Noisy chickens wander neighborhood

DELRAY BEACH, Fla., Jan. 6 (UPI) -- A Florida man involuntarily nicknamed "the chicken man" said he is trying to rid his neighborhood of three noisy roosters and three hens.

Vincent Acierno of Delray Beach, Fla., said the three roosters, apparently left behind when his neighbors across the street moved out, have been roaming the neighborhood with the female chickens for weeks and begin crowing every morning at about 4 a.m., the Palm Beach (Fla.) Post reported Wednesday.

"My friends are calling me 'the chicken man,'" Acierno said.

Acierno said he started calling authorities for help two months ago.

"Animal control said, 'Chickens? What are you talking about?' They laughed," he said.

Acierno said some of his neighbors have suggested poisoning the birds or shooting them with pellet guns, but Acierno said he would rather capture them humanely and find them a new home.