Filthy, Neglected Chickens 'Dumped' On Northport Animal Farm

NORTHPORT, NY — Six dirty and neglected chickens were dumped on the goat pasture of the Lewis Oliver Animal Sanctuary and the farm is asking for the public's help in finding those responsible.

The animals were abandoned on the farm's property sometime Tuesday night with no shelter to protect them from predators or the weather, the sanctuary wrote in a Facebook post Thursday morning. Three of the chickens were roosters and they appeeared to be a bonded flock, making temporary housing and finding them a permanent home "extremely challenging."

"So, in dog crates and hutches is where they will have to stay until we figure out what to do with them aside from clean the mud and feces off of their feathers and toes," the animal farm wrote.

Witnesses saw the birds in the pasture around 11 p.m. Tuesday.

"We are developing a timeline and checking with neighboring homes asking them to check their home security cameras," the farm told Patch.

A police report was filed Wednesday. A veterinarian will visit the farm to treat the chickens, which appeared to have feather lice.

"We not only don’t have the space for these poor chickens, we don’t have the funding to cover the expenses we are now faced with because someone abandoned their animals on our property along with their responsibility," the farm wrote.

Anyone with information about the persons responsible is asked to contact the farm. Those interested in donating to the farm for the animals' care can do so here.

"While this puts an added stress on us, our biggest concern is the stress this places on these poor, innocent animals who have clearly been neglected and who are now clinging to one another in fear finding themselves in a strange, scary new place with an uncertain fate," the farm said.