Neighbor's chickens are freezing to death...it's really bothering me..

[Beekissed]

Honeydoll, I didn't see this, so I apologize if you have already tried this, but have you told them you feel like their birds are miserable and cold and possibly freezing? I agree with another post, I think these folks just have given up and the novelty has worn off. Maybe if you gently confronted them with the possibility that these chickens are indeed suffering, they might let you have them for the winter?

The mean one in the tree? Throw a towel over him quickly and bundle him up where he can't hurt you, cage him and dispatch him quickly, SSS.

I work in a whole office full of folks who are animal "lovers" but support commercial animal husbandry practices, get angry at me for processing my own chickens and imply that I am "cruel" for doing so. Their close relative owns and operates one of these big chicken houses.....go figure! These same people are so kind to their animals that they don't confine them properly and they wind up dead in very sad, suffering ways. If I live to be a hundred, I'll never understand that mentality but it seems to be more and more prevalent now days.

I don't find your feelings strange at all....I feel the same way all the time, I have a sister just like these neighbors!

I call her farm the Death Farm.....

 

[honeydoll]

Awww...thanks beekissed that was nice. I won't give up on meanie even if he is just pot pie.

 

[crtrlovr]

I hope you can find a just resolution to this whole situation for everyone. Maybe mr. Meanie Britches has never been secure enough & loved enough to know how to deal with it. Then again, maybe he's just mean to the bone. Unless someone has worked with him or is willing to work with him on some "rooster remedial behavior classes", he may just stay mean. (BTW, Rooster Red has a great page about rooster behavior and some modification techniques you might try if you get Mr. M-B out of the tree and into a safe, warm, secure place.) Personally, I would try to get him out of the tree and safe, (but separated from my main flock for their benefit and for his) until he was healthy. If I were anywhere near you, I'd take him and let him hang out with my guys. Poor lonely guy, what a miserable existence. He deserves better (especially if that "better" includes a chance at a life of safety, security, and tender care). Kudos to you for caring.

 

[6chickens in St. Charles]

are u safe and sound?

did u get the bird yet?

did u use appropriate foot wear ?!?!?!

its waaaaay past our bedtime, I'm worried about yur safety.

 

[honeydoll]

Next time I go out I'll wear my snow boots promise, oh and hopefully no more humiliating moments like my other post, if you read it.

 

[terri9630]

You said he goes into your garage if you leave it open. Maybe if you place one of your hens in a cage in the garage he would go to her, then you could shut the door on him. That way he would be confined and easier to catch. Well, at least you'd be out of the wind and ice trying to catch him......

 

[honeydoll]

THANKS EVERYONE FOR ALL THE SUPPORT. You have been so supportive and helpful. I really appreciate it. Let you know how the roo is doing, it was 5F last night.

 

[goldeneggtees]

WOW! Poor roo, hope you catch him, anything sounds better than the way he is surviving now.

 

[jjthink]

I'm at work and unfortunately can only read the OP's initial post right now - my apologies for any duplication here.

What is happening to the birds is cruelty (sound slike some may have already died?

) and I wouldn't wait one more sec to do whatever it took to rescue them from the torturous elements out there. The neighbors may be nice re: some things but they are being utterly cruel in this case. Their opinion on this to me wouldn't matter one way or the other. The suffering birds matter.

I once found 2 best buddy roos freezing to death outdoors in zero degree icy temps. With recruited help, in the middle of the night with ladders and whatnot and we got them out of the trees (they were freezing to death) and into a protected area with warmth, food, no drafts etc. and took care of them from that day forward.

Thank you for wanting to help them. Go for it!
JJ

 

[honeydoll]

AUgh...my DH will not help me catch this thing, he said it's not ours and we'd be stealing. Our water froze so he is out trying to get it thawed and said he'll go talk to them later. It won't do any good, they will just say they don't know why it won't go in the coop and leave it out still. I really think that's what will happen. The roo won't leave the tree so leaving my garage door open didn't do any godd yet, it's now 7F, a little warmer.