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"Precious" Bubba the Rooster Rescued from Construction Site

From UPC United Poultry Concerns
November 2024

UPC is delighted to welcome Bubba to our sanctuary. Here is the story of his rescue.

My name is Precious. My husband and I have our own floor covering business and found Bubba on a job site off of Beaver Dam Road in Chesapeake VA. The superintendent said the chicken had been hanging around the new construction site of the two houses for at least two weeks, never leaving the area and had been locked in one of the houses accidentally a few times.

The week prior to rescuing Bubba, Southeast Virginia had zero rain, so this poor chicken had no access to water. The driveway was scheduled to be poured the following week and the superintendent said he "wasn't sure what he was going to do with the chicken to keep him from walking through the fresh concrete."

We decided it would be best to take the chicken (that we thought was a female at the time) home and provide a safe environment. We didn't know much about chickens until bringing Bubba home and after a few weeks, and a lot of research, we figured out he was a rooster but really hoped he wouldn't crow so we could keep him.

Well, he started crowing Saturday morning so we decided it was best for everyone to rehome Bubba, although we are completely in love with him! He is super cool and absolutely beautiful.

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Posted on All-Creatures.org: November 6, 2024
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