Rye Resident Ticketed for Harboring Pesky Hens

After two unruly hens damaged a Forest Avenue resident’s French doors and left feces all over her patio and yard, the homeowner turned to the police last Friday. The woman showed police photographs of hens at her back door and claimed that her nearby neighbor had a coop for them in their backyard. She also said they make a loud screeching noises in the mornings similar to a rooster’s crowing.

Police saw the hens on the woman’s property while she showed them around her backyard. One of the hens was standing on a basement window frame. The responding officer contacted the hen’s owner who said “we feed some wild birds,” according to the police report. The officer issued the alleged hen owner two city code summons, one for harboring of animals and another for nuisance noise made by the hens.