October 15, 2005
Yes, I live in a hoity-toity neighborhood where everyone thinks they're better than everyone else. And at times I can't stand it. We've lived here for the last 7 years I believe and I'm continuously amazed at the people here. About two hours ago (1pm), I was standing outside and I saw one of the security guards drive by and stop to look inbetween my house and my neighbors. What was he looking for? The roosters and chickens. To recap, this past summer we found that we had some unexpected pets living in my backyard and around my neighborhood. You can read about it on the July 27, 2005 entry: http://suzy.dabu.com/1/1540_Unexpected_Pets Since that entry we have all gotten used to having them around.
Anyway, so I figured that there was something wrong so I stood there infront of my house...especially since we don't have a fence around our house/yard and anyone can just walk on through. At the same time my father was just getting home and he stayed around to see what was happening. Well, apparently the guy across the street complained about the rooster/chicken situation. His complaint was that he was annoyed at the roosters singing, that it would wake him up and that the chicken had messed up the molch around his walkway. WHAT???!!!!
So the neighborhood administrator gave the security guards permission to "round up" the birds. What does this mean? Well, the one's we talked to had placed some corn with rum so that the roosters and chickens would get drunk and pass out making it easier for them to be caught. WHAT???!!!!! I have no doubts that if these feathered friends get caught by The Man, they're going to be killed. They did the same thing to some stray dogs. G-d forbid stray dogs "invade" this neighborhood! Can't have that!
We at our house and our other neighbors don't mind the roosters or the chickens. Apparently the dude's wife doesn't mind them either...it's just him. Yes it's true the roosters sing lots, but that's what they do! It's not annoying at all. Yes it's true, the chicken messes around in the molch with her chicks looking for food. (Btw, she just had 7 new chicks). But that shouldn't be complained about. She did the samething to our molch and you know what? I just took a broom and sweeped it back into place. It's not that hard! So because of one assh*le out of an entire neighborhood, the roosters and chickens are in danger.
This is ridiculous. Nevermind the fact that the back of his house faces another neighborhood where there are plenty of roosters and chickens. And that years before these showed up here, you could always and still do hear the roosters sing across the way. Hello! We live in a semi-mountainous area!
There isn't much I can do for them. I don't want to see them hurt, but it's not like I have cages to keep them in. My parents told the guards that if they do get caught that they should give us a call because we know people who could take them in. Honestly, I don't think they'll call.
Looks like it could be the end of the line for the chickens and roosters. All because of one hoity-toity jack*ss...who coincidently had one of the most annoying dogs ever. He had a hound who spent the entire day and night barking and howling. No one ever complained about his dog...it was a hound, that's what they do. Jack*ss.