A local council has threatened to issue £80 fines to anyone who feeds a group of up to 200 chickens that live wild on a housing estate. Or at least he was before they were killed by marksmen brought in to end the “nuisance” they have been causing residents on Jersey. South Norfolk Council has put up signs in the town of Diss urging residents: “Please do not feed the feral chickens.” The spokesman said the fines could be reduced to £60 if paid in 14 days and that feeding the poultry had attracted rats. Feral chickens are derived from domestic chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus) who have returned to the wild.Like the red junglefowl (the closest wild relative of domestic chickens), feral chickens will take flight and roost in tall trees and bushes in order to avoid predators at night.. Feral chickens typically form social groups composed of a dominant cockerel, several hens, and subordinate cocks. A recent report from News.co.uk reveals that feral chickens have been making life a bit more difficult for residents of the island, which is the largest of the Channel Islands. Jersey has been overrun with feral chickens as a result of families dumping pets when they become too big, local authorities have warned.
It has become overrun with about 200 birds after a small feral flock began to quickly multiply.

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From feral chickens to gay fllamingos, ... the www.westerndailypress.co.uk websites you'll find plenty of reports and scientific speculation to keep you going. Animal lovers have been warned they face being fined if they continue to feed a flock of feral chickens that live on a housing estate. Wild chickens are ruffling the feathers of residents in a Norfolk housing estate. A recent report from News.co.uk reveals that feral chickens have been making life a bit more difficult for residents of the island, which is the largest of the Channel Islands. « Reply #7 on: April 17, 2013, 16:23 » I think the parrots may actually be green ringed necked parakeets which I have read started with a handful of escaped birds in the 60s and now number en estimated 30,000 or so, they are mainly seen in the south east but some have also been spotted as far north as Scotland. Governor Andrew Bailey pledges action after the UK's economy sees its biggest monthly decline on record. A local council has threatened to issue £80 fines to anyone who feeds a group of up to 200 chickens that live wild on a housing estate. Free home offered to all unwanted chickens and geese will re home ex battery hens too or just others that need rehoming I have 10 acres plot for them to roam... preloved.co.uk Report Sixty-five feral chickens have been culled after residents complained they were a nuisance. TWO ‘modest’ culls of nuisance feral chickens took place last year, but large numbers of the animals are continuing to cause problems for residents, the Environment Minister has said. M ore than 200 feral chickens have run wild on an estate leaving a local postman too scared to deliver mail.. Because he was being chased by a gang of 100 feral chickens.

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