Someone dumped 42 chicks so I rescued them.

[TheOddOneOut]

It’s quite possible it was an accident. Chicks are shipped in huge batches around the country. A delivery truck could’ve had a crate tumble off.

 

[Jeremey1000]

Do any look different in terms of pattern/wattle growth?

Nothing really in the wattle area yet but I see three different types of combs. Most are single style, some completely flat, and a few with a single bump like a uni-chick .

 

[Vickischics]

Good job with the rescue. You will be blessed with mostly pullets.
Good for you.

 

[Chickengirl2671]

I'm going to attempt to keep this as short as possible to start. We have 9 hens currently. I was taking my daughter to work and at the bottom of our hill was 42 chicks spread all over the road. My guess is they were right around 4 weeks old. Someone obviously dumped them and it was only minutes from a large storm letting loose on us. I called my wife and she came down on the 4 wheeler with a large crate to collect them in. Fast foward about 2 hours and a rain storm later, we caught them all and brought them home. I went up to the local rual king just 2 minutes away to get some chick feed and noticed brand new chicks in every bin and they said they just got them in a few hours ago.... (coincidence?). So fast foward again I'm guessing they are at around 7 weeks old and we are trying to determine what breed/sex they are. We were thinking they were possibly cinnamon queens but really aren't sure. We have also notice that the crowns and waddles are coming in at about the same rate minus a few. So I'm hoping that it's just my lack of knowledge in this area and that I don't actually have over 30 roosters but that's my guess at the moment. Any help at all will be appreciated so much. I have some not so great quality pics of them when we first got them that I can add. I also took some new ones just now which was much harder than I thought it would be because they all wanted to either be on me or to peck at my phone when I would try to line up a shot (one pic is and example for laughs).

That's awful! How could someone dump all that cuteness? But it looks like a bunch of pullets.

 

[Byrd gal]

Thats a lot of chicks!! I am glad you saved them they are so cute. Bless you.

 

[Jeremey1000]

Who does that? That's awful! Bless you for taking them!! Can you ask the store where they source? My feed store tells me.... You should draft up an invoice for feed at some point and send it to whomever dumped them!! I don't see cockerels in your photos. Just maybe's... It'll be interesting in a few more weeks. They look healthy at any rate. Quite the unreal story. You're awesome.

Thank you. I have no way to prove they dumped them though. I did talk to a "supervisor" at the rual king and they said they would never allow such a thing but after seeing the new chicks they had JUST put out and after talking to a tractor supply employee who said he has heard they do this at 4 weeks.... just kinda makes (horrible) sense that it was possible they are responsible. I definitely wasn't prepared for such a large flock so it took alot of work in a hurry to accommodate them but now they have their forever home.

 

[Jeremey1000]

Thats a lot of chicks!! I am glad you saved them they are so cute. Bless you.

Thank you

 

[Jeremey1000]

It’s quite possible it was an accident. Chicks are shipped in huge batches around the country. A delivery truck could’ve had a crate tumble off.

I wish that was the case but I live off of a long dirt road that's not used for anything bigger than the Amazon vans 99% of the time. Whoever did it also didn't leave a container of any type in the area so it's as if they just pulled over and dumped them out.

 

[Yardmom]

It sounds like a lot of chicks for someone to get because they were cute as day olds and then realized they eat a ton, need a coop, and according to some don't always smell the best, but it is possible.

 

[Boppo]

How are those rescue chicks doing now?