ROOSTERS.
ERIN: AS AUDREY COX FOUND OUT, THEIR LIFE IS FOR THE BIRDS.
[CLUCKING AND CROWING] ♪
AUDREY: THIS IS WHERE ROOSTERS RULE.
AT GRAY CAT FARM IN CHICHESTER, AUDREY AND DAN HUMPHREY HAVE
COWS, STABLE FOR HORSES, AS AUDREY IS AN ACCOMPLISHED
EQUESTRIAN.
AND THESE NOISY CHARACTERS.
[CWIRONG] THE CHICKENS YOU THOUGHT WERE
HENS UNTIL THEY HATCHED.
WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE BRING THEIR ROOSTERS HERE, DROP THEM OFF?
>> WE HAVE MET SO MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND EVERYONE IS SO NICE.
THEY COME FROM ALL OVER.
A LOT OF THEM WERE LIKE US AND HATCH THEIR OWN EGGS AND THEY
SAID FOUR OUT OF THE FIVE WERE ROOSTERS, WHAT WILL WE DO?
AUDREY: THE PROBLEM OF UNWANTED ROOSTERS HAS BEEN GROWING AS
MORE AND MORE PEOPLE KEEP CHICKENS IN THEIR BACKYARDS FOR
FRESH EGGS, SO THE HUMPHREYS DECIDED TO CREATE A SHELTER FOR
ROOSTERS.
THEY CALL IT THE VALLEY OF THE ROOSTER RETREAT, ACRES AND ACRES
OF LAND FOR MORE THAN 100 COLORFUL BIRDS TO ROAM.
>> COME HERE.
BECAUSE MANY TOWNS WON’T ALLOW YOU TO KEEP ROOSTERS AS PETS,
THERE IS A REAL NEED FOR ROOSTER RESCUE.
HERE AT THE VALLEY OF THE ROOSTER RETRT,EA THERE IS AN
ACTUAL WAITING LIST IF YOU NEED TO REHOME YOUR ROOSTER.
WHEN THE ROOSTERS ARRIVE AT THE FARM, THEY GET ACCLIMATED IN THE
MAIN COOP BEFORE MOVING DOWN THE HILL TO THE BACHELOR PAD.
>> GENERALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS THE PECKING ORDER IS ESTABLISHED AND
USUALLY THERE IS A SPAR BETWEEN ROOSTERS AND ONE WINS AND ONE
LOSES,ND A THEN THEY ARE ALL CONTENT WITH EACH OTR.HE
THERE IS NO FINDING BECAUSE THERE AREO HENS.
♪ AUDREY: DO THESE GUYS MAKE GOOD
PETS?
WHAT ABOUT THE BELIEF THAT ROOSTERS ARE GROUCHY?
JUST ASK EIGHT-YEAR-OLD PIPER.
>> THEY ARE FUN, EXCITING, REALLY SWEET, AND TIHINK THEY
ARE REALLY COOL.
THEIR PERSONALITIES ARE ALRELY NICE.
AUDR:EY WHAT KIND OF PERSONALITIES DO THEY HE?AV
>> FUNNY, LOVING, SILLY, ACTIVE.
AUDREY: IN FACT, PIPER HAS LEARNED A SPECIAL SKL.IL
SHE KNOWS HOW TO HYPNOZETI CHICKENS.
HOW DO YOU HYPNOTIZE THEM?
>> I LAY THEM DOWN ON THEIR BACK AND
RUB THEIR CHEST AND SPRINKLE SOME HENFETTI ON THEM ANTHEYD
USUALLY FALL ASLEEP.
AUDR:EY WHAIST THIS HENFEI?TT IT IS A BLEND OF HERBS THAT CAN
BE MIXED WITH THEIR FEED.
AUDREY AND PIPER CREATEDHE T CONCOCTION, A CONFETTI FOR HENS,
AND THEY PACKAGE AND STORES SELL IT.
THERE IS PEPPERMT,IN TIME, FLAXSEED, CHIA, ALL OFHE T
THINGS THEY LIKE TO EAT.
WHEN WE SPAD IT, IT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL, THEY LOVED IT.
AUDREY MALE CHICKENS ARE CONSIDERED CKEOCRALS BEFORE AGE
ONE.
WHEN THEY MATURE, THEY ARE A ROOSTER.
BUT SOME OWNERS WON’T EVEN KNOW THEY HAVE A MALE UNTIL THEY HEAR
THIS.
[CROWI]NG AND IF YOU THINK THAT ONLY COMES AT DAYBREAK, THINK
AGAIN.
>> WE HEAR THEM ALL NIGHT LONG CROWING.
IT GOES ALDAL Y.
THERE IS NO TIME OF DAY THEY WILL STOP GROWING.
AUDREY: WITH VIBRANT COLORS LIKE GOLD, RED AND GREEN, THEIR
POSTURE STRAIGHT WITH THEIR , TRADEMARK RED WATTLES AND
COMBS, STRUTNGTI AROUND THCOOPE ROOSTERS ARE KNOWN TO PROTECT
, ETH FLOCK EVERYNE O OF THESE BIRDS HAS A NAME.
>> WE LIKE TO CALL THEM BY NAME.
WILLIAM LIKES TO GREET US, HE IS THE GREETER.
AUDR:EY AUDREY’S MOTHER SUE LIVES ON THE FARM.
>> I LOVE COMING DOWN HERE.
IN THEOR MNINGS I FILL THE WATER IN THE FOOD.
THEY COME OVER.
IT’S LIKE THEY KNOW THEY’RE GOING TO GET FRESH WATER IN YOU
ARE DOING SOMETHING GOOD FOR THEM.
I KNOW THEY ARE NOT THAT SMART, BUT THEY ARE, EY KNOW THEY ARE
BEING TAKEN CARE OF.
AND WHAT A GREAT PLACE FOR THEM TO LIVE OUT THEIR DAYS.
AUDREY: THOUGH THE HUMPHREYS TAKEN I ROOSTERS, MOST OF THE
BIRDS ARE AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION, LIKE THIS GUY THAT
JUST WENT TO A NEW HOME THWI FOUR-YEAR-OLD OCTAVIA.
THIS MAKES ROOM IN THE COOP FOR FUTURE RESIDENTS.
>> IF WE COULD ADD THREE MORE OF
THESEE S COOPS, I WOULD FILL THEM UP.
TO ME, THE OPTIONS AREND ELESS FOR ROOSTERS, EVERYONE IS
HATCHING MORE, I LOVE THEM, THEY GET ALONG.
I WOULD FILL THIS WHOLE VALLEY WITH ROOSTERS IF I COULD.
♪ [CROWING]