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Sadly, when they have reached the old age of more than 1 yr old, and are full-on adults, unlike the commercially "raised" birds (and I use that term rather generously, since how they are raised and then butchered is, for the most part, viciously cruel...) who are butchered when they are ≤ 6 mo old as I understand it, they are a tad bit.. oh how shall we say it? Tough? Do you have a pressure cooker?
Otherwise, I'd say you should put an ad in your local newspaper, which they should do for free as a community favor btw, for someone who raises chickens. Then you can easily trap it (PM me...), and then donate it to them. Though again, most urban chicken raisers also don't really want a rooster for the same reasons you don't want it @ around 5:30 am.
But for instance, I am thinking of getting one for my flock of 18 hens, but I'll also be getting a banty rooster. They, with their smaller size, seem to be less aggressive and more sedate, incl. those early am roosting calls.
Besides, is he not a pretty birdie? Quite decorative and all?
Sadly, when they have reached the old age of more than 1 yr old, and are full-on adults, unlike the commercially "raised" birds (and I use that term rather generously, since how they are raised and then butchered is, for the most part, viciously cruel...) who are butchered when they are ≤ 6 mo old as I understand it, they are a tad bit.. oh how shall we say it? Tough? Do you have a pressure cooker?
Otherwise, I'd say you should put an ad in your local newspaper, which they should do for free as a community favor btw, for someone who raises chickens. Then you can easily trap it (PM me...), and then donate it to them. Though again, most urban chicken raisers also don't really want a rooster for the same reasons you don't want it @ around 5:30 am.
But for instance, I am thinking of getting one for my flock of 18 hens, but I'll also be getting a banty rooster. They, with their smaller size, seem to be less aggressive and more sedate, incl. those early am roosting calls.
Besides, is he not a pretty birdie? Quite decorative and all?
Perhaps you could bring him inside and train him to be an indoor pet (). yep: birdie poops all over the kitchen and dining room? Very decorative!
Well, good luck. (but... if you are by chance in Central WA St, also PM me: I'll just come and git'im)
Nope north of Tampa. What I really want to do is figure out which one of my neighbors house it came from. Like I said this is a suburban city with close houses, they arent zoned for having chickens and what not.
Location: On the "Left Coast", somewhere in "the Land of Fruits & Nuts"
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The noise part I get, but the suburban obsession with all the "rules", not so much. And have never had nearly as much trouble with critters like poultry as I have with the so-called "domesticated" kind, like neighborhood dogs, and even cats!
The noise part I get, but the suburban obsession with all the "rules", not so much. And have never had nearly as much trouble with critters like poultry as I have with the so-called "domesticated" kind, like neighborhood dogs, and even cats!
Hey Im against overregulation as much as anyone, but I want peace and quiet in my own home. If something is going on that prevents my family from getting a good nights rest thats a problem. I dont live in a subdivision and never will, they are crazy with all their rules.
Hey Im against overregulation as much as anyone, but I want peace and quiet in my own home. If something is going on that prevents my family from getting a good nights rest thats a problem. I dont live in a subdivision and never will, they are crazy with all their rules.
i know the area--call animal control and they can get someone to humanly trap it and take it away!
I am guesing if he is running around loose, won't something eat him sooner or later. Our neighbor had chickens and roosters and there were all kinds of critters trying to get in at those birds. Racoons, foxes, coyotes, etc.
Doesn't Florida have a big problem with wild urban chickens? I watched a program on Animal Planet about them, kinda cool i think find out were there nesting and get some really fresh eggs.
Zero tolerance now-a-days. I loved hearing the roosters in the morning and once we got used to it (even my 3 little kids!) we slept right through it.
Thats wonderful. If I wanted to hear them Id move to a farming community.
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). yep: birdie poops all over the kitchen and dining room? Very decorative!
