Sad Day...Cockerel In Need Of A Home

[danceswithronin]

Craigslist and you don't always have the right to say what happens to the little guy in his new home.



Please don't do this....it would be better if you just dispatched him yourself.

I put my last cockerel up on Craigslist for free, saying I hoped he would go to a pet home but that I wouldn't be adverse to someone eating him if they wanted to. Rehomed him in two days to a guy who put him with a rooster-less layer flock.

 

[jolenesdad]

If you were going to release it, you just are sentencing it to die anyway. It’s a domesticated animal, especially after being raised in your brooder for weeks. It has had no animal teach it how to survive in the wild. It’s 100% more humane to turn it in to be dispatched or give it away to be eaten if that’s what your resigning yourself to do is just put it out on the street.

I hate to be the bearer of bad news but chicken keeping is tough realities sometimes. All of your hens that you bought sexed just mean that a boy chick for about every hen was euthanized at a day old for you to be able to get that sexed female.

Try Craigslist I have never had a problem. Stress that you have hand raised this bird and a family in the country will likely take it.

 

[Animalfisherwoman]

Many pounds will take surrendered animals for free if you say you just found it in your yard. That, or drop it off at the pound after hours if you don't want to deal with paperwork at all.

 

[rosemarythyme]

The responsible thing if you can't find a new home is to just put him down yourself, not "free him" to die alone in the wild, or to become someone else's problem. No it's not a pleasant task but it's something that everyone should be prepared for (even though most don't want to think about it) when getting chickens.

He's small enough that you should be able to just cut off his head with some garden clippers.

 

[50-45-1]

Put up flyers in all your local feed, farm stores and pet supply stores. Most of them have a tack board for that. Not sure if a certificate of newcastle free from a vet will be required.
The craigs list and facebook ideas is also a good one.
Last week i was looking for a new rooster and in no time at all i found a nice one on my local craigslist.
Good luck!

 

[dalasgalas]

Not sure releasing it to the "wild" is legal where you are. Either way it is crueler than just culling the poor guy.