Springfield Chicken Run! Cudd Frees Avian Detainees

[uptowngirl]

Maybe it is the construction of the building? We had a rooster over here for about six months and he never woke any of us up. If you went outside you could hear him inside, not  at all. I am willing to try and relocate the roosters-when can everyone else come? I think that viewing throught the other persons (or avian) eyeballs applies all the way around. Killing chickens and wasting our tax dollars is pretty $%#^ too.

[Miss Fixit]

Start by going to Standard Feed ..very close to Beaver St,and get some Chicken Feed. String a trail over to KurolKetsunoHana's  place so they can hang out a while and sling some rooster vibe around.
Everybody should be empathetic enough to view things through the other persons eyeballs..or Rooster Crowin' ears in this case...just saying my 1/2 cent.

Thank you for this post.  I love chickens and ducks as much as the next person but don't particularly want duck poop on my sidewalks and roosters crowing outside of my window before 6 am.

[Jumpinjack]

Well said, Ernest Street. Crowing chickens, screaming squirrels or squabbling spouses - they're all the same. Too bad animal control can only deal with a few of these neighborhood problems.

[Springfielder]

That's why several people offered to help....and it was asked, did localresident contact any of them for the help offered?

[Springfield Chicken]

If someone has a new home for a couple of roosters I'll be glad to help.  Better that than Animal Control.  I do NOT believe they "relocate" the chickens to a new home.  I think it's more likely an Auschwitz-type relocation.  Having observed the chickens up close and personal lately I think there is a peaceful way to catch a couple.  But I want a guaranteed homeland for them first.

[Springfielder]

I saw and heard them in the side yard next to your house this morning...didn't see any across the street...this was about 7-8 this morning.

[Springfield Chicken]

Yes, that was after they decided to see what bugs were under my fresh mulch!  Oh, well.  If it bothered me I'd put up fencing, but they are just being chickens!

[Debbie Thompson]

And your mulch is now bug-less! 

[Springfield Chicken]

I've been doing some "scientific" research on this online and have come up with the following ideas as chicken repellents:  turn on the sprinkler system, scatter coffee grounds outside, spray vinegar where they hang out, lay chicken wire on the ground, and place plastic snakes in the grass.

[Ernest Street]

Just warn the Neighbors before putting out the snakes..

[localresident]

1. I live in a condo community, I can't put up a chicken wire fence.
2. I sent my phone # in a dm to those who offered to help, I never got a call.
3. I don't want them killed, but I can't round them up on my own and I'm at my wits end.  I have midterms this week and I have to get some sleep and I would prefer for it to be in my own bed.
4. I don't have access to the sprinkler system, it's set automatically by the board association.  Funny you mention the sprinklers, they used to run between 5am-7am, but they changed it up which is right when the roosters started wandering down here. 
5.Vinegar sounds like it will kill the grass, which could cause me to receive a fine.
6. I don't believe it's a waste of money if they are considered a public nuissance...which trust me, to those living in these gates feel that way.
7. Again I don't want them killed, I just want to sleep and unfortunately our walls are not sound proof so something has to be done.

[Debbie Thompson]

Maybe you could speak to the homeowner's association about changing the schedule back to 5:00 am to 7:00 am, if that works.  If they are watering anyway, why not make it at the time that keeps the rooster away?

[Ernest Street]

HEY!.. What about those evil kid pool squirt guns that slurp up the pool and shoot 15 feet or more..I know someone will think this is cruel, but if the bums are loud, run them off.
Whether drunk crack addicted or cracked corn addicted...just give them a gentle wet reminder that they are not welcome.
Roosters are WAY louder than bums,(like 80DB) and most are said to be quiet unless they get an attitude.
Maybe this gentle H2O squirting will make them adapt and move on ..possibly farther north to join their cousins across from the May-Port ferry.

[localresident]

I can speak to the HOA about it, but the board doesn't meet again until December, you know how bureaucracy works...everything has to be brought before the board.  I can't believe I didn't make the correlation before now though...some neighbors were complaining about the sprinklers hitting the inside fence at 5am, waking them from their sleep(although it only lasted 30 mins)...this was something that didn't bother me since it was only 2 days a week and I'm not that light a sleeper...but shortly after that the roosters began wandering down here.  I honestly had never heard them before then.

As for the squirt guns, I work until midnight, sometimes 1am, so I don't get to sleep some nights until 2am...forcing myself out of bed at 6am to shoo off roosters with a water gun is not even feasible.  Let's think about it, the complex is a nice size...which could mean that I would be running up and down the parking lot to get them out of the gate...and how many times would I have to do this before they stayed away.

You guys are asking a lot, lol.  I will see if I can speak with the board president about changing the time back for the sprinklers just for as a test to see if it keeps the roosters away...and then they can make a final decision in Dec at the board meeting. *wish me luck*

[Springfield Chicken]

The sprinklers can only be a solution on some days at best.  And it isn't practical to get up before dawn with a squirt gun to shut up a rooster.  And upon reading further, chickens have no sense of smell, do I'm guessing the coffee grounds and/or vinegar would have no effect.  I'm running out of suggestions here.