Someone dropped a box of 17 chickens at the end of our driveway... Hayes, VA

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Good for you for taking in those chickens! And good luck catching that last one, if he's still alive.

 

[Jhangles]

Either way, we're keeping him and most of the others. Only 3 of the 17 we caught were females lol. Luckily everyone seems to get along really well.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

The 6 we caught are happy in the smaller coop, but there are at least 3 roosters out there. We already have roosters so we're not sure what we'll do if/ when we catch them. They're all beautiful birds

If you do end up with too many roosters, you might want to check this out: https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/rooster-flocks.72998/

 

[Tesumph]

Either way, we're keeping him and most of the others. Only 3 of the 17 we caught were females lol. Luckily everyone seems to get along really well.

Good grief. Great opportunity to start a rooster flock if you don’t have one already!

 

[townchicks]

People are such jerks sometimes. I used to work at a pet shop, and we had a kitten dropped in our dumpster, a box with mom cat and 5 newborns left by the back door, and a dog tied to the front door during the night. My brother was a delivery driver, and he found several boxes of kittens left to fend for themselves on backroads. Ugh! Lucky chickens to land by a caring home.

 

[Jhangles]

I didn't know you could do that with too many roosters. That's awesome

 

[Tesumph]

People are such jerks sometimes. I used to work at a pet shop, and we had a kitten dropped in our dumpster, a box with mom cat and 5 newborns left by the back door, and a dog tied to the front door during the night. My brother was a delivery driver, and he found several boxes of kittens left to fend for themselves on backroads. Ugh! Lucky chickens to land by a caring home.

It’s a common thing at vet clinics too.

I can’t help but cringe at the “wish this would happen to me” comments. I understand what is intended, but dumping any animal is a messed up thing to do and I hope no one actually believes in encouraging that behavior.

 

[Jhangles]

Speaking of kittens, we just rescued a momma stay and 3 kittens yesterday lol. So now we have 8 cats and 38 chickens haha. The cats are mostly afraid of the birds

 

[Tesumph]

Speaking of kittens, we just rescued a momma stay and 3 kittens yesterday lol. So now we have 8 cats and 38 chickens haha. The cats are mostly afraid of the birds

You have a kind heart, thank you for rescuing!

And yes, roosters can be quite peaceful with each other in their own isolated flock with no hens. No competition means minimal fighting. I believe they have to be out of sight of the hens for it to properly work though; I’ve never personally done it.