L.A. panel calls for rooster restrictions... WHAT???!!!

[JessHall]

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I think that is exactly what he meant. I just couldn't find the words lol.

Ok, I got home and looked at my book... I knew I wasn't nuts lol...

According to Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens, "ENDANGERED CLASSICS - The ALBC believes that all classic production breeds are in jeopardy but focuses its efforts on twelve varieties having historic, economic, and/or cultural significance: Ancona, Australorp, Delaware, Dominique, Jersey Giant (black and white), Leghorn(brown), Minorca (black), New Hampshire, Plymouth Rock (barred), Rhode Island Red, and the Wyandotte (white)."
That is a direct quote from the book.
I read on and found this interesting (for anyone who this interests):
"Soon after publishing it's first Poultry Census and Sourcebook in 1987, the ALBC (American Livestock Breeds Conservancy) established the Rare Breed Poultry Conservation Project, which offers assistance to anyone willing to make a long-term commitment to one of its targeted breeds. In an ongoing process, the ALBC continues its review and may, from time to time, add new breeds to its endangered list." The ALBC address is PO Box 477, Pittsboro, North Carolina 27312
Hopefully this address is current. This may be my answer to the one rooster rule

 

[JessHall]

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Wow, I had no idea that parts of L.A. had a no rooster rule. We can legally keep horses and other farm animals on our property. Sooooo I think its kinda BS that we can only have one rooster... BUT I AM THANKFUL FOR THE ONE!

 

[spectrumranch]

On a more serious note, I think that this whole thing is very unfortunate and I hope that this does not pass.

Odds are it will pass! Reading the article in your link- makes roosters/chickens seem like one of the worst creatures to inhabit the city; starting right from the first paragraph:

They are noisy, they drag down property values and disrupt the peace in neighborhoods, and they can carry deadly illnesses. And they sometimes associate with criminals, through no choice of their own.

Seems like current rooster owners maybe partially to blame- if there have truly been alot of complaints. Just because you can keep roosters-- does not mean that common courtesy should be forgotten!!!

At our Wisconsin farm, We have almost 40 acres which is in the city limits of the small town I grew up in. I used to have over 150 breeder peafowl there! With a population of almost 400 people- you can hear my peacocks no matter where you lived in town. When the town passed ordinances, I was grandfathered in, as there were no ordinances against keeping any animals in town when I started raising animals in grade school. BUT since the begining, as a courtesy and so no one would complain about noise we removed all the roosts in the pens so the birds would go into their coops to roost at night during breeding season. We also had radios playing in most of the coops, so the birds would not make noise when they heard tires squealing, people yelling, etc. By being inside- the sounds were muffled so that even us or the next door neighbors could not hear them during the night.

If you keep your chickens/rooster (s) in a manner that no one has a reason to complain about them, I doubt you will have any trouble.​

 

[greyhorsewoman]

Soon after publishing it's first Poultry Census and Sourcebook in 1987

You do realize that is from 22 years ago? Things may be a bit changed. For instance, Barred Rock hens are commonly used to get the blk sexlink production hens ~~ extremely popular even in some commercial operations.

http://www.albc-usa.org/cpl/wtchlist.html#chickens

Above is the current list ... updated.​

 

[JessHall]

Greyhorsewoman,
Thanks for that updated link... I think that this is all very fascinating.
I think that other chicken owners should take a look at it. It's good to see that some are recovering. It is however sad to see such a large list of "critical" breeds.
Since we got a bit off track from the original post, maybe you can re-post this link so that other chicken/duck/geese owners can see it. If any group could make at least a small difference, it would be BYC'ers!

Thanks for the help.

 

[vermontgal]

If the law says "rooster" then consider that a male chick is not a rooster but a cockerel (until one year old). So you would have some time to select among the new cockerels as to who would stay on to be your one rooster.

Also, if your neighbors don't complain, then no one would check on how many roosters you have.

I can have roosters, but I know it wouldn't really go over OK with my neighbors, so I don't consider it. Whatever your law is, it's really all about your neighbors.