Feral chicken eradication ...@$108.00 each

[Bullwinkle]

where do we sign up? ....maybe offer a bounty for drumsticks?

http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/37878...l-chickens

[randomq]

Isn't that what bird shot is for? Or are we relocating these feral chickens to homeless camps?

[MarkD]

Bird shot? Pellet gun? Yea, 3-4 guys, two "beaters" and 2 guys with the guns could corner a group of 6-8 chickens and dispatch them in 10-15 minutes. It's not a farfetched concept; on the mainland cities hire sharpshooters to kill deer in parks near homes.

http://www.startribune.com/roseville-to-...398955161/

But Hawaii's animals right fanatics would have a fit. They don't want the birds shot; they will only tolerate them trapped and being gently put to sleep. Hence $108 per bird. We're lucky to have these people in our midst.

[Bullwinkle]

I was thinking a couple of well trained bird dogs ....how many dogs are in shelters for violence against chickens?

[MarkD]

That's a good idea, training dogs to run down chickens. But likely some people would be offended.

ETA: I posted the topic on reddit and am getting responses. Ideal dog: border collie. One person said dogs can be trained to catch bird with a "soft mouth." But most responders said they will kill the birds, which animals rights folks will object to.

Option 2: Set up a net and have several dogs herd the birds inside. But chickens don't herd as well as geese; they tend to scatter. Would be harder.

[terracore]

Kauai loves chickens
Puerto Rico loves coqui
It is perspective

[MarkD]

It is perspective. And the perspective in Honolulu is that they want to get rid of the chickens.

I bet this story goes nationwide and Hawaii gets ridiculed for paying $108 per chicken. Government inefficiency. The last time I remember anything this stupid was when contractors billed the DOD $400 per toilet seat cover.

[birdmove]

I've dispatched 3-4 wild roosters myself with pellet guns. For example, a strange large rooster showed up on my property and beat the hell out of "Grandpa" rooster. Grandpa is a peaceful free ranger that lived on my acre well before we bought it. He is not aggressive. The day the stranger showed up and beat the hell out of Grandpa, our rooster suddenly became a quivering mass of bleeding bird. Then the stranger chased him all over, and I"d never seen Grandpa run from other roosters.
I'd had enough, and grabbed my well sighted in Crosman Model 66, and with 8 pumps of mighty atmospheric power, ended the stranger and sent him to his maker. I've had to do that maybe 4 times over almost 7 years. As said by John Wayne in some old western when his son was a rude wiseacker to a lady, Mr. Wayne's character said, after knocking the smart ass on his can, "Sorry maim. Slight deficiency in his upbringing." But, you can't reson with a wild rooster.

Jon in Keaau/HPP

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

they will only tolerate them trapped and being gently put to sleep

Put to sleep? How cruel. I cry foul.
Why not instead find a Big Island resident with a large parcel of land who would fence it, and create a chicken retirement village? It should only cost another $50 or $100 per bird to fly each chicken here from Oahu. Or perhaps offer them to rooster farms as company and companionship for their "show birds?" Maybe it would have the added benefit of getting the roosters to sleep in late.

Idiots rule the world, but only when there is a fair vote. - Last Aphorisms

[Guest]

Just yesterday, i saw a guy training his "pet" rooster against a feral one.