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Feral chickens have proliferated in New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina
NOLA.com ^ | Tuesday, April 12, 2011, 9:02 AM | Katy Reckdahl,

Posted on 04/12/2011 10:56:37 AM PDT by BenLurkin

Since Hurricane Katrina, Ruby Melton's 9th Ward enclave has welcomed a new species of neighbor: clucking, crowing, prancing chickens that dart across streets and nest in the trees.

Animal control officers place the stray chickens with a farmer they call the Chicken Man, LeBlanc said, noting that capturing the creatures is "extremely hard" and often requires the effort of several officers.

The job hasn't proved as vexing for a band of swift, persevering kids who have invested countless hours stalking and nabbing the feathered bandits, said Ed Buckner, director of the Porch, a cultural organization in the 7th Ward. When Buckner a few years ago started a Mardi Gras Indian tribe for youth at the Porch, he wanted to call it "Akanka," after the Choctaw word for chicken.

"Until they started sewing, these boys were running around chasing chickens all day," Buckner said.

The boys opted to call their tribe the Red Flame Hunters, which they thought sounded cooler. But they admitted to a knack for capturing chickens that roost in nearby trees.

Barbara Young and Michael Sartin have fed the birds for decades.

"That let me know there's hope," she said. "I thought, 'We're going to see green again. We're going to have life. We're going to be able to go back home.'"

The couple tries to scare away chicken hawks and owls that fly in from nearby Bayou Bienvenue. They've seen raptors pick off little chicks and even grab grown birds, they said.

"We just watch the chickens live free," said Young, recalling a man who once asked if she owns the chickens. "I said, 'I don't own them. They're just ours. We feed them.'"

(Excerpt) Read more at nola.com ...


TOPICS: Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: 3dworldamerica; 3rdworldusa; chickens; louisiana; urbandecay
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1 posted on 04/12/2011 10:56:40 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

There’s a joke in this somewhere about Ray Nagin wanting the New Orleans to become a “Chocolate City” again.


2 posted on 04/12/2011 10:58:57 AM PDT by camerongood210 ( Matthew 24)
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To: BenLurkin
Feral chickens
Sell them to the enviro-whackos as "free range" at quadruple the regular price for chicken.
3 posted on 04/12/2011 11:01:28 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: BenLurkin
Hire this guy.............


4 posted on 04/12/2011 11:02:29 AM PDT by Daffynition (DBKP ~ Death By 1000 Papercuts)
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To: BenLurkin
These welfare cities suck up all the taxpayer funded food stamp money, but they are wasting time and resources feeding and catching chickens. This is a disgrace for anyone with a brain.

Chickens equal food, slackers.

5 posted on 04/12/2011 11:02:58 AM PDT by Lazlo in PA (Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
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To: camerongood210

6 posted on 04/12/2011 11:03:11 AM PDT by GraceG
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To: BenLurkin
capturing the creatures is "extremely hard" and often requires the effort of several officers.

They just need the right guy for the job.


7 posted on 04/12/2011 11:05:14 AM PDT by SIDENET ("If that's your best, your best won't do." -Dee Snider)
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To: BenLurkin

Links provided about a quarter of the way thru the article:

Helpful hints

* Our best chicken recipes
* N.O. best fried chicken

http://www.nola.com/food/?appSession=920211251443305
and
http://www.nola.com/dining-guide/index.ssf/golden_fried_chicken/index.html

Hah!


8 posted on 04/12/2011 11:06:15 AM PDT by Titan Magroyne (What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving.)
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To: BenLurkin
Since Hurricane Katrina, Ruby Melton's 9th Ward enclave has welcomed a new species of neighbor: clucking, crowing, prancing chickens that dart across streets and nest in the trees.

Barbara Young and Michael Sartin have fed the birds for decades.

SINCE Katrina, less than six years ago, Barbara and Michael have fed the birds for DECADES? Something does not add up...

9 posted on 04/12/2011 11:07:15 AM PDT by WayneS (Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm. -- James Madison)
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10 posted on 04/12/2011 11:08:04 AM PDT by JRios1968 (Of course Laz would hit it!)
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To: BenLurkin

Why not just kill them?


11 posted on 04/12/2011 11:08:04 AM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham (Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
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To: BenLurkin

I call them PREPS!


12 posted on 04/12/2011 11:09:07 AM PDT by Kartographer (".. we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.")
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To: SIDENET

If recent events at my place is a guide, I’ll happily loan them my two Rottweilers for a week...chicken problem gone!


13 posted on 04/12/2011 11:10:39 AM PDT by Cuttnhorse (Obama; a skid mark on the undershorts of American history.)
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To: BenLurkin
How long until they are a protected species by the US Government?

The cure? A .22 rifle with shotshells, shoot the birds, very little danger of hurting people if managed by hunters. Have a bounty on them, it would be fun and feed the poor, or the shooters family.

14 posted on 04/12/2011 11:11:38 AM PDT by runninglips (Republicans = 99 lb weaklings of politics.)
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To: WayneS

The entire article seems to have been written in some kind of smoky fog.

Just my opinion of course.


15 posted on 04/12/2011 11:12:03 AM PDT by BenLurkin (This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both)
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To: runninglips

Sorry. Makes too much sense.

Besides, what about Red Flame Chasers? The all they would have to do with their time is sew.


16 posted on 04/12/2011 11:13:46 AM PDT by BenLurkin (This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both)
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To: BenLurkin

After reading this article to my dogs, they have put in a vacation request for New Orleans. My Border Collie herds them into the hiding and waiting Red Heeler’s lighning fast clutches. They share the meal. It’s a routine they perfected on our farm, which ran out of chickens. Dogs do not comprehend the supply versus consumption dynamics in a finite economy..................


17 posted on 04/12/2011 11:14:27 AM PDT by blackdog (The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop)
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To: BenLurkin

Ferrel or Federal?


18 posted on 04/12/2011 11:15:55 AM PDT by wilco200 (11/4/08 - The Day America Jumped the Shark)
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19 posted on 04/12/2011 11:16:37 AM PDT by Emperor Palpatine (Tosca, mi fai dimenticare Iddio!!!)
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To: BenLurkin

...and given that it was written in New Orleans, I THINK I have a pretty good idea what kind of smoke was causing the fog...


20 posted on 04/12/2011 11:17:04 AM PDT by WayneS (Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm. -- James Madison)
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