New park signage discourages feeding feral chickens

Staff with the Honolulu Department of Parks and Recreation install the new signs at Kapi‘olani Park

O‘AHU – In the continued effort to address the environmental and noise concerns presented by O‘ahu’s growing feral chicken population, the Honolulu Department of Customer Services is partnering with the Honolulu Department of Parks and Recreation on new outreach and signage discouraging the feeding of feral chickens.

Over the past week more than a dozen signs have been installed at five City parks as part of a public messaging campaign focused on informing park-goers to not feed the feral chickens. Those parks include:

Ala Wai Community Park
Kailua District Park
Kapi‘olani Park
Makiki District Park
Mau‘umae Nature Park

Feral chickens create nuisances by foraging in residential areas, crowing at inconvenient hours, posing health concerns with their waste and agitating household pets. More roaming chickens mean more nuisances. O‘ahu residents can help manage the nuisance by not feeding feral chickens and reducing the feral chicken population in their community.

Click here for a fact sheet with information regarding feral chicken concerns and how to properly issue complaints.

If you need an auxiliary aid/service, other accommodations due to a disability, or an interpreter for a language other than English in reference to this announcement, please contact the Honolulu Department of Parks and Recreation at (808) 768-3003 on weekdays from 7:45 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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New park signage discourages feeding feral chickens