Posted on 05/21/2010 5:06:31 AM PDT by sodpoodle
It's a clarion alarm call and a familiar sound of rural life - a cockerel's cry to mark the dawn of a new day.
But now it could be cock-a-doodle-don't with cockerels set to be banned from one north Norfolk village, because of complaints about the noise they make.
A storm is brewing in Burnham Market - sometimes dubbed 'Chelsea-on-Sea' for its popularity with well-heeled Londoners - with many villagers divided into two camps - those who own cockerels and those who are fed up with being woken up in the early hours.
Many claim the cockerel's cry is the quintessential sound of village life, and say they want to continue keeping the birds they have loved for years.
But those living near the parish council-owned allotments where the cockerels are kept say over the last year the noise has become unbearable, and are threatening legal action to get the birds out of the village.
(Excerpt) Read more at edp24.co.uk ...
Then we got no eggs!!!
The roosters were there when they moved in, if they don't like it, then move out.
I have two roosters among my chickens (9 total).
Yes, they can be a pain in the butt in the summer when the windows are open. They can crow as early as 3:30 am sometimes. That being said I only have two neighbors which are quite a distance away and the town I live is has a ‘right to farm’ bylaw.
In this country we have a special name for young roos...”Fryer”. Once you dress and freeze him, a rooster will never crow again...
Yes, but the government is required to protect artificial life-styles for the rich and self-indulgent.
That article is from England where there is no dangerous wild life.
A similar attitude is growing in the US with planned communities, where residents are not allowed to have domestic life-stock (rabbits, chickens or loose pets) however, if a snake, alligator, wild bear or wolf is causing havoc - those are *protected* species and you cannot remove or kill them.
We Southerners say the same thing about Yankees all the time. ;)
When I had the farm, made the mistake of having too many roosters...they start to crow their territory BEFORE the sun even shows on the horizon...and if another rooster hears them, they then crow, then the next rooster crows his territory, then the turkeys gobble, the geese honk and its still pitch black outside and I felt like I lived in a friggin zoo...got rid of all roosters except one...only need one anyway...
Yep, that’s where Sunday dinner comes from *grin*
I had 2 named. One was *coon bait* and the other was *Sunday dinner*.. :O)
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