Residents of Snettisham, Norfolk, say birds are destroying their gardens, while food left out for them is attracting rats

The clucking nuisance of about 100 feral chickens has left residents of a Norfolk village spitting feathers, with locals claiming the birds destroy their gardens and keep them awake.

Dwellers in Snettisham, Norfolk, have said their life is being made “hell” as the chickens swarm in from a nearby wood. It is unclear who owns the land the chickens live on, but villagers believe numbers have soared recently.

They also complained of an influx of people travelling to see the birds and leaving food for them, which is attracting rats. This has created a febrile atmosphere, with reports of rising tensions between residents and visitor

  • sp3ctr4l@lemmy.zip
    317·
    6 months ago

    I’d say this is what .22lr and 410 shotguns were invented for, but this is the UK so I guess they’ll have to stab them.

    Or, or, probably something like animal control exists in the UK.

    • i_love_FFT@lemmy.ml
      15·
      6 months ago

      Watch out! If you attack the chicken to much, flocks of them will fly out from everywhere to attack you!

    • SonnyVabitch@lemmy.world
      10·
      6 months ago

      People catch wild fowl in the Kalahari using traps out of sticks and stuff. It’s not an insurmountable problem even in countries where gun legislation is not written by gun manufacturers.

    • Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee
      4·
      6 months ago

      You managed to name the two most common types of gun in the UK you fuckin moron 😂

      We just don’t have Coward’s Guns ©®™ like handguns and tiny-penis-men’s assault rifles