I REALLY DO NOT KNOW WHERE TO START. MY WIFE AND I RECENTLY LEASED A VERY NICE HOUSE IN AN FASHIONABLE AREA DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO DOWNTOWN HOUSTON, TEXAS. ABOUT A WEeK AFTER MOVING IN, I WAS LEAVING FOR WORK AND A CHICKEN(LATER IDENTIFIED AS A PLYMOUTH ROCK HEN) CAME RUNNING OUT FROM UNDER THE HOUSE. INTERSTING LOOKING BIRD, AND VERY FRIENDLY, ALMOST LIKE IT WAS RAISED AS A PET. IT LIKES TO BE HELD, COMING INTO THE HOUSE, AND IT DOES NOT MIND MY 2 CATS. WE HAVE BEEN FEEDING IT BIRD FOOD, GRAPES, AND CORN. IT SEEMS TO BE GETTING REALLY LARGE AND WE ARE STRUGGLING WITH WHAT TO DO WITH IT. NOBODY IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD RAISES CHICKENS, BUT THERE ARE AREAS A MILE OR SO FROM HERE WHERE I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED. I WANT TO GET THIS BIRD TO A SAFE PLACE WHERE IT WILL NOT END UP ON A PLATE. ANY SUGGESTIONS OUT THERE?
Contact the local feed store. They should be able to tell you about poultry fanciers in the area. There is usually a local club.
ALSO, WHAT IS THE APPROPRIATE FOOD FOR THESE BIRDS AND HOW MUCH SHOULD THEY EAT? AS I SAID, THIS CHICKEN IS REALLY GETTING FAT.
FEEL FREE TO E-MAIL ME DIRECTLY, npuglin@aol.com.
HELP!
NP
By Cmercer on Sunday, April 16, 2000 - 08:09 pm: