But I wouldn’t shoot at chickens. Just lure them in with a little cereal and grab them by the neck as they feed. Believe it or not, they’ll keep on eating while you’re slitting their throats.
Here in Texas we have a problem with suburban coyotes. Not that they don’t eliminate a good many useless cats; they do that quite well. The problem is the suburbanites get upset when a coyote is seen chasing and catching a duck at the neighborhood pond, adjacent to the elementary school. I suspect if the Bronx chickens stay around long enough, an Urban Coyote will eat one or two.
Emails fly throughout the neighborhood watch group. Parents call Animal Control (“Not foaming at the mouth? Catching pond ducks? That’s a normal coyote, then. Have a nice day.”) and expect someone to DO SOMETHING.
February 10th, 2010 at 9:50 am
That would be illegal in NY City! I recommend a really good air-rifle. Something that throws a .22 pellet at a 1000 ft per sec.
Though that may be illegal in NY City too
February 10th, 2010 at 10:00 am
If they get some cats with extra toes, it will be just like Key West. Except for the weather.
February 10th, 2010 at 10:42 am
Just herd them towards Queens and let nature take its coarse. BUY MORE AMMO
February 10th, 2010 at 12:01 pm
All you need is the deep fryer and some chicken feed. Those chickens are very docile. And quite plump.
February 10th, 2010 at 12:23 pm
1010 WINS had a story on yesterday about three coyotes in Manhattan.
But now I got a hankerin’ for some chicken.
February 10th, 2010 at 12:57 pm
Wait until the Manhattan coyotes discover the Bronx chickens….
February 10th, 2010 at 2:45 pm
There was Turkeys running loose in Boston, Geese in Philly, now Chickens in New York and no one’s added them to the dinner menu?
Hell, these Yankee city folks dont recognize a free meal when they see it!
February 10th, 2010 at 6:05 pm
Just make sure there’s no trans fats used in that deep fryer, citizen!
February 10th, 2010 at 8:32 pm
There’s a story about an urban hunter in Detroit that’s been on the internets for a while. http://detnews.com/article/20090402/METRO08/904020395/To-urban-hunter–next-meal-is-scampering-by
But I wouldn’t shoot at chickens. Just lure them in with a little cereal and grab them by the neck as they feed. Believe it or not, they’ll keep on eating while you’re slitting their throats.
February 16th, 2010 at 2:39 am
Here in Texas we have a problem with suburban coyotes. Not that they don’t eliminate a good many useless cats; they do that quite well. The problem is the suburbanites get upset when a coyote is seen chasing and catching a duck at the neighborhood pond, adjacent to the elementary school. I suspect if the Bronx chickens stay around long enough, an Urban Coyote will eat one or two.
Emails fly throughout the neighborhood watch group. Parents call Animal Control (“Not foaming at the mouth? Catching pond ducks? That’s a normal coyote, then. Have a nice day.”) and expect someone to DO SOMETHING.