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May 10, 2010 at 7:35 pm #594781
Caffeine QueenMemberSo one of our baby chicks is growning up and it looks like ‘she’ is a ‘he’. Any suggestions as to where to take him? Are there, I don’t know, adpotion places that take mis-sexed chicks? Oh, and no we’re not making a chicken dish either…just sayin’.
May 10, 2010 at 8:49 pm #694250
furryfacesParticipantCall Seattle Animal Shelter and ask if they have a small critter rescue that they can refer you to..
Cheers,
May 10, 2010 at 9:00 pm #694251
KBearParticipant“we’re not making a chicken dish either…just sayin’.”
Oh. I’m disappointed. The title of your post sounded like a delicious recipe.
But people are walking dogs off-leash, taking up 2 seats on the bus, parking on the sidewalk… Who cares if roosters aren’t allowed in the city? Aren’t you just as entitled as everyone else? Just keep him!
May 10, 2010 at 9:03 pm #694252
jwwsParticipantKBear,
Roosters aren’t allowed in the city?? Someone better tell that to the folks that live near 6th Ave S Design Center area because there is certainly at least one happy fellow there!
May 10, 2010 at 9:16 pm #694253
CMParticipantCQ, as jwws pointed out, there’s no reason to hurry. It seems this is largely unenforced, and probably only if a neighbor complains. FWIW, there’s at least one rooster living not a block from the SW Police precinct.
Take your time and find it a good home.
Edit: I forgot. Check with Seattle Urban Farm Co-op. I don’t know for sure, but somebody there might know of a place. Good luck.
May 11, 2010 at 1:22 am #694254
karenParticipantI disagree about just keeping him. One of our “hens” turned out to be a rooster. We kept him while we were trying to find a suitable home, only about two weeks. Even the neighbors who liked us were ready to file a complaint!! Roosters are loud! And they don’t just crow in the morning – they crow all the time!
Better to find a good home for him now than to wait until a complaint is filed and you can’t find a home for him.
BTW – the person we purchased our from took him back and gave him a home.
May 11, 2010 at 2:09 am #694255
timeslidParticipantTough deal roosters. Having reared three flocks and encountered our share of roosters, a cycle of livestock life comes around with the Enumclaw animal auction at the Enumclaw Sales Pavilion Inc. You even get money! Maybe even $2 a bird. Give them a call and find out the particulars. The people bidding on the birds seem to be folks willing to raise a bird for meat and all it entails. Welcome to where food comes from.
22712 SE 436th St
Enumclaw, WA 98022
360-825-1116
May 11, 2010 at 4:38 am #694256
flowerpetalMemberI’m wondering and hoping that roosters are not bought for fighting purposes. I’m sure that it still happens in King County.
If my neighbor kept a rooster I would walk next door and say “Thank you!” For me its a happy sound and I would welcome the spirited noise.
May 11, 2010 at 4:30 pm #694257
KenParticipantSome of you may enjoy this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkxO91TLKVg
Part one of the entire movie. The rest are available on the same page.
Some of you may want to instead rip the audio and use it to torment your neighbors.
:)
May 11, 2010 at 4:32 pm #694258
LuckieParticipantI believe many people are under the impression that roosters aren’t allowed in the city of Seattle. Actually, the relevant Seattle Municipal Code says nothing about roosters. (I’ve copied the section of code which refers to domestic fowl below in its entirety.) However, roosters are subject to noise complaints, just as a barking dog might be. Personally, I like rooster noise, but I wouldn’t keep one if my near neighbors disagreed. I’d rather have neighbors who like me than a rooster. :)
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SMC 23.44.048 Domestic Fowl. Up to three (3) domestic fowl may be kept on any lot in addition to the small animals permitted in subsection A. For each one thousand (1,000) square feet of lot area in excess of the minimum lot area required for the zone or, if there is no minimum lot area, for each one thousand (1,000) square feet of lot area in excess of five thousand (5,000) square feet, one (1) additional domestic fowl may be kept.
May 11, 2010 at 5:13 pm #694259
Caffeine_QueenParticipantThanks for all the good advice. I must have heard of the noise ordinance and thought it applied to just roosters.
Well, much as we love our little ‘guy’ we will give him up so I’ll contact some of the mentioned agencies to see if we can find him a good home. His ‘chirp’ is getting louder every day!
May 11, 2010 at 5:23 pm #694260
flowerpetalMemberI think most people do not keep Roosters because they want eggs. And if you have a rooster, well then don’t you get eggs with baby chicks in them? I must’ve missed sex ed. 101 for chickens.
May 11, 2010 at 5:24 pm #694261
austinMemberThe title of this thread is funny.
May 11, 2010 at 8:11 pm #694262
LuckieParticipantFlowerpetal, very good question. Hens lay eggs once every day or two regardless of whether there’s a rooster around. If there is a rooster, the routine stays the same but the eggs are fertile. They’re still perfectly fine to eat. (I grew up eating fertile eggs.)
To have chicks, a fertilized hen lays a clutch of eggs (usually 8 to 12), then stops laying and sits on them constantly for about 3 weeks until they hatch. Ta-da! Chickies!
May 11, 2010 at 8:36 pm #694263
luckymom30ParticipantMany of our neigbors have roosters and chickens, one must have a pet turkey since I hear gobble gobble at all hours. The sound doesn’t bother us just the darn city street light blaring in through the curtains. Has anyone else noticed street lights on during the daylight and summer?
May 12, 2010 at 1:54 am #694264
JiggersMemberUnless you’re an early morning riser, and I mean before 6am, you do not want roosters around your neighborhood. They are very boistourus birds waking you up guaranteed at the first crack of light. How I know this, it’s because in Hawaii, they are everywhere, and I just went back recently and totally forgot about natures alarm system. Uggh!
May 17, 2010 at 2:19 pm #694265
anonymeParticipantCan roosters be neutered?
May 17, 2010 at 3:15 pm #694266
timeslidParticipantNeutering a rooster is called “caponizing”. It allows the birds to grow larger and the meat to remain tender. You can still buy “capons” in speciality butcher shops. Here is an informative link:
May 18, 2010 at 11:35 pm #694267
ellenaterMemberI realize I could look this up on Wikipedia or somewhere but it might be more fun to ask here. So how DO those eggs get fertilized? Is this an external thing or an internal one? I have always wondered this. The answer might help me finally answer that age old question about which came first. ;)
May 20, 2010 at 8:51 pm #694268
stinaParticipantI’ve never actually seen a chicken and a rooster “dance” but if they’re like ducks, it’s an internal thing. I was quite traumatized to discover one day, at about age 14, that my two female ducks were actually one male and one female. They were dancing in the pond and it was not a sight I was expecting.
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