Springfield Chicken Run! Cudd Frees Avian Detainees

[Dog Walker]

Chickens eat termites and leave behind eggs.  A win-win situation if you ask me.

I didn't know that chickens could burrow underground!  

[danno]

Chickens eat termites and leave behind eggs.  A win-win situation if you ask me.

Now all I need to do is figure out how to get the chickens into my walls.

[sheclown]

Chickens eat termites and leave behind eggs.  A win-win situation if you ask me.

Now all I need to do is figure out how to get the chickens into my walls.

LOL

I'm sure there is a termite or two in the crawl space.  Plus, the police would never find them there.  Maxx!  Hide the chickens under houses!!

[localresident]

Are you all INSANE!!! I happen to live at the gated residence shown in these photos and the roosters are a constant nuisance at best.  I'm a grad student who works at night and attempts to sleep and study during the day, which I don't get much of because these roosters are up crowing from 5am to 5pm ALL DAY, EVERY DAY!!!  

You are all so self righteous talking about the chickens and their rights, I'm sure you wouldn't feel the same if they disrupted your life like they do ours.  My neighbors and I, you know those actually affected by the roosters, speak regularly about the annoyances of the roosters, and if you want to know why the city is rounding them up it's because we keep filling out animal control complaints. The photos of this gated community has a condo association, which means that I have to pay property taxes in addition to association fees, and right now I don't feel as though I'm getting my money's worth.  My claim was the reason the city came on July 11th and I'll continue to be that reason in the future.  

For one it's ILLEGAL for these animals to roam downtown in an urban area...if you want to live near roosters, move out to the country.  I just can't believe that you all are defending this Max guy.  If you asked me he should have been arrested in addition to being fined.  This isn't a cause, they are roosters.  What about the livelihood of the people who pay property taxes out here, what about my rights??

I also have a 7yr old and while leaving the house one morning for school she opened the door and guess what was waiting on here, a rooster that squawked at her and nearly scared her to death.  This is just all so silly, you people and your animal rights babble.  I write this now upset b/c again I have been awakened from my sleep on at 6:50am on a Sunday morning thanks to your blessed roosters.  I actually enjoy going out of town b/c I'm able to sleep in.  It has also affected my daughter.  I received a note from her teacher saying that she was falling asleep in class, now she goes to bed at 8:30 but she's up some mornings at 4am-5:30am trying to go back to sleep until she actually has to get up at 7:30...that would throw any adult off schedule, so you can imagine the toll it has on a child.

Again, I am disappointed in the nature in which this article was discussed.  This affects our lives on a serious level and it should be addressed as such.  I don't hate birds, I don't hate roosters or chickens, but having them roam aimlessly where I pay to eat, sleep and live is not what I signed up for.

[uptowngirl]

Since we are talking about the mass murder of a species, which are afterall historical in this neighborhood, I would suggest you move. Those chickens and roosters were here long before the buildings you live in were, and should remain. I would not Move in next to a pig farm and then systematically kill off all the pigs! I am glad you posted as now we know where a lot of the complaints are coming from an this can be addressed!


SAVE OUR SPRINGFIELD CHIKCENS!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Springfielder]

Although I feel badly for your daughter, but had she not been subjected to your outward hatred of these wild birds, she wouldn't have been so traumatized by them. Most children sleep rather soundly, so I'm surprised that your daughter hasn't grown accustomed to hearing the roosters in the morning...kind of like hearing that really loud train horn blowing...so should the trains be removed? There's of course, the dogs barking or the sounds of traffic. Oh and I hear the mocking birds (you know, our state bird) singing, let's add them to the list for the city to capture and kill off.

Self righteous....we've been called worse...

[Springfielder]

Glad you don't live next to a school or playground...with all those children playing so darned loud 

[localresident]

Uptown that is the dumbest thing I've ever heard...now I would understand if I moved next to a farm and complained about the roosters, but I live in the downtown area of large city, and had I known we would have not moved here.  Also this was not an issue when I purchased my townhome 3 years ago, these roosters didn't become an issue until January of this year.

And my daughter does sleep soundly until a rooster plants itself on my fence beneath her window and starts crowing, and there's this new one that actually sounds like it's screaming.  I'm sorry but there is no justification for this.  I don't live on a farm and again it's against the law for these roosters to roam here.

Springfielder, my daughter complains about the roosters waking her up, she's a child and most children are afraid of animals that move fast and scream at them.  She's also afraid of dogs and I never speak ill of them, so get off it.  We are not talking about a whistle that blows at 7am for a minute(which we do sleep through on most days) or the sounds of mocking birds, which are in the trees outside our house....we are talking about the constant crowing of not one but four roosters all morning and all day long, every single day.  Roosters that sit on our cars, sit in the trees and poop on our cars, this is a nuisance to the residents in the gated community.  When your beloved roosters disappear during the day you can find them walking around our small community.

I am sure that if you all were affected the way we are at Oak Park Villas you'd be singing another tune.

Again, I live in the CITY of Jacksonville and these are my rights.  Also let me note that I love my community because of the nature feel of it.  I love the trees and the lakes, I don't even mind the roosters roaming to be honest, it's the nonstop crowing all day every day.  I don't feel that I should be forced out of my home due to roosters, that's what animal control is for.

[localresident]

Springfielder, I wouldn't move next to a school or a playground if I had a problem with the sound of children playing. 

We are talking about a few roosters here and I was not aware that they were being killed, only being moved.  Either way, they have to go and the residents here will continue to complain until they are ALL gone.  If you want roosters move to the country.

[uptowngirl]

Really? Stupid? You must not have investigated your new "home" very well then, those roosters have been here a long time! Infact there used to be a hatchery right down the street from the "villas". But back to the chickens, chicken poop is great fertilizer, and about the same as the bird poop I have on my car from the birds nesting in the trees around my house, that also love to start singing throughout the day and all night long- should we kill all of them too? Start logging complaints about the woodpeckers, morning doves, egrets, and hawks?  Those chickens and roosters were here long before you moved in or me for that matter- if you have some freakish aversion to them you should of moved elsewhere. Again, why move next to a pig farm and kill off the pigs?

BTW, does anyone have the scoop on these non-contributing structures? Did we loose any historic structures for these? If so how truly sad, another great example of why we need to protect what we have -including our chickens and roosters!!!!
Perhaps the "villas"should put up a different fence if they do not like the roosters and chickens?  Again those chickens and roosters have been here for a LONG time, they did not just show up a year ago, or two, or ten!

[Springfielder]

You're absolutely right, Uptowngirl and Stephen....these chickens and roosters have been residents of this neighborhood for many, many years...I've been here over 12 and they were here before then.

Localresident, I guess it's the lack of sleep that has made it difficult to comprehend the comparison people (including myself) have made, when we said about the pig farm or the other wild life that makes sounds (some quite loud) the trains and the children playing....all normal sounds of the day, here in the neighborhood. It's part of who we are and part of makes this neighborhood not only special, but unique.

It's the mentality of which you've expressed that keeps those in the little gated community, not part of our the family and caring neighborhood of Springfield....you know, the ones that participate in community events, who appreciate and work to preserve our historic neighborhood, instead of living in a separated and uninviting gated section. As Uptowngirl suggested, why not have your landlord/owner put up some chicken wire along the fence to keep these non-flying, horrors of Springfield from being in your community yard.

[sheclown]

Roaming chickens have been a quaint feature in Springfield for as long as I have been around (12 years) and no doubt here long before.  

[sheclown]

chickens eat termites, or so I've been told.  Not that we have a problem with that in Springfield

[localresident]

Funny, I grew up in Springfield....down the street from here, this whole rooster thing was never a problem when I was a kid or young adult. 

What I find interesting about you alls statement is that you continue to point out the roosters were here first.  Well how would you feel if a cow showed up and began roaming around and did damage to your property, or a horse, or a pig(since you love this analogy so much)...surely they were here before your glorious houses were built...where do we draw the line??? 

Also birds singing is hugely different than roosters crowing...let me give you an analogy since you all love them so much...the roosters crowing and screaming below our windows are like an alarm clock that we didn't set and can't turn off. If this were happening in your house would you move or would you get rid of the clock??  Would you invest in ultrasonic ear plugs(aka a chicken fence) or would you just get rid of the damn clock??

And I'm sorry but there is nothing "natural" about a rooster roaming around the downtown area of any major metro city.

At the end of the day the roosters don't pay property taxes...I do, and I will continue to put my tax dollars(especially in light of the increase) to work.  Sleep deprivation behind a rooster is just plain silly, and the fact that you all would justify it is juvenile.  But hey, you work on saving your chickens and I'll work on my sanity...luckily my sanity is supported by the law.

[localresident]

It's the mentality of which you've expressed that keeps those in the little gated community, not part of our the family and caring neighborhood of Springfield....you know, the ones that participate in community events, who appreciate and work to preserve our historic neighborhood, instead of living in a separated and uninviting gated section. As Uptowngirl suggested, why not have your landlord/owner put up some chicken wire along the fence to keep these non-flying, horrors of Springfield from being in your community yard.

For one I'm an owner, and I do participate.  I've actually been to several First Friday and Mothers of Springfield events...does that now make my complaints any more valid??  I love Springfield...I could have moved anywhere but I chose I stay near where I grew up.  The great thing about this country is that we can disagree freely, so see this as my disagreeing with your viewpoints.  Again, if this were outside of your window 12 hours a day I'm sure you all would feel differently.

Enjoy your Sunday.