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Birds! The Rooster Roster
🥚🐣🐥🐓 Yes, there ARE birds in a shelter near you, you silly goose.


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Welcome to the Rooster Roster! We have lots of new birds for you this week. Wish we’d change something about this newsletter? Reply to this email and let us know! We love to hear from our fellow bird lovers.
So without further ado, here’s what we have for you this week:
a TON of private listings
A very silly goose who fancies himself a pet
Fewer photos for faster email load times
Reasons to keep a rooster in your house
Our heartfelt thanks for being with us as we try to find homes for all our feathery little friends.
Use the table of contents to jump to your state, or scroll through to browse anywhere you’d like an excuse to travel.
One tip: we highlight birds that are new to their shelters, so we recommend also browsing through your local shelter’s adoptable animals to see if you can spot any older hidden gems waiting for you, or even birds pending a stray hold that you could be first in line to see when they become available. Get to know your local shelter’s system and you will have a leg up on adopting the bird of your dreams!
Table of Contents
Arizona
Mayer - Blue Roo(ue)
California
Wheatland - Craiglist Small Flock
San Jose East - Craislist Pair of Chickens
San Bernadino - Rooster
Temecula - 25 Hens
San Diego - San Diego Humane
Rancho Cucamonga - Hen - Rancho Cucamonga Animal Shelter
San Bernadino - Devore Shelter
San Bernadino - City Shelter ← Includes a silly (Canada) Goose
Inglewood - Orange Hen
San Diego - Oceanside Pigeon
San Diego - the Southern Region Shelter has Chickens
Sacramento - New Duck
Sonoma County - The makings of a small flock
Novato - Rooster at Marin
San Francisco - Doves in Love
Santa Cruz County - Multiple Chickens
Monterey - Flash!
Colorado
Loveland - Rooster and more
Delta - Cochin Rooster
Pike’s Peak - Silly Polish
Golden - Lots of Birds ← Including a naked neck dove
Florida
Tampa Bay - Ducklings, Chickens, and Guinea Fowl
Brooksville - Rooster
Jennings, FL - Rooster
Georgia
Kennesaw - Silkies
Idaho
Melba - Laying hens
Shelley - Grown Hens
Boise - Three Hens
Marsing - Small Flock
Kentucky
Argillite - Rooster
Maine
Westbrook - Three laying hens
Denmark - LOTS of laying hens
Maryland
Annapolis - Elvis
Fallston - Chickens and Harford Humane
Massachusetts
Methuen - chickens and ducks galore! ← plus domestic birds
Michigan
Romulus - About a bajillion laying hens
Ann Arbor - bantam roo
Missouri
Union - Pumpkin the Call Duck
Kansas City: KC Pet Project
Nevada
Las Vegas - lots of chickens
New Jersey
Sicklerville - Five Hens
New York
Erie County - Lil Fancy Feet
Cold Brook - Lots of young laying hens
Troy - Hens “for soup”
North Carolina
Willmington - Meat bird chicks
Jacksonville - Onslow Roosters
Ohio
Novelty - a bonded pair of chickens
Lorain - white Roo
Cincinnati - Cornish chicks
Shauck - live meat chickens
Oklahoma
OK City - Rhode Island Red Roo pair
OK City - Alfredo
Oregon
Bend - Ladies of a Certain Age
Pennsylvania
Manheim - Amish Laying Hens
Lancaster - middle aged ladies
Monongahela - Bright Red Roo
Rhode Island
Providence - Lotsa Hens
Tennessee
Nashville - Bulk Chickens
Texas
Highlands - Lots of chickens
Killeen - one little duck
Utah
Weber County - A turkey, two pigeons, and a parakeet
Vermont
Wilmington - Hens that aren’t laying much
Virginia
Heritage Humane - Fraggle the Parakeet
Springfield - Roo with Dramatic Lighting
Washington
Wenatchee - Chickens and Ducks
Wisconsin
Kenosha - Whirlwind and Dolly Parton
Remember the apartment birds from Friends?
House roosters! (or ducks, or hens, or… well, any bird.) Yep, they’re a thing, and not just on TV. Have an injured bird, a temporarily single bird, or just aren’t allowed to have dogs? A house bird may be right for you. Here’s a simple infographic about some benefits to keeping a bird in your house.
Did you fall in love with one of these birds today? Send us a photo of your adopted bird for a chance to be featured in a future edition of the Rooster Roster and on our social media pages!
Remember: If you know someone who’s in the market for a new avian friend, or just loves to look at pictures of birds, forward them this newsletter! If you have suggestions for future newsletter issues, please reply to this email to let us know. Do you need pictures, or just locations? Thank you THANK YOU for being an early subscriber!
This is the end, but I’m not sure Steve Irwin would approve. ←