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Denmark zoo asks public to donate unwanted small pets or horses to feed captive predators (www.cbsnews.com)

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[–] Medic8teMe@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Could have just offered up 15 roosters this morning. They'll go to trapping bait instead.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

What do you use roosters to trap? And why wouldn't someone just eat the roosters if you weren't wanting them. Someone would probably also buy them.

[–] Medic8teMe@lemmy.ca 3 points 52 minutes ago* (last edited 50 minutes ago) (1 children)

We use everything. It all supports how we live. We do not use the grocery store very much and even though we are poor we actually give a lot of food away to our neighbors and friends. The roosters will be used for coyotes that are invasive species where we live and affect all the other populations that feed us.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 1 points 31 minutes ago (1 children)

Ah, that makes sense. I've only got one rooster and that's because he was sexed wrong. So I have a dozen hens and 1 rooster now. I only use them for eggs though. Have to say he's the nicest rooster I've ever met though. I never had any white chickens prior so I picked up 3 Plymouth rocks and 3 white Plymouth rocks and one of rhe white ones turned out to be the rooster. Hoping he stays relaxed how he is.

[–] Medic8teMe@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 minutes ago* (last edited 3 minutes ago)

We hatch our own and we have all heritage breeds for various reasons so we end up with a lot of roosters. We have 42 hens at different stages right now and probably 3-4 roosters left.

Barred rocks are generally very gentle birds. Even the roosters. Keep touching him and talking to him and he'll be good for a while. They tend to get a little ornery when they get older.

We do solely a meat breed for eating.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 2 points 42 minutes ago (1 children)

Roosters are pretty tough and stringy. Fine for stock, not much for cooking