Rooster help

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Tue, 03/10/2015 - 09:22 #1

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Kay-Lea
Last seen: 03/10/2015 - 09:25
Joined: 03/10/2015 - 09:10

Rooster help

My neighbours are complaining about my rooster crowing in th early hours of the morning. How do I try to stop this without slaughtering? He is locked up at night and we live on 16acres and classed as semi rural am I able to keep the rooster or can she make me get rid of him?
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Tue, 03/10/2015 - 16:10 #2
barb
Last seen: 09/17/2019 - 18:07
Joined: 11/23/2011 - 09:38

Hi,

I don't know if this will work, but you could try making sure that he is in absolute darkness, as seeing light will make him think day is coming. Or perhaps, put a light in his pen so he is never in darkness. You could put a timer on it, as some poultry farmers do, so that it turns off at daylight to save power.

 

I remember reading in an English book on farm husbandry years ago, that if you put a bar over his roost, at such  height that when he stands up to crow his comb brushes it, it is supposed to deter them from crowing. I Never tried it myself and when I did have three roosters, my nearest neighbours, who are over a kilmetre away, when asked,  said they could still hear them crowing.  Luckily, they said it didn't bother them- they used to get up at 4 am to the milking.

 

As for the local by-laws on barking dogs or crowing roosters, I suggest you ask your local council about it. Or, perhaps get a friend to check up if you want to remain anonymous.

 

I don't know if any of the above is useful to you, just trying to help,

Barb

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Wed, 03/11/2015 - 04:59 #3
jolls
Last seen: 01/12/2020 - 21:19
Joined: 09/23/2011 - 16:27
My little farm is only half the size of yours and although I don't have crowing roosters (when they reach crowing age they become table birds) two of my neighbours do. On half the size land you have I don't have any problems with the noise; they can be heard but rarely do they wake us. I'm not sure what you mean by early hours of the morning but I certainly sleep through on the weekends at sun rise (could be the beer and wine though haha). The crowing in the morning is just so normal and so much a part of living a rural lifestyle. I think you need to check the regulations for your area; however, it is highly likely that there will be no legislation that says you can't keep your rooster. In my case there are restrictions on poultry (20 max), sows (from memory 3) and the property can't be used as a feedlot. I would expect that on 16 acres you could certainly keep a number of roosters. The question I would be asking myself is what will the next complaint be; I mean living in a rural area and complaining about roosters seems a bit odd. Cheers Jolls
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