Wondering what to do with old chickens?

[BlazeJester]

If you live in the southeast, this may be an option for you

http://atlanta.craigslist.org/atl/grd/2749711841.html

 

[SteveBaz]

That is very cute and I personally Love the idea.

The visitation rights made me chuckle. Much better than the freezer.

 

[kidcody]

Sounds like a great retirement home!!!

 

[RedheadErin]

I just got my new birds from a shelter that has an excess of roosters. The lady there gets the spent hens from an egg farm to keep the flock balanced and they boys entertained, without worry about unwanted new chickies. See if there is a shelter near you. Check on Petfinder.com.

 

[zrossk]

that is so nice that people would take them in instead of eating them.

 

[Ariel301]

I don't know, personally I think it's nicer to eat them at the end of a productive life and think of it as one less abused factory-farm chicken out there because you didn't buy a storebought chicken product for your meal. But then again, my birds aren't pets.

 

[zrossk]

when i am grown up and retired i might start a chicken sancuary lol

 

[hemet dennis]

I don't know why you would give away food that you payed for ? When they are done laying it's the pot for them.

 

[zrossk]

let the chickens live out their life peacefully. if i had them they would be 100% pets lol.

 

[bobbi-j]

Mine live out their lives peacefully - for about 2 years, and then we butcher them. Ours is a real, working farm and our chickens are not pets. That having been said, if a person can't butcher their spent hens, this sounds like a neat idea. I wonder what happens to them when they're done tilling the fields or they get too many chickens?