Pet Poultry Group Meeting on Sunday, and Rescuing Poultry

[Guest guest]

When:

Sunday, September 24, 2006, 5:00 PM

 

Where:

Gayle's

504 Bay Avenue

Capitola , CA 95010

831.462.1200

 

Description:

Meet people with poultry companions! This group is for people who

have poultry and do not kill them. Exchange information about

health, housing, predators, vets, bird flu, biosecurity, and more.

 

More information:

http://chicken.meetup.com/3/

 

Rescuing chickens and other fowl:

 

To find chickens at animal control, use this website:

 

http://www.petharbor.com

 

I also have in the works a tentative arrangement with an egg farm to

rescue some of their hens before they go to slaughter. It will be in

Dec/Jan, when they cull their flocks. If you are interested in

having some hens, learning how to care for them, and getting ready

to take in some rescues (you'd have to get to work on that chicken

coop!), this meeting might be of interest to you. People in the

group consider their birds to be no different than other companion

animals, such as dogs and cats. (Note that while some people in the

group are vegetarian, most people aren't. I am.)

 

Also, if you can rescue some roosters, I know plenty of beautiful,

sweet young roosters that need a home and might be put down if they

can't find one (they are at animal control or people's homes). Young

roosters are very easy to integrate into an existing chicken flock,

even if you have some older roosters already.

 

Thanks,

Cheryl