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TheDK posted:Does anyone else sometimes just stare out a window at their chickens and think: Your chickens don't stare at you obviously wanting something, driving you crazy because you don't know what it is? It wasn't mealworms, or being let outside to free range.
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Nettle Soup posted:They want their eggs back. That barred rock hasn't laid an egg for several months. I don't know how old she is, since we got her from someone moving across the US, and he also got her already egg-laying from a previous owner. Definitely past peak egg-laying but otherwise  I probably need to post pictures some time don't I (none handy now).
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Someone on Nextdoor posted that there were two chickens seen in a nearby park. Several hours later, after discovering that chickens are much easier to catch after sunset, we now have two cockerels. They look to be ~4 months old, gray with brown saddle/neck/head. We already have the maximum number of hens permissible by San Jose law, which doesn't allow mature roosters anyway. So, uh ... what's the best way to find a good home for reject roosters?
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Dec 18, 2023 04:04
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Joburg posted:Speaking from my own sad experience, they need to be kept strictly quarantined from your hens. I figured that was most likely from the get-go ... but I'd never actually done this before, so I just went along with my wife. (The best way to learn that fire is hot is to get burned ...) We've actually had two cockerels dumped near our doorstep before, in a much less wild neighborhood of San Jose. It took <1 week for both of them to get eaten by predators. A cage in our house is currently fine. It won't be once the cockerels start crowing. I suppose I might need to look into the broomstick technique.
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Dec 18, 2023 19:08
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We found a local business that would take the roosters. We paid $1 per rooster-day to quarantine them until they can send them to local rescue ranch. I think they'll likely even actually do that, because they're both also a cat rescue service (they don't advertise that they're also chicken rescue), and had a bunch of roosters hanging around in large enclosures for no apparent reason.
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