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Rehoming a Chicken
Secondhand Stories is at our capacity for compassionate care, and not able to accept any more rescues at this time. However, we would like to help how we can, so we have compiled this list of tips for rehoming chicken(s).
Most requests we get are to accept surrendered roosters
If a bylaw is preventing you from keeping your rooster please check out this link on how you can advocate to keep your chickens.
If you have behaviour concerns, read this article on Keeping Rooster Bachelor Flocks
Rehoming Tips:
Post in your neighbourhood and local Facebook chicken groups like Backyard Chickens of Ontario - Rehoming Resource, Rehoming Roosters in Ontario, 613 Chickens, Chickens Ontario, Backyard Chickens Ontario, Backyard Chickens of Ontario, amongst others.
Clorofil Sanctuary has an excellent list of suggestions for choosing an adopter. Some questions and/or agreements you may want to ask prospective adopters include:
Ask to inspect the premises that the chicken will be re-homed to.
Agreement that the adoption intent is to keep the chicken for the remainder of their life and will be provided with proper veterinary care to maintain the health and happiness of the chicken.
Have a contract that stipulates the chicken shall not be slaughtered for food, removed or relocated without contacting you, be abused, neglected, abandoned or utilized for any purpose to obtain money or profit or exploited in any way (such as egg sales or petting zoos).
If you'd like to keep your chicken, but are struggling with a resolvable issue please share more details with us so that we can attempt to keep your chicken at home.
Adopting a Chicken
Caring for chickens is hard! The combination of expenses, medical care, shelter needs, and behaviour can be challenging, to say the least. However, adopting versus purchasing is one of the best things you can do if you're looking to have chickens. Below is a list of resources that can be used when considering adopting chickens:
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