Advice about keeping a rooster in the suburbs?

[hcammack]

Thanks Robin'sBrood!

Funny story so my parents are away this weekend and I did tell them I was going to pick up some black ameraucana but didn't say anything about a rooster

They would have said no and he was to beautiful to pass up! I called my mom and said "a rooster may have slipped into my box of chickens" she just laughed and said so be it. Then I picture messaged her a photo of them and she just said "good job". Then I emailed my dad who is away at a meeting a picture of the rooster and he said "sometimes you ask your parents permision before you do something, and other times you do it and ask for forginvness. I forgive you"

Great family dynamic !!!!! They are going to love him I am sleeping with my windows open tonight to see if I can hear him crowing in the AM.

Henry

 

[hcammack]

I left him out tonight to see what he would to in the morning major mistake

Its hard to wake me up but I was sleeping with my windows open to see if he could. He started at 6 while it is still completly dark and just kept going. I hurried out snatched him and put him in a catcarrier in the shed. He is quite now but that was really stressful I guess its all part of having a suburban rooster. He will have to stay in the shed every night now that I know what he can do in the morning. Hopefully everyone else was sleeping with their windows closed and we will be fine.

Henry

 

[hcammack]

He is begging me to send him away this morning he crows every 45 seconds AHHHHHH ! He is testing everyone I was up at 6 because I decided to leave him out this morning! I ran out and locked him in the coop. I really can only pray he didn't wake the neighbors up but He might have. well lets just hope he calms down or my neighbors don't care.

Henry

 

[TamiHunter]

I live with that worry every day!! I have 3 roos that go nuts every morning. I'm not supposed to have even 1 roo let alone 3!! So far my neighbors haven't said anything.
I'm not really in town but not outside of town either, kinda in the middle! I do worry some morning i'm gonna get a knock at my door from either a neighbor of worse...animal control!! Good luck to us all that have roos!!

 

[hcammack]

Thanks I talked to one neighbor and they said what I haven't even heard him crow once

maybe he just woke me up

Either way it in the cat carrier for him every morning from now on.

 

[The Zoo]

You were probably much more sensitive to his crowing than your neighbors.
When my lad started crowing, loudly, early (before light) I was very worried he was bothering the neighbors. I asked them (the people behind and to the side of us), and they hadn't even heard him crowing. That's when I told them to PLEASE let me know if he was an issue and I'd figure something out. They appreciated me asking and being willing to take their desires into consideration.

 

[Chickenmaven]

My coop has no windows, yet one of my roosters will start at 4 or 5 a.m. and just wail! Friday night (early Sat. a.m.) he sounded like a child crying or a cat yowling.

I am just waiting for the neighbors to complain. You may or may not get complaints. Just have a plan - in case.

 

[hcammack]

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Thanks it this gives me hope. My brother didn't wake up I think I am just listening to him more than other people. I am just worried but he seems to have quited down. I think Roosters are actually less anoying then the "I LAID AN EGG" BOk BOKing of hens. Well We will see what happens

 

[hcammack]

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He will go to my Aunts farm she can't resist and animal in need and then I will try and find someone who want to show or breed him because he is to beautiful to sit around and mate red stars till a jack russel eat him

 

[Robin'sBrood]

My roo crows before daybreak but it is hard to hear him when he is in the coop. I feel sorry for the poor hens locked in there with him though... don't you know the hens want to tell the roos to shut up and let them sleep!