Springfield Chicken Run! Cudd Frees Avian Detainees

[localresident]

Peacocks make a lot of noise, more than roosters but I would not mind them at all (much more enjoyable sound than the outrageous rolling boomboxes I now have to suffer through)-and btw we have roosters and  hens over here and no one complains. I do not eat meat, so no I was not munching on any chickenn(was that some kind of racist jab?). I offerred repeatedly to help, I was never contacted. I went out of my way and spent a lot of my time to find a home to take the roosters too so they would not be killed,and I asked to borrow traps to trap them. I posted all of that here and still not a peep from you. Yes I may be a little testy, but I am ticked off that local can rouse herself to call the city to waste our money and kill chickens but can't PM to set up a time to let us come set the traps. Local, you came on here making threats against one of our great neighbors, someone well liked and active in our neighborhood, you did a whole lot of whining and complaining, and you said no one cared nor would help you so we were a bunch of jerks. When people stepped up to fulfill your request of help, you blew them off and now want to blame everyone else and the roosters (who are just doing what rooster do) that you are still oh so miserable. I certainly would say any of this to your face, I have no issue with that, would be more than happy in fact, when you set that time up I will glady bring along the rooster traps so we can kill two birds with one stone so to say. Alas, I doubt you will contact anyone to set that up either-it is much easier (and enjoyable for you) to sit at your keyboard and whine.

Nope, not racist...poultry is the most consumed meat in this country, hence the reference.  I mentioned eggs as well, but you only latched on to the chicken reference, hit dogs will holler I guess.

Who did I threaten, the roosters by calling the city...I never once threatened a single sole on here, so please don't spread those vicious lies.

Like I stated, I did contact someone, there was a guy a few pages back who offered to come and help, I sent him a pm with my telephone #, no call...as well as one of the other posters.  I have now been contacted on here by someone a bit more civil to help with this matter so I will forego your gracious offer.

Let me say this though, I will gladly send you my info, but what you will not do is disrespect me to my face...trust that you don't want those kind of problems in your life.  Now that my dear was a threat...one I have no problem making good on.

[BridgeTroll]

Here you go...

http://www.youtube.com/v/9MhZPqHeEAQ

[localresident]

calm down, mate.  uptowngirl may've been a little out ov line, but i promise you you've been no angel yourself.

it's kind ov a shame we've all ended up so antagonistic--in other circumstances, it'd be cool to sit around with you and talk about how awesome we are for not eating meat.

How is it you tell me to calm down after she spews such vitriol my way, and over some damn feathered birds...you all must be out of your mind on here.  Why didn't you direct that to her, and a little out of line, she verbally attacked me b/c I want to get rid of some yapping crowing birds...not because I wanted to hurt a child or a neighbor, but because I came home and found a bird running from my porch, which had to run by us as we walked up, scaring my daughter nearly half to death while leaving behind 7 unhatched eggs.

I don't live on a farm, I live in downtown Jacksonville...and again I wouldn't even have a problem with the roosters if they didn't wander over here early in the mornings, climb up on the wooden fence behind my bedroom window and go at it for hours.

This entire thing is just plain silly...and unfortunately mean people who don't eat meat aren't all that awesome in my book, they're just vegetarians.

[uptowngirl]

Lady you are nuts. You started out on this thread by stating we were all crazy and that Mr. Max should go to jail. In any case I do not think you will last long around here, so I am not going to lose any sleep- I did my utmost best to help with the situation and save some chickens from being gassed. You make it sound like a hen running up the sidewalk in your direction is similar to a big man with a knife attacking you. Chickens are harmless, they cannot hurt you unless you happen to be about six inches tall.  As Mr. Dare likes to say all is well, I will not carry the chickens death on my karma LOL!

Now as to the peacocks, they are beautiful but really, really loud with a very distinctive call. They, along with some swans would be fabulous in confederate park the issue is keeping them IN the park.

New guidelines around keeping fowl, goats, and even horses at a community stable should be established- afterall when this neighborhood was built all of that was the norm. There is no reason the urban core cannot be more self sunstainable. Just because we are all urban dwellers does not mean we should leave such a huge carbon footprint, unless you are a townhouse dweller with an abnormal fear of 4 inch tall birds apparently.

[localresident]

Lady you are nuts. You started out on this thread by stating we were all crazy and that Mr. Max should go to jail. In any case I do not think you will last long around here, so I am not going to lose any sleep- I did my utmost best to help with the situation and save some chickens from being gassed. You make it sound like a hen running up the sidewalk in your direction is similar to a big man with a knife attacking you. Chickens are harmless, they cannot hurt you unless you happen to be about six inches tall.  As Mr. Dare likes to say all is well, I will not carry the chickens death on my karma LOL!

Now as to the peacocks, they are beautiful but really, really loud with a very distinctive call. They, along with some swans would be fabulous in confederate park the issue is keeping them IN the park.

New guidelines around keeping fowl, goats, and even horses at a community stable should be established- afterall when this neighborhood was built all of that was the norm. There is no reason the urban core cannot be more self sunstainable. Just because we are all urban dwellers does not mean we should leave such a huge carbon footprint, unless you are a townhouse dweller with an abnormal fear of 4 inch tall birds apparently.

The reality is...you're a...well nevermind.  Have a good day.

[localresident]

To everyone else on the board...my apologies.

My initial post was written out of frustration.  For one I was told that they would relocate the roosters, not kill them. Furthermore my reason for calling the city was b/c of the inaction of the Condo Association and my not being a member of a strong networking community in this area that could assist with the issue.  There was no way I could(or even considered) catch them on my own, especially with having no clue what to do with them once caught.

My schedule is tight, my sleep is important to me and again this all just started randomly in January, so I was caught off guard...and to see all of the calls and effort I made to get them removed thrown away by one man, and to see the praise on this board for his efforts, was infuriating...hence my reaction.

I am a young professional...and having decided to make this a starter home for my daughter and I to see if I like the area before investing in something much larger, the last thing I was expecting were roosters, which should be understandable for an urban core.

I apologize again if I offended anyone, with the exception of the mean spirited uptown girl, be very offended...but I just want to be able sleep in on a Saturday morning, and for my daughter to be able to play with her dolls on the porch...that's all.

I'm done with the issue. Good day.

[Coolyfett]

To everyone else on the board...my apologies.

My initial post was written out of frustration.  For one I was told that they would relocate the roosters, not kill them. Furthermore my reason for calling the city was b/c of the inaction of the Condo Association and my not being a member of a strong networking community in this area that could assist with the issue.  There was no way I could(or even considered) catch them on my own, especially with having no clue what to do with them once caught.

My schedule is tight, my sleep is important to me and again this all just started randomly in January, so I was caught off guard...and to see all of the calls and effort I made to get them removed thrown away by one man, and to see the praise on this board for his efforts, was infuriating...hence my reaction.

I am a young professional...and having decided to make this a starter home for my daughter and I to see if I like the area before investing in something much larger, the last thing I was expecting were roosters, which should be understandable for an urban core.

I apologize again if I offended anyone, with the exception of the mean spirited uptown girl, be very offended...but I just want to be able sleep in on a Saturday morning, and for my daughter to be able to play with her dolls on the porch...that's all.

I'm done with the issue. Good day.

Aww come on!! Dont give up so easily...Dont let the Uptowner punk you out. Stay and fight this cause with all your might! I hate roosters to, come let us hate together.

[Dog Walker]

Actually if you cook them long enough and with the right herbs they can be quite tasty.   

[Springfield Chicken]

Okay, okay.  Local Resident and I have had a couple of PMs and phone calls today and we have a strategy.  I'm not saying what it is because I don't want word to get back to the roosters.  But it doesn't involve trapping or relocating them, just discouraging them from their early morning wake up calls outside her window.  She is, in fact, a very nice person and I apologize for not reaching out sooner and with more determination.  We are meeting this weekend to try Plan A and I'll let you know what happens.

[Dog Walker]

For about $75 dollars you can buy a motion detecting sprinkler that turns on a reciprocating sprinkler head for 5 or ten seconds.  That would run them off.

Of course it might also make the mailman stop delivering your mail, too.

[localresident]

To everyone else on the board...my apologies.

My initial post was written out of frustration.  For one I was told that they would relocate the roosters, not kill them. Furthermore my reason for calling the city was b/c of the inaction of the Condo Association and my not being a member of a strong networking community in this area that could assist with the issue.  There was no way I could(or even considered) catch them on my own, especially with having no clue what to do with them once caught.

My schedule is tight, my sleep is important to me and again this all just started randomly in January, so I was caught off guard...and to see all of the calls and effort I made to get them removed thrown away by one man, and to see the praise on this board for his efforts, was infuriating...hence my reaction.

I am a young professional...and having decided to make this a starter home for my daughter and I to see if I like the area before investing in something much larger, the last thing I was expecting were roosters, which should be understandable for an urban core.

I apologize again if I offended anyone, with the exception of the mean spirited uptown girl, be very offended...but I just want to be able sleep in on a Saturday morning, and for my daughter to be able to play with her dolls on the porch...that's all.

I'm done with the issue. Good day.

Aww come on!! Dont give up so easily...Dont let the Uptowner punk you out. Stay and fight this cause with all your might! I hate roosters to, come let us hate together.

Lol, you call this easy huh...and I'm not giving up, just re-strategizing.  You are a nut, where were you when they were going hard on me, sitting back and allowing someone else to take the heat perhaps, smh. #freerider 

[uptowngirl]

Ahhh  I am truly not mean, just frustrated too. I do not "hate anyone", just feel there is a better way to handle this than spend taxpayers money to kill the chickens (I am crazy like that). If you are working with SpringfieldChicken you are in good hands. If it does become necessary to trap and relocate the chickens we can get the traps and I have a rescue farm that will take them free of charge.

[hypnotoad]

lol I love this thread!  People.... with problems... working through issues... fighting... making up.  Good stuff, really.  I love free-roaming chickens and have even seen some in the grass alleyways off Margaret.  Not sure if I could function being woken up all the time by roosters in super-close proximity but relocation sounds much better than killing them :-/  Someone needs to tell those roosters to shoosh!! lol

[Dog Walker]

"If it crows, it goes."  There are an amazing number of people in Riverside who are keeping hens in their backyards and with no roosters nobody knows.