anybody in Michigan want for a small flock of chickens?

[handmade34]

rooster and 9 hens free for the taking... my sister doesn't want to take care of them anymore... :(

[imdjh]

1. What would happen if you just let them go?

[hedgehog]

2. I think the local foxes and coyotes would have nice full tummies.

[LWolf]

13. That's for sure.

I lose a chicken now and then to hawks, even though I have good fences. One of the realities of "free-range." And my chickens DO range all over the 6 acres.

If coyotes could get to them, too, they wouldn't last a week.

[ret5hd]

3. hmmm...domesticated animals dumped at the beginning of winter...

i don't know. what's your guess?

[handmade34]

7. I know somebody out there could use fresh eggs

the chickens are less than a year old. I bought 50 - my sister ate 10, sold 30 and now I would like to give the rest away.

[imdjh]

9. I've seen chickens fend for themselves in Virginia.

And Key West is crawling with them. I thought maybe they could start a feral chicken colony.

[ret5hd]

10. uh huh. i know what you thought.

[kestrel91316]

12. Michigan ain't VA, or FL. Chickens originated in the tropical forests of

SE Asia.

[handmade34]

4. would never do that

[ret5hd]

5. thank you.

some always make me wonder why they are here.

[kestrel91316]

11. Are you serious? Dumping livestock, and a tropical species at that?

Oy. I thought only ignorant RWers pulled that crap.

[MineralMan]

6. Craig's List

Someone'll grab 'em up.

[LWolf]

14. Yes.

I've given extras away on Craig's list, myself.

[handmade34]

8. once I give the chickens away...

I want to find someone wanting to do a small homestead/farm on my 5 acres there...