My housing auth is trying to trap chickens

[BeachFowl78]

We have wild bantam chicken in our neighborhood, the flock is about 8 adults now. They have been here for six years in our town and just now my housing auth is being a real ___k when it comes to them. They have erected a chicken wire pen with nails in one side of a board, in my housing units backyard. I used to feed them. The chickens are not a threat to the property but are "keeping people awake now" and that is their reason for trying to remove them. I suspect they intend to slaughter them. That is animal cruelty. I have reported to animal control and police about this issue. Is there anything you all could think of that I could do to get this nonsense stopped? Chickens are not going to come to the pen, or get in the pen, they are not stupid. I was recommended to tell local police etc if I saw harm or slaughter to any animal on the property. I am almost homeless due to this issue. I am not sure what else I can do? Animal control is "not worried about the chickens right now but will some day attempt to rehouse them". I am not sure what else I can try. I don't want to see them slaughtered as I love the chickens but I can not get a protective order or waiver. I am severing my lease with this housing authority soon as I can. I was told not to feed them anymore, by my land management, all of a sudden for no reason. I can not even give them water. Is there any activist places I can write too that have resources that can help?

 

[tripletfeb]

Is this the same flock that you mentioned in your other thread, when you said they were getting aggressive?

 

[tripletfeb]

By the way, slaughtering an animal, that is feral and belongs to no one, is not "animal cruelty" as you said. As long as the animal does not suffer. There are many methods someone could do to cull a chicken that would be harmless to the chicken

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Slaughtering chickens is hardly animal cruelty. Millions are slaughtered daily for human and animal feed. Oops, Trip beat me to it.

 

[FunClucks]

Unfortunately, unless you were to trap them yourselves and relocate them to your personal property elsewhere, I can't think of much you can do. Also, they may be considered livestock or nuisance animals/wild animals, and not pets by your local laws. Slaughtering livestock for food is not against the law. You are correct, nuisance animals should be covered by Animal Control, but I doubt they have any laws or requirements regarding chickens, and this may explain why they're not in a hurry to do anything.

It's easier than you think to trap chickens. Place food in an area and then slowly enclose it over time, and then eventually shut the door to the covered pen. Once it is night time and it is very dark, they will roost and be docile, and you will be able to pick them up and transport them in a container. I wrap mine in bath towels if I think they'll fight, but mine are used to me and don't. A red head lamp can help you see - they can't see the red light, and will remain docile in the "dark".

Hope you figure out what to do.

 

[No Coop No Problem]

By the way, slaughtering an animal, that is feral and belongs to no one, is not "animal cruelty"

Ownership has nothing to do with cruelty. Humans used to legally own each other

We have wild bantam chicken in our neighborhood, the flock is about 8 adults now. They have been here for six years in our town and just now my housing auth is being a real ___k when it comes to them. They have erected a chicken wire pen with nails in one side of a board, in my housing units backyard. I used to feed them. The chickens are not a threat to the property but are "keeping people awake now" and that is their reason for trying to remove them. I suspect they intend to slaughter them. That is animal cruelty. I have reported to animal control and police about this issue. Is there anything you all could think of that I could do to get this nonsense stopped? Chickens are not going to come to the pen, or get in the pen, they are not stupid. I was recommended to tell local police etc if I saw harm or slaughter to any animal on the property. I am almost homeless due to this issue. I am not sure what else I can do? Animal control is "not worried about the chickens right now but will some day attempt to rehouse them". I am not sure what else I can try. I don't want to see them slaughtered as I love the chickens but I can not get a protective order or waiver. I am severing my lease with this housing authority soon as I can. I was told not to feed them anymore, by my land management, all of a sudden for no reason. I can not even give them water. Is there any activist places I can write too that have resources that can help?

There's nothing you can do to protect the chickens unfortunately. If trapping doesn't work they'll probably resort to poison. The kindest thing you could do is take the chickens yourself and relocate them to a safe environment, be that farm or forest

 

[LBL]

Slaughtering chickens is hardly animal cruelty. Millions are slaughtered daily for human and animal feed. Oops, Trip beat me to it.

The way that modern American Agribiz kills chickens is DEFINITELY animal cruelty.

They are killed with heat and CO2, similar to being left in a hot car in the sun.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

They are killed with heat and CO2, similar to being left in a hot car in the sun.

Do you mean CO? Carbon monoxide? CO2 is non-toxic, it's what we exhale when we breathe. Do you have a source for what you claim? What I found is that they are stunned and then have their throats cut.

 

[No Coop No Problem]

CO2 is non-toxic

Dose makes the poison

 

[LBL]

Do you mean CO? Carbon monoxide? CO2 is non-toxic, it's what we exhale when we breathe. Do you have a source for what you claim? What I found is that they are stunned and then have their throats cut.

Yes, in a pile of about 10,000 other documents.

If you investigate it, you will stop eating Agribiz Chicken and Agribiz Pork.

I'm not sure why they decided they needed such cruel methods to be profitable.

I watched a video (the guy with the beard), a man who kills a rooster the old fashioned way, twisting the neck. Much more humane.