WIth a little help from someone who busted a padlock on a gate, three roosters in fine voice have moved into the grounds of a substation at Ourimbah near the post office.
Nearby neighbours can tell you exactly when they moved in because the roosters have been crowing about it every morning for three weeks.
From 5am.
Ourimbah resident Kylie Cairns, who has her own chooks and does not live in hearing distance, has tried to assist both the roosters and the neighours who are not happy with their new early morning alarms.
Kylie said she rang Central Coast Council to report the dumped birds but Council said it only deals with cats and dogs and, also, that these birds were on private property.
Kylie said she was stunned that Council has no mechanism to collect dumped livestock, given that there are many rural properties on the Central Coast.
“Surely the pound would be able to take them and give to rescue or hand over the Reptile Park to euthanise them humanely,” she said.
She said the council person suggested she ring Wires or National Parks but Kylie said the animals are livestock, not wildlife.
Kyle rang Telstra who said they would put a new padlock on the gate but couldn’t help with the space invaders.
Next, Kylie rang the police.
She said the police were surprised but said they would either send someone out or get in touch with the RSPCA.
Then Telstra rang Kylie back: they had also rung Council and Council had told them to ring the RSPCA.
The RSPCA had told Telstra to ring WIres.
“Again, chickens are not wildlife, WIres do wildlife rescue. The chickens are domestic livestock,” Kylie said.
The dumping comes on top of a similar problem at Lisarow High Farm.
Friends of Lisarow High Farm noted on facebook that its rooster count has gone through the roof with roosters dumped over the fence over the long weekend.
Council Watch has asked Council for a comment.
