A large, fenced-in vacant lot just off the Ala Wai has provided prime real estate for a family of chickens looking to live the Waikīkī life. Featured originally in a Fix It! story last July, residents didn’t much appreciate the roosters as new neighbors.
Now, almost six months later, the situation hasn’t much changed, except for the installation of some “DO NOT FEED THE BIRDS” signs, orange construction fencing and a large wire cage with a menacing wood panel door. But for all the posturing of this trap, if the chickens were supposed to be intimidated, they didn’t seem to know it.
Following the initial complaint, Hawaiian Electric Co., which owns the lot, largely followed through on what they said they’d do. They trimmed back overhanging branches that provided shade for the chickens and contracted someone to catch the birds.
HECO spokesperson Darren Pai said that they had the Department of Fish and Wildlife set up the trap…