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Bronx Chickens Are Dirty, Friendly, Trusting
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Jen Carlson
Published Feb 9, 2010
Modified Feb 10, 2010
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More animals are terrorizing our streets! This time chickens have taken over the 1300 block of Edward L. Grant Highway in the Bronx (safe from eagles and coyotes... for now). According to the Daily News, there are like 30 chickens on Highbridge Street! A local tells them, "They're all over the place. Walking up the street like they belong there." Kids are feeding them chocolate chip cookies, they're sleeping in trees, mingling with squirrels... it's chaos!
Allegedly during the day they roost at the Sanitation Department facility in the neighborhood, and will sometimes come out if you throw crumbs. Yes, this all sounds very sanitary. While the News says they are "dirty as junkyard dogs," other locals describe them as very friendly and perhaps a little too trusting... especially with a Wendy's just three blocks away.
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Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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