50 roosters

[SourRoses]

What makes you say the roosters are close to OP and not close to the roosters' owner?

The only distance I see mentioned is this:

It looks to me like the roosters are 450 feet from OP's house, and that 450 feet includes a road and trees. I do not see any mention of where the neighbor's house is, whether the roosters are close to it or not. I do not see any mention of property sizes either.

Just because OP said it's a very rural area. Living in a very rural area ourselves, most of the places we see around are larger plots. If the roosters are by the road (which can be quite small) and the neighbors house is not in between them, that means there is another side to the property, because you can't build a house within a certain number of feet of the plot line, and in the country those setbacks get bigger. Especially because a lot of agricultural areas have ecological protections as well.
So, it was an inference made on available data, could be wrong

 

[sdm111]

I would think so but idk how profitable it would be exactly. I know here I see them for sell for a few hundred each.
Seems it could be.
@sdm111 would know.

But hey it's all speculation. Maybe he's doing a study on chicken sex reversal and looking for that needle in a haystack rooster that lays eggs.
That would make sense as to why he doesn't want any hens on the property and also why they're all caged separately.

Who, me, know? I don't know nuttin. Except 50 isn't all that many. At least there not north of 100. Imo hens are more irritating/vocal than a rooster crow. Live and let live.

 

[sdm111]

He is likely raising gamefowl. What the op is seeing is the stags. He likely has brood pens somewhere else. The whole point of living in the country is to be able to have these kinds of things. If you don't like it move. If they aren't doing anything illegal then leave them alone.
We have lots of dogs. Somebody recently moved in nearby and stated calling animal control on us and the neighbors nearby. They have come out multiple times and each time they conclude that everybody is fine.
Stop trying to control how everybody around you lives. That is for inside city limits.

I agree wholeheartedly with this. Mind your own business

 

[Bigtom Turkey]

Who, me, know? I don't know nuttin. Except 50 isn't all that many. At least there not north of 100. Imo hens are more irritating/vocal than a rooster crow. Live and let live.

Yeah, the hens live to annoy. A rooster crow is elegant. A hen cackle is just plain annoying.

 

[The Birb King]

He is likely raising gamefowl. What the op is seeing is the stags. He likely has brood pens somewhere else. The whole point of living in the country is to be able to have these kinds of things. If you don't like it move. If they aren't doing anything illegal then leave them alone.
We have lots of dogs. Somebody recently moved in nearby and stated calling animal control on us and the neighbors nearby. They have come out multiple times and each time they conclude that everybody is fine.
Stop trying to control how everybody around you lives. That is for inside city limits.

I agree. My rooster population is expanding since I have my breeder roosters, and all of their male offspring that I don't sell get to free range in the barn. Luckily none of my neighbors have complained about anything. Wouldn't want someone complaining just because I like chickens

 

[Brooks_]

free range in the barn

??

 

[The Birb King]

??

I meant the barn is basically home base, they free range *around* the barn

 

[Ponyiqandhens2]

Geez! I agree with @Brooks is he using them for something illegal like cock fighting?

I live in one of the last places in the US to make cock fighting a felony. There are a few states where it is a misdemeanor only. He is probably not fighting or he does have hens but the roosters are in rooster huts on tethers..and hens wander free or kept up..there is a very large business raising fighting bred birds and selling them overseas..

 

[Ponyiqandhens2]

Wow!! 50 roosters?! i hope he isn't selling the poor roosters for fighting!
Question is why 50?

The only way i know to keep noise down (any noise ) is to build a noise proof room with noise barrier foam panels just like the ones used in a music studio View attachment 3633994

Without intent just missteps from purchases and hatching I have 12 ( and I recently took 6 to a friend they decided to keep and not process) when the friend comes in im taking another 7..

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Question is why 50?

To be fair, I've had over 50 males before. I think I'm in the high 30s or 40s currently. If you hatch a lot of eggs or get st run chicks, it's easy to get a ton of boys in not a long time