Man up the street, sort of threatening me....what should I do?

[Momma_Cluck]

well- we have people on our street too! 4 large farms with houses sprinkled in-between, even a couple businesses! And yep-- it is paved... I had to assume that if it is "Rural" and allowed to have chickens/roo's... it's an AG allowable area....

 

[Crest Acres Girl]

Put those Halloween scary noise thing on your porch!! or entrance to your back yard... then if he have any ideas,

he will get a witch laughing at him!!!

 

[the1much]

living near farms, is like living in the middle of a business district,, some places work round the clock, 24 hours a day,, and if you get a house next to it,, EXPECT to hear it. a farm is a 24 hour a day business,thats how MOST cities that classify "farms" does it, if you move into the middle of farms,, EXPECT to hear it. want to sleep in, in the morning, move to a place with a noise ordinance.

 

[Lobzi]

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Oh he doesnt respond to light. It is total darkness at 5 and up until after 7AM. He is just responding to some internal clock I guess.

 

[MagsC]

Wow. That takes some nerve to arrive with a bag for your rooster as if you will just hand him over.

I think him being civil would have gone over a lot better, though as others have stated, living in a farming area, those kind of noises should be expected. Dont move close to farms if that kind of thing bothers you.( I actually LIKE it.)

 

[amazondoc]

Guys --

Being in an unincorporated area does NOT mean that your rooster is allowed to make as much noise as it wants. There are STILL laws about public nuisances that must be followed, and excessive noise CAN be a public nuisance.

Also, the OP clearly said that the neighbor did NOT make any specific threats. She just didn't like his manner. Well gee, maybe he was in a bad mood because some stupid rooster keeps waking him up at 5 in the morning?

Before getting out that shotgun, take a deep breath. Think about the rights of the neighbor.

I also live in an "unincorporated", A-1 zoned area -- but my area has mini farms broken up into very narrow plots so that some neighbors are close by, and I DO worry about the noise my animals make. When I first moved in, I checked with the neighbors to make sure that rooster noises didn't bother them. If the OP's neighbors are also close by, then she DOES have some duty to keep the early morning noises down.

 

[the1much]

go to his house with a can of gas and a lighter in ya hand,, tell him you dont like the color of his house, its an "eye sore" ( most places have laws about that too) , and see if he takes it as a threat. come right out and ask him. if he does, then what he did was a threat.
and if the dude aint got enough SENSE to talk to you about it, BEFORE he gets so sleep deprived,, then he has earned the right to be in that mood.


EDIT:ta say,, are you sure SOMETHING isnt waking your roo?, the minute the noise starts around me,, my roo's start, or if they HEAR something,, their more dependable then watch dogs lol

 

[speckledhen]

Just a few thoughts here: Public nuisance laws are very much in conflict with laws that allow a rooster to be kept. And very much open to interpretation. If I live next to a train track and I know it's allowed to be there, I have no right to complain because it shakes my walls as it goes by, nuisance noise laws or not. And whose rights are the ones that supercede others? Why are mine less important because I happen to be the one who owns a rooster? If I am allowed to breed poultry for my family's use, which requires a rooster, roosters crow. You cant stop them. You can keep them in the coop till a decent hour, but I can still hear mine when they are inside the coop due to the windows/vents being open. Even if I have a rooster who crows more than another one, why should I get rid of it when I'm allowed to have it? Why is crowing some special, horrific noise when horns and music blaring, dogs barking all night because they are left outside, ATVs vrooming around, etc, is okay? I just dont get it.

 

[joebryant]

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Personally, I don't think any of those noises is okay, especially if it's a daily/nightly 24/7 happening

 

[the1much]

i was tired of dogs and people noise,, i got 11 roo's a herd of guineas,and 2 peafowl,,,, hehe,, i dont hear the dogs and cars that much anymore