Outstanding
Vet Bill
03 Sep 2010
$1880.56

ATTRACTIVE BANTAM HENS & ROOSTERS

These beautiful Bantam chickens need a safe haven to live out their natural life-spans. Because they are living near a public hall, they are at risk of traffic injury and their droppings are being taken into the facility on the feet of visitors - so they must be re-homed ASAP.

There are 6-8 hens and 1-2 roosters. The successful applicant will need to be diligent in the confinement of the hens, and in egg collection, to prevent unwanted clutches hatching out.

Bantam hens are renowned for their large clutches & their expertise in hiding their eggs and turning up with chicks three weeks later.

Animal Re-homing does not recommend breeding unless the cockerels can be equally cared and catered for.

If you are willing to travel to Auckland to collect them, please apply for their adoption with your details and a description/photographs of the lifestyle they would have in your care.

Many thanks.

DELIGHTFUL BANTAM BOYS NEED A PAMPERED LIFESTYLE

It’s hard to believe the state that these lovely sibling roosters were found in after they were spotted on the side of a busy road in rural Auckland looking absolutely bewildered. When they were rescued the next night, they were huddled together for warmth in the dark, in a boggy paddock, with the rain pouring down on them. It was obvious that they had grown up with man-made shelter and care because they were so vulnerable and so lacking in “street wisdom”. They didn’t even attempt to roost in or under a tree – they just sat there out in the open, chilled and shivering heavily – a heartbreaking sight. They would not have survived. If only cold-hearted people could see how their poor roosters suffer when they abandon them!

Rusty, Rupert and Max allowed themselves to be captured without any struggle at all...and once the mud was wiped off their sodden little bodies and they were dried off and warmed by a heater, they were tucked into dry hay where they were very quiet overnight.

By morning they were out and about in their pen looking for food and attention. These friendly little fellows are quite small, have gentle natures and are full of personality. They have now been wormed, sprayed for lice/mites and are in excellent condition. This trio are good friends who have been through a lot together, so it would be lovely if they could be adopted together, but separating them is a possibility if the right homes are offered.

They cannot stay in the foster home because there are already many roosters there and the pen is needed for further rescue work.

If you can promise “The Bantam Boys” a life of loving care and shelter for the length of their natural lifespans, I very much look forward to hearing from you. Please check that you are zoned rural, that your neighbours don’t mind the sound of crowing and that there are no roaming dogs in your neighbourhood to kill them. An interview process and adoption criteria applies. Thank you.

ROOSTERS ARE DYING EVERY DAY DUE TO ABANDONMENT

Do you have an area on your property where a group of roosters could be released? There would need to be a natural or manmade water source and, depending on the habitat, feed provided for them at least every second day.

When irresponsible and callous people abandon their roosters in public places, these vulnerable birds face regular authorised slaughters, starvation, public abuse, untended illnesses & injuries, relentless cockfights, poachers killing them for human consumption & eel bait, dog attacks and traffic injuries.

The infrequent dumping of hens in a rooster area results in serious and sometimes lethal injuries from pack-raping.

These are just a fraction of Animal Re-homing’s photographs of rescued chickens – the huge majority of whom are roosters. We have found safe, life-long homes for over 1700 of these colourful creatures during the past five years, but we are now out of secure havens.

Please join the many North Island families who have offered their rural properties to one or 100 of these colourful boys.

Check with your Council that you are zoned rural and therefore permitted to care for roosters. Please also ensure that your property is safe from roaming dogs and that your nearest neighbours don't mind the sound of crowing.

Although they would no doubt enjoy the comfort of a coop to retire to, the roosters would be satisfied with sleeping in the trees or a barn at night.

I look forward to your life saving responses with appreciation. Conditions apply.