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In 2004, with more than 2,000 chickens roaming the streets of Key West, the city decided that instead of adding charm to town life they were becoming an overwhelming nuisance. The answer? Hire an official chicken catcher! Third-generation island resident Armando Parra, a local barber, was hired to trap some of the island’s free-range chickens for relocation. While the official position didn’t last for long, he did manage to relocate a lot of problematic birds to a farm on the mainland.
Predictably, the effects of the effort were short lived. Today the city has again recognized an overabundance of chickens is becoming a nuisance. The new answer? The Key West City Commission on Jan. 20, 2021, unanimously passed an ordinance that makes it illegal to feed wild chickens within the city limits. Additionally, the Key West wildlife center says it relocated about 1,500 injured, sick, and orphaned chickens to free-range ranches north of Lake Okeechobee and near Fort Myers last year.
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