Looking for a new pet? How about a chicken!

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Are you looking for a pet, but want something other than the traditional dog, cat, or rabbit? How about a chicken! Chicken Run Rescue, an animal welfare partner of the Animal Humane Society, is looking for people who want to adopt a chicken as a pet. Animal Humane Society relies on Chicken Run Rescue to find homes for abandoned, neglected, or abused chickens that we take in.

Chicken Run Rescue provides the birds with temporary shelter and vet care, locates and screens adopters within 90 miles of the Twin Cities and transports the birds to their new homes. Chicken Run Rescue is the only urban chicken rescue of its kind and depends entirely on donations and sales of art merchandise to continue helping chickens.

Reasons to adopt chickens as companion animals:

• Chickens are highly intelligent, gentle, vivacious individuals who form strong lifelong emotional bonds with each other as well as other species.
• They are warm and silky and lovely to hold.
• They are primarily ground dwelling birds that are very home and routine centered and can thrive in a space the size of a normal urban backyard and home. They can coexist happily with compatible dogs and cats and have similar life spans.

Things to consider before adopting a chicken:

• You are making a commitment for the life of the bird. Chickens can live 14 years and so require the same commitment as dogs and cats.
• Chicken Run Rescue limits adoption only as a companion animal, not a food animal (not to produce eggs for profit or breeding purposes)
• As with other companion animals, chickens need proper care including food, water, shelter, fresh air, exercise, companionship with other same species animals and veterinary care.
• Check with your city first to see if there are ordinances in place regarding the ownership of chickens.
  

Chicken Run Rescue also has ducks, geese, and hooved animals that need homes. For more information on Chicken Run Rescue click here

For adoption information contact: chickenrunrescue@comcast.net

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