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[WhiteBlaze]

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Hiker rescues rooster on Appalachian Trail, carries him 42 miles to safety Today.com A few months ago, the 31-year-old left a job with The Humane League, working on farm animal protection measures, in order to hike the Appalachian Trail from Maine to Georgia. Still devoted, Bolint has been using this hike as a fundraiser for the animals.

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[rickb]

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Hiker rescues rooster on Appalachian Trail, carries him 42 miles to safety Today.com A few months ago, the 31-year-old left a job with The Humane League, working on farm animal protection measures, in order to hike the Appalachian Trail from Maine to Georgia. Still devoted, Bolint has been using this hike as a fundraiser for the animal

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My favorite AT story in a good while.

Loved it.

[illabelle]

My daughter and I rescued a peahen from Icewater Springs Shelter in the Smokies back in September 2009. Took her home and put her with my chickens for a couple weeks to learn where "home" is. When I let her out, she started hanging out with a flock of wild turkeys. When she didn't come home, I checked with neighbors who directed me to someone on the other side of the ridge who had a peacock. She was there! Him and her lived happily ever after.

Check out my one and only journal entry for the longer version of the story.

[Crossup]

10 miles north of the story location I too saw what was obviously a fancy domestic fowl on the trail and l wondered if there was a population of them in the woods or just an isolated, lost bird. At first sight I thought it was a peacock but upon closer inspection I can't say just what chicken variant it was, quite pretty though. Was really surprised at how few critters of any type I saw during a week in Michaux Forest.

[Sarcasm the elf]

Most thru hikers would have eaten it on the spot.

[egilbe]

Most thru hikers would have eaten it on the spot.

Thats what I was thinking. Chicken stew with dehydrted potatoes and wild ramps

[brswan]

Hilarious. What a champ.

[blw2]

trail magic in the raw?

[Slo-go'en]

I would have kept him around. He eats ticks. Roosters can be quite aggressive, but that might only be a problem with they have hens to protect. I know some of the locals here who rise chickens have had trouble with their own rooster attacking them!

[D2maine]

I would have kept him around. He eats ticks. Roosters can be quite aggressive, but that might only be a problem with they have hens to protect. I know some of the locals here who rise chickens have had trouble with their own rooster attacking them!

when rooster gets aggressive its time for him to go swimming with some dumplings...

[rocketsocks]

I always pack a little oil and flour for just such an occasion, fry em in my trowel like hoe cakes.

[Sarcasm the elf]

I would have kept him around. He eats ticks. Roosters can be quite aggressive, but that might only be a problem with they have hens to protect. I know some of the locals here who rise chickens have had trouble with their own rooster attacking them!

Aggressive's an understatement. I have permanent scars from the rooster I raised as a kid including two in my eyebrow from the time it nearly blinded me.

[gpburdelljr]

Free range chicken, the best kind!

[ZombieDust66]

Why would I think the rooster wanted or needed to be rescued?


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[BuckeyeBill]

I use to have more problems with chickens when gathering eggs at my grandma's farm. Her rule was if a chicken draws blood, it was supper that night.

[gpburdelljr]

Why did the chicken cross the Möbius strip?.................to get to the same side.

[Sarcasm the elf]

Why would I think the rooster wanted or needed to be rescued?


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Somewhere there's a local wondering why their rooster didn't come back to the coop at dusk like usually does.

[Old Grouse]

Why did the chicken cross the Möbius strip?.................to get to the same side.

The post of the day, as far as I'm concerned!

[AllDownhillFromHere]

I rescued a dog in TN, found her a home in Damascus. Also saw a dumped-off cat on the Blue Ridge. Probably should have taken it, except how do you carry a cat? At least the dog was trained.

[TexasBob]

Somewhere there's a local wondering why their rooster didn't come back to the coop at dusk like usually does.

A veterinarian friend of mine told me this true story. Two ladies showed up with a dog that they rescued sitting beside the road and it had one his clinics rabies tags. He looked up the tag number and gave them the owners name and address. The ladies looked embarrassed and said "That is the address where we picked him up".