Silkie roosters are both the most popular & the most frequently abandoned breed of pet chicken. They are also the least likely to survive, having been selectively bred for docility at the expense of survival instincts (fear). And because they have fluff instead of feathers, they're completely flightless & poorly insulated against bad weather.
Making matters worse, silkies can't be sexed upon hatching, so there is a 50% chance that any silkie chick purchased will be an (illegal) rooster with nowhere to go.
(Normally, hatcheries identify & kill most of the boys before they are shipped to the feed stores, leaving only a 20% chance of getting a rooster.)
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If you love animals, please don’t abandon them in the park or side of the road because they’re too much trouble.
When you see feral chicken colonies in Florida & Hawaii, they are mostly gamefowl descendants— not your typical backyard breed of chicken. Ninety five percent of domesticated breeds, like this little guy here, have zero chance of survival on their own. 😥
Another day, another abandoned rooster …
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Please meet Tim. The other day someone told me they saw him running around an empty lot by their storage facility, but that he was behind a fence so “he must be okay.”
Well, he wasn’t okay; he was frantically pacing back and forth along the chain link fence surrounding a vast empty lot. He probably was trying to get out so he could chase after whatever car left him there as it drove away.
Catching him was easy; he was so docile and tame. But he is just one of countless thousands of pet roosters already this year who have been driven out to the middle of nowhere and dumped — with no food, shelter, water, or ability to survive the onslaught of nighttime predators.
I wouldn’t be surprised if his former people actually loved him but felt they had no choice because of anti-rooster laws almost everywhere. Most likely he (like 95 percent of unwanted roosters) was mislabeled and sold as a baby female chick at the feed store.
If you love animals, you can stem the flow of unwanted, abandoned roosters by (1) choosing to adopt adult chickens-in-need (visit @adoptabirdnetwork ) and (2) vociferously opposing rooster bans/restrictions in your community.
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With the push to outlaw pet roosters in counties throughout California and beyond, the number of abandoned pet roosters left to die on the side of the road has increased dramatically. No, they can’t survive on their own because they are domesticated and all but defenseless against the myriad of predators waiting to kill them. As long as people push rooster bans, these innocent birds will continue to suffer and die.
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Happy ValHentines Day from Biggie Smalls, one of the 1000s of pet roosters left at animal shelters each year because of rampant anti-rooster laws.
Biggie’s tiny crow is barely audible and he weighs less than a pound, but his former people still were coerced into evicting him from their household. Although most unwanted roosters never find a safe home, @pasadenahumane was caring enough to find him a safe, forever home ❤️🐔
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Urgent
These two beautiful young roosters have been abandoned without food, water or shelter in a parking lot in San Jose, California. Can anyone open their hearts and their homes to them? If you are anywhere in the state, we will try to transport them to you ❤️🐓💔
Thanks to the backyard egg trend, rooster abandonment is at an all-time high. Because they are banned almost everywhere, the fate of an “ooops”rooster is grim. People will kill them, abandon them, or drop them off at animal control. In all cases, the ending is usually grim.
People who adopt adult hens don’t have to worry about one of their purchased chicks growing into roosters, and fewer animals die. “Adopt don’t shop” applies to all pets, including chickens
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