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Finding Homes for Pet Chickens

By on April 11, 2013 in Ideas

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JS Online:

Though she probably wouldn’t mention this on her business card, Liz Perry is a chicken matchmaker.

One of the few, if only, people performing the worthy service in southern Wisconsin, Perry helps unwanted chickens find new homes – homes where they will be egg-producing pets and not end up in a casserole dish.

As the number of urban chickens taking roost in cities and suburbs explodes, Perry – who owns two pet stores in Madison – has become the go-to foster mother for unwanted birds. She figures she’s found homes for as many as 250 chickens in the last few years. She doesn’t have a website nor does she advertise her urban chicken rescue services, but people find her anyway, often by posting questions on the madcitychickens.com.

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  • http://n.a. cindy hawkins

    The more we learn about our furry, hoofed, feathered friends being in fact sentient creatures, the more appealing it sounds to becoming a vegetarian. Hmm…