Chicken for dinner
24 August 2008
No CommentWEIRTON, W.Va. – Weirton officials have enlisted the federal government’s help in figuring out what to do about at least 70 wild chickens that are roaming a city neighborhood.
City Council approved a contract this week for a study that will be conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Services.
Weirton Police Chief Bruce Marshall says the federal agency will conduct a preliminary site investigation and then design a plan for the birds’ possible removal.
Marshall says an estimated 70 to 100 wild chickens live in the Kings Creek Bowl area.
Resident Christina Foley has said the chickens are running free in the neighborhood, hiding in trees, roaming the streets and generally ruling the roost.
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