$3. Call a local feed store to see if they know of anyone who might want an extra rooster (this is great for finding small farms, too). I need unwanted chickens $0 (sgf > Fordland) hide this posting restore restore this posting. To keep them from nibbling on your vegetables, set up a food decoy station in an isolated part of your yard. Please be willing to bring them to me .I also take fencing, chicken wire , kettles, and other pet supplies . If you have tried everything else and absolutely must take your chickens to an animal shelter, call a few county shelters near you. I take in Unwanted Chickens I'll give them a good home(NO KILL FARM) (Duson) I will take in free chickens and chicks. Most people do not realize that 10 to 20 percent of chicks sold in feed stores or online as young hens will mature into roosters.Because chick-sexing is inexact, no hatchery can guarantee better than a 90 percent accuracy — and in practice, this rate is usually much lower. Some feed stores will even take your roosters for free, and keep them until they can sell them to people interested in a pet rooster of their own! The hens are all generally the same age, so they typically stop laying around the same time. It’s a problem every chicken keeper eventually faces: What to do with unwanted roosters. Safe home provides food, vet care ,and love . In western North Carolina, where I live, several rescues accept nearly any animal by owner surrender, no questions asked, from unwanted roosters to pot bellied pigs. I live in Hull ga. favorite this post Feb 5 Chickens $1 (sgf) pic hide this posting restore restore this posting. Now my critical chicken keeping friends ridicule me for having 4 or 5 older hens occupying the roosting bar. I take in unwanted pets from cats ,chickens, parakeets etc. They can house anywhere from 250,000 to 500,000 egg-laying hens at once, according to Laflamme. If you offer him for free someone will probably take him but, it could be for their dinner. I’m keeping my old hens and letting nature take its course. Sorry I don’t take pitbulls or snakes. The one thing in common is aII of these birds needed to get out of their previous Iiving situation ranging from soup pot threats to code enforcement threats. But I’ve come to love some of these hens. Since its formation in 1986, our Farm Animal Adoption Network (FAAN) program has connected thousands of abused, neglected, and unwanted farm animals with the loving homes they deserve.. As the country’s largest rescue and adoption network, we field hundreds of calls a year about survivors of animal agriculture in desperate need of homes and loving care. I will except roosters only if they come with their own flock because I am getting too many and I hate for them to be alone without hens. Without a good spot to hide or without surrounding covers, not only that you can see predators from coming in but you can also see if there are any chickens escaping and get out of your yard area. Unwanted roosters are very difficult to find homes for. favorite this post Feb 7 Looking for chickens $20 (sgf > Fordland) hide this posting restore restore this posting. $1. Unwanted roosters are a by-product of backyard breeding, school chick-hatching programs, and hatchery-chick purchases. If you don't mind that, just don't ask. The recent fox who took some of my chickens didn’t take my older hens but instead got some of my more productive hens. Even sexed chicks that are sold as pullets (young hens) almost invariably include one or … If you purchase chicks, or hatch your own, you’ll have this problem sooner rather than later. Many have a few "show" chickens and especially like fancy varieties. Essentially, when the chickens no longer lay eggs, the farmers are … We are a Chicken Sanctuary in North CentraI FIorida and take in an assortment of breeds, both hens and roosters, of aII ages from many different situations.