3 Abandoned Roosters Saved At Jones Beach

WANTAGH, NY — As the price of eggs rises, some people have taken matters into their own hands.

Humane Long Island, along with the New York State Department of Parks and Recreation, rescued three abandoned roosters at Jones Beach.

The birds were found thin and suffering from frostbite, according to Humane Long Island.

The roosters will be moved to their forever home at Roger's Rescue in upstate New York later this week.

Egg prices are skyrocketing due to the shortage caused by birds dying from avian flu. But Humane Long Island says "panic buying" birds only adds to the problem.

"Fifty percent of all birds hatched being male, and even females not laying their first egg for 6 months, hatching backyard birds or buying factory-farmed chicks, is not a viable solution," Humane Long Island's John Di Leonardo said.

The advocacy group said eight male ducks were recently abandoned in Babylon, while an abandoned rooster succumbed to hypothermia in Hicksville.