggestions. I'll post another set of pics here...is there any hope that any of these are hens??
In my moment of panic at the fate of these poor babies, I forgot something...I live in a RV park!! It was a stupid and emotional decision that I'm really paying for now. I thought maybe we'd have a couple roosters that would eventually get turned into a nice Sunday dinner but while we wait to find out who's who, my neighbors are loosing it when several of them start crowing at 4:30 My landlord told us the roosters have to go immediately, it's illegal to have them in the city limits, if the cops come out they'll fine us, court ect.So the first obvious rooster..who was on his way out anyway because he was such a bully, we (this is about to get awful
) killed him, very humanely and far away. It was horrible and it changed my whole view of myself. I apparently am a vegetarian and should never raise animals for food, it's not in me. It's kinda destroyed my farm dreams I've held on to for the last 30 years or so.Killing 1 or 2 roosters I can get over, it was emotionally tough but I can move on, but everyday more of them start crowing and I'm starting to think the whole flock are roosters!! I can't kill the whole flock!!!
My only hope is that several are just "hen-crowing" possibly maybe. There's 7 left at this point and hopefully my neighbors won't call the police and they'll give me a few days to get it worked out.
I posted pics of them in the chicken sexing thread but I'm not necessarily internet savy so im still figuring the message board thing out, thanks for your patience and any suggestions. I'll post another set of pics here...is there any hope that any of these are hens??
