200 hens available for adoption at animal control

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Hi,

 

Santa Cruz County animal control has 200 hens that haven't been fed

for a few days, so they are confiscating them. They are still on the

property, but they would like to find homes for them ASAP as they

are not protected. If you can take some hens, please call animal

control right away:

 

http://www.scanimalservices.us.com

 

They said they appear to be standard breeds, colored orange with

light orange/white on the body, all white, or all black. (Sounds to

me like Gold Sex Link, Leghorn, and Black Australorp, perhaps).

 

On the same property were confiscated 200 gamebirds, which have been

euthanized. These birds were not with the hens.

 

If you adopt some hens, I'd recommend quarantine away from other

birds for a few weeks and a fecal test. If a few people get a fecal

test, all the hens do not need to be tested. If you're new to

chickens, there's some good info here:

 

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

 

Thanks,

Cheryl