Speaking of... I always questioned the reasoning behind cities banning Roosters. It seems like you could argue that by not allowing roosters your forcing "undue hardship" by making people buy chickens instead of breeding their own. I have heard its a noise thing but atleast where I live that wouldnt hold up very well. I have a rooster(neighbors said I could so
) and he makes far less noise then say the guy down the street with a Harley, or just about any jacked up 4x4 pick up truck. Not even going to touch mopeds or Honda's.
That is why I made sure that when I built my house by myself, that I picked out land that was zoned accordingly and allows for roosters and the animals I want to raise. Unfortunately, many are not so lucky.
I do not own any roosters currently, but I have invested in an incubator and brooder and additional coops in the hope of raising some chickens for meat and some heritage breeds for eggs and to help ensure the long term survival of the breed, which means I need roosters.
Our government switching to GMO foods and mass produced meat fed with the same concerns me. That is why I wanted to get a nice set up on my own, because the foods I like simply are not available in stores. I grow my own, can my own and I'm in much better health and happiness because of it.
I truly believe that our government is not our friend. They are not out to do us any favors. With that said, I can see why they do not want people to keep roosters, that would make people independent and less reliant upon government and they want control of our food supply, because if they own the food, they own us.
How many people went along with the Holodomor or the Great Chinese Famine, just so they could get food for themselves or their families at the expense of their countrymen? Or here in America during the Civil War, when food was not to be found in the cities and speculators bought whatever they could find, charging their countrymen outrageous sums in order to profit from their misery?
I never want to see my family or myself subject to the horrors that can occur from food scarcity or heaven forbid a crisis in this country.
I also do not want to pay $5 for two GMO Honeycrisp apples or Saturn peaches at the grocery store. Nor do I want to pay $10 a bag for chicken manure for my garden or for cheap eggs that come at the expense of the animals, who are subject to horrific conditions from mass producers. I do not want to pay ridiculous amounts for less flavorful chickens or other meat at the store when I can do much better myself for a minimum investment.
When you consider how much we pay over our lifetimes for meat and other goods, the initial investment and upkeep pays for itself many times over, along with increasing your own food security and happiness.
Just yesterday, there were millions of pounds of beef recalled from California. Lettuce, cantaloupes, tomatoes and more are regularly subject to similar recalls in stores due to disease outbreaks.
Who wants to deal with that?
We need to fight for our food security, because no government is capable of providing for us, nor should they ever be, because a government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take it all away from you too.
Politics aside, chicken ownership and rooster ownership should not be infringed, if only because it makes no sense.
Would you say that someone can only own female dogs or cats or any other animal? Of course not! Why are roosters subject to this bias?
