Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Poultry and Pets => Chicken Chat => Topic started by: Abacus on April 01, 2011, 20:07
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Anyone catch that story in the Daily Mail yesterday about the 'wild chicken herd'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1371852/Police-evict-50-chickens-near-Banks-Southport.html
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Some good looking fowl there, i know of a colony of feral bantams a few years ago that had to be reduced by forty five so they did not get completely out of hand.
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Errrr It's the 1st of April :lol: :lol: :lol:
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I think the article was before the 1st , like this one in a more unbelievable situation.
http://www.chickenroundabout.co.uk/
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We have wild chicken 'herds' all over the place around here. :( Irresponsible people abandon them (especially when they start crowing!) and due to a relative lack of predators they establish themselves on roadsides, at picnic spots, or wherever there is a source of food.
Unfortunately it's not a good life for a wild chicken and they are often in very poor condition. Especially with the huge imbalance between roosters and hens, you can imagine some of the injuries. :( Local councils run regular culls - which results in all sorts of protests from people who like to see wild chickens.
It does amaze me though after reading so much about foxes on here - and the extraordinary lengths UK chicken-keepers go to in order to protect their flocks - to think that there are wild chickens running around!
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Apparently some of the hawaii'an islands have the same problem.