Chickens

About this time last year we found 2 clutches of chicken eggs (10 and 12 eggs) and dispensed with them. Another clutch of the same size escaped our notice and most survived to maturity. Now we are besieged with a half dozen or so mature and reproducing chickens in the farm (down in the wattle by the lower gate) and several other camps from the cattle land on the mauka border whose home range include the farm. Left unchecked, we could have a serious issue on our hand, as these wild jungle fowl are opportunist voracious feeders who have been known to zero in on some of our valuable crops. More frequent lunch tours are attracting them further into the heart of the property along with cats and scavenging birds. We need to be proactive here and effectively deal with it now, before it gets too far out of hand. Sanitation is a must in the picnic grounds and we are going to have to put a hit on the chickens.