Crying fowl - roosters and hens are continuing to populate Palmetto Bay - coming home to roost.

More updates on how Palmetto Bay is rapidly becoming home to more non-native wildlife.  This well-meaning resident is doing the right thing - posting on Next Door and looking for someone to adopt - let's hope this Rooster is not targeted for elimination like the Coral Reef Parks ducks (and geese) suffered in recent history.

PRIOR RELATED POST: August 14, 2024, Reader submissions - Chickens & Roosters multiplying at Coral Reef Park - non-native species appear to be thriving.

Please - rescue and find a home for this guy!

🚨 Friendly Rooster Abandoned at Coral Reef Park — Needs a Safe Home 🐓

Hi neighbors — I walk through Coral Reef Park regularly and noticed that someone appears to have abandoned a white rooster there recently. He’s clearly domesticated — friendly, a little confused, and walked right up to me making soft sounds, like he’s scared or lonely.

There are a lot of birds and ducks in the park, and while people do feed them, this rooster is not equipped to live outdoors without proper shelter. He’s vulnerable to stray cats, raccoons, dogs, and the weather — especially at night when chickens can’t see well. Roosters also crow early in the morning, which might put him at risk of being removed.

I’d really like to help him find a safe, permanent home. If anyone has a coop, farm, or safe yard with hens, or knows someone who does, please reach out.

He seems sweet and healthy, and I’m happy to help cover his initial expenses (food, supplies, vet check if needed) to ensure he’s cared for.

Please message me if you can help or have any leads. Thank you 🙏

Chickens - from "free range" to far ranging here in Palmetto Bay.

A little humor today (you just have to laugh) - as the ever increasing population of chickens and roosters have come home to roost here in Palmetto Bay.  A reader sent me this photo on Sunday, 10-13-2024.  

Apparently this lil chicken heard that McDonalds was serving Chicken, but I think she misunderstands the term serving in this particular instance. She'll make that mistake only once.

Loose chickens (or should I refer to them as really free range) are now found often at Coral Reef and Palmetto Bay Parks, surrounding homes and now local businesses.  I am told that you can find them at the bank on the corner of 184 & US1 as well as neighboring Big Lots, but I have not verified.

Yes, that is right, more feral chickens here in Leanne's Palmetto Bay. The population has exploded since Leanne's Chicken Ordinance. This chicken looks like she is ready for the fryer; giving up, fatigued from the false promises of the vice mayor & council. If only it could vote.

Far ranging chickens and roosters - classing up Palmetto Bay.

Prior RELATED POSTS:

October 7, 2024, Update - Roosters taking root in Palmetto Bay

August 14, 2024, Reader submissions - Chickens & Roosters multiplying at Coral Reef Park - non-native species appear to be thriving.

August 1, 2024, Chickens can be raised properly in Palmetto Bay - It was done. That was before Ordinance 2023-12.

July 22, 2024, Coral Reef Park and the Mangowood community have a morning wake up alarm. feral chickens in Leanne's Palmetto Bay. Seen today at McDonalds at 183 St. Looks like she is ready for the fryer; giving up, fatigued from the false promises of the vice mayor & council. If only it could vote

Update - Roosters taking root in Palmetto Bay

The non-native population of chickens and roosters continue to grown rapidly here in Palmetto Bay.  A fellow resident posted the following regarding chickens in Palmetto Bay Park on Next Door - I am posting part here for content, but protecting her identity:

Hello Neighbors. I had posted about my love of animals (even the ones I would never want to touch), and I have found a couple beautiful roosters and chickens that were dumped in the Palmetto Bay Park near my home. I would love to know that someone could catch them and give them a safe home. Please contact me if I can help you catch them.

I would never ever want them to be tortured and killed like the ducks in our park.

(bold emphasis added)

Note how this animal lover fears that harm may come to these hens and rosters much like the mayhem that Palmetto Bay Officials caused to the ducks at Coral Reef Park.

Some interesting and telling comments to the post:

I bring them rice etc. but they don’t belong in the park and someone’s gonna hurt them. I don’t know about you but I’ve lived here 32 years and not until this past year did I see them

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I've seen those in the area for a while (over a year) . Don't think they were dumped. I do believe they are cared for by someone in the area.

Note that many people raised chickens in Palmetto Bay long before the Vice Mayor promoted Ordinance 2023-12, but we have seen an explosion of chickens and roosters establishing feral locations since this law. Some call the non-native loose roosters nature's alarm clocks while others simply refer to them as a nuisance. I even heard from a chicken keeper that she fears roosters visiting her hen house and fertilizing the eggs. No one wants to crack open a fertilized egg. Ordinance 2023-12 may have been well intentioned, but it was not well thought out or implemented.

Prior RELATED POSTS:

August 14, 2024, Reader submissions - Chickens & Roosters multiplying at Coral Reef Park - non-native species appear to be thriving.

August 1, 2024, Chickens can be raised properly in Palmetto Bay - It was done. That was before Ordinance 2023-12.

July 22, 2024, Coral Reef Park and the Mangowood community have a morning wake up alarm.

Reader submissions - Chickens & Roosters multiplying at Coral Reef Park - non-native species appear to be thriving.

 I am posting two photos taken early Wednesday, August 14, 2024. Where did the chickens come from? And no, this is not an invitation to engage in the which came first - the chicken or the egg

The children of our village have grown up with the recent duck slaughter. How long will it be before proper action will be taken against those who are irresponsibly releasing chickens into Palmetto Bay?

Here are some PRIOR RELATED POSTS:

July 29, 2024, A new exercise opportunity for Coral Reef Park - here now : "The ROCKY II Chicken Chase"

July 22, 2024, Coral Reef Park and the Mangowood community have a morning wake up alarm.

August 1, 2024, Chickens can be raised properly in Palmetto Bay - It was done. That was before Ordinance 2023-12.

This could be funny except for how the ducks were slaughtered in Coral Reef Parks. Will the chickens meet the same violent end?

Chickens can be raised properly in Palmetto Bay - It was done. That was before Ordinance 2023-12.

I stated prior that there have always been residents in Palmetto Bay who raise chickens, but it has always been kept responsibly and under the radar because of the code. There was no feral chicken or worse, rooster, population in Palmetto Bay - that is until post 2023 - as amateur chicken farmers kept them under wraps.  It has been only recently that the feral roosters have begun to show up in various areas of Palmetto Bay.  Have they reached a level where the roosters can be described as a local invasive species?

My issue is when you legislate a right, legislate it so it does not infringe upon others.  In my opinion, a bad example of an possibly well intentioned, but not well thought out ordinance – Palmetto Bay Ordinance 2023-12, sponsored by Vice Mayor Leanne Tellam.   Palmetto Bay officials enacted a hastily considered ordinance which even noted that "...roosters, which can and do disturb the peaceful quality of life in the Village ...." – and yet here they are (Roosters).  Now there are feral populations of chickens and the accompanying roosters throughout Palmetto Bay.   

And, as many predicted – the chickens would come home to roost. We are now seeing the effects. Free roaming chickens attract Roosters. 

Here is a PRIOR RELATED POST where I discussed raising chickens: March 24, 2020, Coronavirus adjustments. In this case, “the 'chickens have come home to roost'” has a positive meaning. Time and a desire for family activities, a pet and eggs, all come together for this family.

Changes due to the Coronavirus. Her son always wanted chickens as a pet. This has become a project during self-quarantine as they now have the time to set it up right. They have an activity. He has the pets he has wanted and she now has fresh eggs. This is a true win/win for all concerned. No longer does her son have to egg her on.

(NOTE - names and location withheld)

In this case, “the 'chickens have come home to roost'” has a positive meaning. Time and a desire for family activities, a pet and eggs, all come together for this family.

Coral Reef Park and the Mangowood community have a morning wake up alarm.

It's time to wake up Palmetto Bay!

“Curses are like young chickens, they always come home to roost” 

So who brought the chickens to Coral Reef Park? Perhaps it was Palmetto Bay Ordinance 2023-12, sponsored by Vice Mayor Leanne Tellam.  

How is that Palmetto Bay Chicken ordinance working out?  There were plenty of backyard chicken keepers pre-incorporation (prior to 9/10/2002) through 2019. But people kept them responsibly; it was live and let live and Palmetto Bay did not have a feral Chicken issue. People kept them under wraps, but the village, most notably ,  Vice Mayor Leanne Tellam wanted to open the door to encourage them – Such as contained in Palmetto Bay Ordinance 2023-12, sponsored by Vice Mayor Leanne Tellam.    As many predicted – the chickens would come home to roost – and you can’t have free ranging chickens without attracting Roosters. Nevertheless, Palmetto Bay officials enacted a hastily considered ordinance which even noted that "...roosters, which can and do disturb the peaceful quality of life in the Village ...." – and yet here they are (Roosters).  Now there are feral populations of chickens and the accompanying roosters throughout Palmetto Bay.  

So what is next, a Rooster slaughter on the scale of the past duck and tree slaughters at Coral Reef Park?  Stay tuned. 

Palmetto Bay Ordinance Sec. 20-66. Domestic animals.

(a) No person shall be permitted to take any domestic animal into any park unless the park specifically permits domestic animals. Canines (dogs) are particularly excluded from all parks other than Perrine Wayside Park. The provisions of Chapter 5 (sections 5-3 through 5-15) of the Code of Miami-Dade County (Miami-Dade County Dog Control Ordinance No. 58-28) shall apply to all park property not specifically designated for canine use. The provisions of this rule shall not apply to the use of a special needs service animal. As special needs service animal is defined as any dog guide or other animal individually trained to work or perform tasks for an individual with a disability.

(b) Cattle, mules, swine, sheep, goats, fowl or horses shall be precluded from entry into park property. All owners or attendants of such animals are charged with the duty of preventing such occurrences. However, this prohibition does not apply to animals and fowl kept by the parks department of under its direction. Any person found violating this provision shall receive a $200.00 civil citation.

(c) Animals may be allowed into the park for special events upon obtaining a written permit from the department director.

(Ord. No. 07-16, § 1(Rule 16), 6-11-2007)