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We keep a few chickens in HPP.
As do some of the neighbors.
When a chicken leaves its "owner's" property, that chicken becomes public property.
Trapping is the way to deal with it.
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Even if the subdivision is zoned AG, aren't the "farmers" required to fence in or otherwise contain their critters on their own property.
Now if it had been cattle or goat I think a barbecue might be going too far...but chickens?, have at 'em.
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I can see both sides.
By tradition, people here on the East side have kept chickens roaming. They kept down bugs and provide eggs, etc. However, that system evolved when housing was sparse and neighbors were few. That reality is changing, so the behaviors will have to keep up.
I do believe that if it wanders onto my land, it is "wild" and public domain. I have shot animals that have come to raid my food or molest my own animals or crops. Right or wrong by tradition, things, they are a-changing!
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I think that if you have livestock, you should contain them in some way. And once they leave your property... they are free game. Free range is a great idea, but so are a few barriers if you are going to be an ag property. Be nice to your neighbors. It is the Aloha way. Why irritate your neighbors? That makes no sense.
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No free range chickens are not fair game. Those aren't your chickens, Tom, and you may have pissed off some neighbors. Did you mention to your neighbors that the chickens were digging up your garden? Putting out food to entice them onto your property isn't proper, either. If the police did that, it would be called entrapment, wouldn't it?
It isn't about the chickens, it isn't about being "right" or being "wrong" - it is about getting along with your neighbors. If YOU wanted to be a good neighbor, you would fence in your garden to keep the chickens out or fence in your back yard and let your dog deal with any chickens who come over the fence. Or you would talk to your neighbors and let them know you were having a problem so you could all work it out together.
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Tom, I hear that chickens eat coqui, so are you sure you're not opening yourself up to a frog explosion?
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Effing chickens!
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So in other words, sewer plant, incinerator and rendering plant all need to go next door to you... you can just keep all the windows closed to keep out the stench because that stench is not yours.
Again, maybe the neighbors need to think about things also....
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Originally posted by Hotzcatz
If YOU wanted to be a good neighbor, you would fence in your garden to keep the chickens out or fence in your back yard and let your dog deal with any chickens who come over the fence. Or you would talk to your neighbors and let them know you were having a problem so you could all work it out together.
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