Feeling sad

[Ditsydaisy]

I'm feeling sad as I don't know what I am going to do?
I got 6 silkies eggs to incubate May and four beautiful babies hatched. I love them so much and they are beautiful. They are now 5 mths and are outside in my garden. It turns out I have 2 roos and 2 hens. One roo is the dominant roo and I have had no issues with fighting between them at all, just a couple of simple spats. They all love cuddles esp the dominant roo, he comes up to me shuffling his feet and dancing, then I'll pick him up and he snuggles his comb under my chin whilst I talk or sing softly to him. He's such a softie. He's learning to be the Head rooster and is getting good at looking after his little flock. The issue I have is he crows constantly. Once he starts he does not stop for ages.
The less dominant one does one half strangulation crow in the morning and that is it for him.
I don't have an issue with it but it appears that my surrounding neighbours do as I had a visit from environmental health stating reason for visit is the noise of my cockeral and the noise and smell of my turf because of my dogs poop.
I am allowed cockerals as a urban chicken keeper, I have followed their guidelines and it means I now keep them locked in their bed coop until after 7am, I cover the coop with a cover to keep it dark I am also waiting for my son to fit an automatic door onto the coop so I know that will help and has helped so far, but I don't know how to limit him during the day.
I have found free ranging for a few hours helps whilst he's out has helped. Also if he does not see me during the day then he seems to eventually settles, but that means I can't go outside to go see my other chickens which are on the other side of the garden, cause it starts him up again and he will go quiet when I go into his run.
I have made changes as recommended and I'm now thinking I may need to remove all 4 silkies because the noise is still continuing.
It just frustrates me that it's OK for my neighbours to use their noisy electrical items daily which some do all do like saws etc and I'm just to accept that noise constantly.

I don't know if the environmental health will be returning as a check up or only if anther compliant happens. I am scared that I will have to give them up which will break my heart as they are my babies and I love sitting with them and meditating, they keep me sane and help my health so the thought of losing them is devasting. I'm looking to move somewhere where there are no neighbours but that takes time and I'm not sure I have that time were they concerned.

Anyway I just wonder if there is anything else I could try to limit not stop the noise that I haven't already done.

 

[Beau plus penny]

I'm feeling sad as I don't know what I am going to do?
I got 6 silkies eggs to incubate May and four beautiful babies hatched. I love them so much and they are beautiful. They are now 5 mths and are outside in my garden. It turns out I have 2 roos and 2 hens. One roo is the dominant roo and I have had no issues with fighting between them at all, just a couple of simple spats. They all love cuddles esp the dominant roo, he comes up to me shuffling his feet and dancing, then I'll pick him up and he snuggles his comb under my chin whilst I talk or sing softly to him. He's such a softie. He's learning to be the Head rooster and is getting good at looking after his little flock. The issue I have is he crows constantly. Once he starts he does not stop for ages.
The less dominant one does one half strangulation crow in the morning and that is it for him.
I don't have an issue with it but it appears that my surrounding neighbours do as I had a visit from environmental health stating reason for visit is the noise of my cockeral and the noise and smell of my turf because of my dogs poop.
I am allowed cockerals as a urban chicken keeper, I have followed their guidelines and it means I now keep them locked in their bed coop until after 7am, I cover the coop with a cover to keep it dark I am also waiting for my son to fit an automatic door onto the coop so I know that will help and has helped so far, but I don't know how to limit him during the day.
I have found free ranging for a few hours helps whilst he's out has helped. Also if he does not see me during the day then he seems to eventually settles, but that means I can't go outside to go see my other chickens which are on the other side of the garden, cause it starts him up again and he will go quiet when I go into his run.
I have made changes as recommended and I'm now thinking I may need to remove all 4 silkies because the noise is still continuing.
It just frustrates me that it's OK for my neighbours to use their noisy electrical items daily which some do all do like saws etc and I'm just to accept that noise constantly.

I don't know if the environmental health will be returning as a check up or only if anther compliant happens. I am scared that I will have to give them up which will break my heart as they are my babies and I love sitting with them and meditating, they keep me sane and help my health so the thought of losing them is devasting. I'm looking to move somewhere where there are no neighbours but that takes time and I'm not sure I have that time were they concerned.

Anyway I just wonder if there is anything else I could try to limit not stop the noise that I haven't already done.

seems like chicken keepers all have different reasons to be sad. i miss my bunny

 

[Debbie292d]

I'm feeling sad as I don't know what I am going to do?
I got 6 silkies eggs to incubate May and four beautiful babies hatched. I love them so much and they are beautiful. They are now 5 mths and are outside in my garden. It turns out I have 2 roos and 2 hens. One roo is the dominant roo and I have had no issues with fighting between them at all, just a couple of simple spats. They all love cuddles esp the dominant roo, he comes up to me shuffling his feet and dancing, then I'll pick him up and he snuggles his comb under my chin whilst I talk or sing softly to him. He's such a softie. He's learning to be the Head rooster and is getting good at looking after his little flock. The issue I have is he crows constantly. Once he starts he does not stop for ages.
The less dominant one does one half strangulation crow in the morning and that is it for him.
I don't have an issue with it but it appears that my surrounding neighbours do as I had a visit from environmental health stating reason for visit is the noise of my cockeral and the noise and smell of my turf because of my dogs poop.
I am allowed cockerals as a urban chicken keeper, I have followed their guidelines and it means I now keep them locked in their bed coop until after 7am, I cover the coop with a cover to keep it dark I am also waiting for my son to fit an automatic door onto the coop so I know that will help and has helped so far, but I don't know how to limit him during the day.
I have found free ranging for a few hours helps whilst he's out has helped. Also if he does not see me during the day then he seems to eventually settles, but that means I can't go outside to go see my other chickens which are on the other side of the garden, cause it starts him up again and he will go quiet when I go into his run.
I have made changes as recommended and I'm now thinking I may need to remove all 4 silkies because the noise is still continuing.
It just frustrates me that it's OK for my neighbours to use their noisy electrical items daily which some do all do like saws etc and I'm just to accept that noise constantly.

I don't know if the environmental health will be returning as a check up or only if anther compliant happens. I am scared that I will have to give them up which will break my heart as they are my babies and I love sitting with them and meditating, they keep me sane and help my health so the thought of losing them is devasting. I'm looking to move somewhere where there are no neighbours but that takes time and I'm not sure I have that time were they concerned.

Anyway I just wonder if there is anything else I could try to limit not stop the noise that I haven't already done.

Two roosters to two hens is not good anyway, so I would try to rehome one of them. Just having one rooster might slow the crowing down a bit. I have my best luck selling chicks in the local poultry groups on Facebook. If you don't have an acct there, just make one for the chickens.

Also, is there something you can do about the dog poop? One less issue for them to complain about if you can. Maybe pick up a poop scooper to make it easier to walk around and clean up the poops. Someone gave us one, and they work great, but we live in the country and our dogs go in the farmer fields to poop, so we don't get poop other than chicken/duck poop in our yard.

 

[thecatumbrella]

If you're allowed to have cockerels, then your neighbors have no right to complain about the noise. It's unfortunate for them, yes, but they're welcome to try and change the town regulations. Some homes are too close together to live peacefully with these things.

If you want to be a good neighbor, see if you can move their enclosure to another part of the property, or dampen the noise with as many physical blocks are you can: shade cloth, fencing, shrubbery, etc.

The rooster is going to crow. He may outgrow it, but I wouldn't bank on that. I agree with Debbie that you have too many roos and not enough hens, so something with your flock will need to change anyway.

Best of luck getting things sorted out. I know it's not easy when you're attached.