I didn't read the whole story jet but give a reaction to what is allowed in NL.
The neighbours got a fine for that because the pig harassed/scared a child. Dogs are not allowed to walk freely. Cats do.
Henry 4.2 Kilograms.They are rarely about real chickens! It's quite shocking how unrepresentative they are, when you get down into the weeds of the methods sections. A lot of distortions are introduced in the name of making all other things equal, bar the thing specifically being investigated. So they start with highly selected inbred lines of production chickens. They choose as near as they can get to identical birds for the experiments. They are often reporting results which involved only sterile chicks, only up to a few weeks old. Sometimes they report results based on older, but cecetomized, birds (birds that have had their caeca surgically removed before the trials started, because the caeca complicate all studies of digestion [that's because the caeca have a large role and impact on digestion]); so how valid are results even for whole/entire birds of the same inbred production breeds, based on tests on birds who lack that part of their digestive system, one wonders? I could go on, but I'll spare you another rant on that topic
So he has good instincts and is well-behaved, and Janice is smart
That is quite a big difference. But Henry is huge relative to the females he lives with, and it doesn't seem to trouble Fret. Or maybe @Shadrach knows otherwise. Maybe he knows what their relative weights are too.
I would not isolate him; chickens are social animals and he's apparently done nothing to deserve solitary confinement.
There is a world of difference between keeping hens and keeping a multi generational, mixed sex, group of chickens.
I talked to one neighbor. She said it’s no problem for her as long he doesn’t start to crow in the night.
I dont know this person in person. But acquaintances (mother and daughter) in the neighbourhood who had chicks too this summer, have friends in the country who took all the male chicks/juveniles when they started to crow.
It sounds like you have a good supportive community of neighbours.I talked to one neighbor. She said it’s no problem for her as long he doesn’t start to crow in the night.
Another neighbor didnt complain yet. Two years ago I tried to keep a bantam Red rooster (Kwik) but she was not amused when he woke her up, early in the morning in February, at 7 am. She is not mean at all and gave time to find a solution. After a few months I got a reaction on marketplace and she was very glad he found him a new home.
This spring she was very pleased when I could rehome Tintin.
A third neighbor likes the sound of a crowing rooster.
And a fourth neighbour never complained. We dont have much contact with them. But our gardens have a few meters in between fence with ivy. I think the ivy and her shed muffles the sound a bit.
I dont know this person in person. But acquaintances (mother and daughter) in the neighbourhood who had chicks too this summer, have friends in the country who took all the male chicks/juveniles when they started to crow.
The daugher wanted them to grow to adulthood / live longer and was pleased with the solution to give them 2 months more to live and to be killed in a descent way.
The elder daughter told me about her decision and she knows for sure this is as good as it can get. I trust her. She visits the juveniles and her friend every week. These acquaintances are the same people who buy chicken feed for me at the factory 15 km away. And because the minimum is 5 bags we like to share.
