Springfield Chicken Run! Cudd Frees Avian Detainees

[sheclown]

When Crissie Cudd's husband watched the round up of local neighborhood chickens by a dozen poultry police in four trucks, he was concerned enough to fight back.  He opened the cages to release the pent up chickens.  Some escaped.  He didn't.  He was fined $500.00 for his interference.

One has to wonder at the wisdom of spending precious resources on poultry roundups.  This is the second shake down of feathered creatures in the last couple of months.

FIRST they came for the Mallards, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a mallard.

THEN they came for the chickens, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a chicken.

(At least, today, someone spoke for the poultry).

http://jaxoutloud.com/forum/showthread.php?p=137689#post137689

[Springfielder]

It's shameful, at best. These birds have been part of the neighborhood and parks for years and years. It was bad enough that they took the roosters, chickens and then the ducks without consulting the neighborhood residents, but to come back and do it again. Then to fine one of our neighbors 500 bucks because he opened the cages of the birds the city is taking away to kill. Yes, it's been told that they're being killed and not relocated. This is just plain wrong. Why is it, they don't have the money or resources to round up loose dogs that attack and kill other animals and are a threat to people, but they have the money and resources to round up chickens, ducks and roosters that bother nobody; what's up with that? Why are they taking them and why are they killing them? It's just so wrong!!

[sheclown]

Cindi says that chickens eat termites.  We could use some termite control in the neighborhood. 

[Charles Hunter]

This really a chicken s%#$ thing for the city to do.

[Starbuck]

Chickens are susceptible to several parasites, including lice, mites, ticks, fleas, and intestinal worms, as well as other diseases. (Despite the name, they are not affected by Chickenpox; the illness is generally restricted to humans.[26])

According to Wikipedia some of the common diseases that affect chickens include:

Aspergillosis    fungi
Avian influenza bird flu virus
Histomoniasis Blackhead disease protozoal parasite
Botulism    toxin
Coccidiosis    parasites
Colds    virus
Dermanyssus gallinae Red mite parasite
Erysipelas    bacteria
Fowl Cholera    bacteria
Fowl pox    virus
Fowl Typhoid    bacteria
Gallid herpesvirus 1or Infectious Laryngotracheitis    virus
Gapeworm Syngamus trachea   worms
Infectious Bronchitis    virus
Infectious Bursal Disease
Gumboro   virus
Infectious Coryza    bacteria
Lymphoid leukosis    Avian leukosis virus
Marek's disease    virus
Moniliasis Yeast Infection or Thrush   fungi
Mycoplasmas    bacteria-like organisms
Newcastle disease    virus
Necrotic Enteritis    bacteria
Prolapse Psittacosis    bacteria
Pullorum Salmonella   bacteria
Scaly leg    parasites
Squamous cell carcinoma    cancer
Tibial dyschondroplasia    speed growing
Toxoplasmosis    protozoal parasite
Ulcerative Enteritis    bacteria

Unvaccinated (wild) populations are a health risk to commercial operations, wild bird populations including the wild turkey, and (as a vector for intestinal worms, influenza and coli form bacteria) to humans. Persons most affected include persons with weaker immune systems, such as the elderly, pregnant women, diabetics, patients receiving chemotherapy, and people who are infected with HIV.

I am glad to see them rounded up and glad that the self righteous ignoramus who interfered was cited.

[FinnegansWake]

Well, and right there is why I stopped hugging chickens.

I think there's a balance between an uncontrolled population and total elimination. I like to see and hear them in the neighborhood. And I dislike slipping on fowl feces in the park.

[sheclown]

What do you suggest?  Getting rid of all wildlife? 

I do believe that creatures have more to fear from man, than man from creatures...last I looked, we shared this earthly home.

[Springfielder]

These birds have been around the neighborhood for years and years, so why all of a sudden is the city rounding them up and killing them?  Yes, they can be carriers of various insects and diseases, yet I've not heard of anyone in the neighborhood being infected or contracting any sort of illness as a result of wildlife in the parks.

As for the feces...the Canadian geese are worse, yet they're not rounded up to be killed. Sorry, but nobody really does much wandering around in Confederate park, which is where these birds are being collected to be killed.

[tpot]

It would be nice if they would use the same effort to round up the chickens on the He Ho's up at 8th and Perry.............I'm sure the list of things that they carry if far longer and more dangerous than the chicken list above..........

[JC]

It would be nice if they would use the same effort to round up the chickens on the He Ho's up at 8th and Perry.............I'm sure the list of things that they carry if far longer and more dangerous than the chicken list above..........

Luke 7:36-50.

36 Then one of the Pharisees asked Him to eat with him. And He went to the Pharisee’s house, and sat down to eat. 37 And behold, a woman in the city who was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at the table in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster flask of fragrant oil, 38 and stood at His feet behind Him weeping; and she began to wash His feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head; and she kissed His feet and anointed them with the fragrant oil. 39 Now when the Pharisee who had invited Him saw this, he spoke to himself, saying, “This Man, if He were a prophet, would know who and what manner of woman this is who is touching Him, for she is a sinner.”

40 And Jesus answered and said to him, “Simon, I have something to say to you.”

So he said, “Teacher, say it.”

41 “There was a certain creditor who had two debtors. One owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. 42 And when they had nothing with which to repay, he freely forgave them both. Tell Me, therefore, which of them will love him more?”

43 Simon answered and said, “I suppose the one whom he forgave more.”

And He said to him, “You have rightly judged.” 44 Then He turned to the woman and said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I entered your house; you gave Me no water for My feet, but she has washed My feet with her tears and wiped them with the hair of her head. 45 You gave Me no kiss, but this woman has not ceased to kiss My feet since the time I came in. 46 You did not anoint My head with oil, but this woman has anointed My feet with fragrant oil. 47 Therefore I say to you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little.”

48 Then He said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.”

49 And those who sat at the table with Him began to say to themselves, “Who is this who even forgives sins?”

50 Then He said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you. Go in peace.”

While I dont really agree with pinning it all on the woman especially the ones in the Springfield area, I do sort of like the tone of this specific fable.  Just remember those "He Ho's" are someones son/daughter and would probably be doing something else if they had the opportunity!

[tpot]

Hmmm....thanks for the Sunday morning chuch surmon JC.........I generally find that those that do the most "preachin" are the ones most in need of it..............;-)

[Springfielder]

The preaching doesn't change the fact that they do have a choice, being a hooker is one they decided upon.

[JC]

Hmmm....thanks for the Sunday morning chuch surmon JC.........I generally find that those that do the most "preachin" are the ones most in need of it..............;-)

Nice! 

The preaching doesn't change the fact that they do have a choice, being a hooker is one they decided upon.

Great, thanks for setting that straight, I guess I can move on now!

[Metro Jacksonville]

Springfield Chicken Run! Cudd Frees Avian Detainees



When Max Cudd watched the round up of local neighborhood chickens by a dozen poultry police in four trucks, he was concerned enough to fight back.  He opened the cages to release the pent up chickens.  Some escaped.  He didn't.  He was fined $500.00 for his interference.

The ornamental chickens and poultry, part of an aesthetics committee program from the 70s, have been living and thriving in the downtown neighborhoods for decades.  The families and members of the Jacksonville Avian Nation have been in the core neighborhoods for decades longer than most.

Brightly colored roosters, gorgeously feathered hens. Suddenly subjected to being rounded up and executed.  That is until Max Cudd bravely put his cash on the line!



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http://www.metrojacksonville.com/article/2010-jul-springfield-chicken-run-cudd-frees-avian-detainees

[DeadGirlsDontDance]

I want a t-shirt that says "When they came for the chickens, I said nothing, because I wasn't a chicken."