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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jennifer Sinco Kelleher

Hawaii residents sick of early crowing and aggressive pecking could be allowed to kill wild chickens

Feral Chickens Hawaii - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

The crowing starts well before the sun rises over Mason Aiona's home in Hawaii.

But the 3 a.m. rooster alarm isn't what bothers the retiree the most. It's spending most of the day shooing away wild chickens that dig holes in his yard, listening to constant squawking and feather-flapping, and scolding people who feed the feral birds at a park steps from his house.

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