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

[Enchanted Sunrise Farms]

Boy, this thread has taken off in a whole new interesting direction.

 

[Wildsky]

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every day

So far no hits on the dating site - I'm still waiting - I even photoshopped the pic and added a santa hat!

 

[timbofarms]

Make the sherif deparment aware of the threat and problem it could payoff in the future

 

[AngieChick]

I just finished reading this entire thread, what a complex problem. I wouldn't dream of allowing my dogs to bark all day, my music to even be heard by the neighbors, or having a rooster waking them up every morning. Many of us have different sleep patterns, and to us 5:30 is the middle of the night. I'm not saying that you should get rid of your rooster at all, but it's very difficult to get from your post what the situation is as far as proximity to each other or what the "sparring" entailed. There are many reasons that someone would carry a paper bag, I've been known to myself to pick up any trash I see on my walks. That he would have it to haul around a newly dead rooster seems a bit far-fetched. Also, if you were bickering he may well have just been looking at your house afterwards like "can you believe that?" and processing what was said. We can't know what's going on in someone's head. I am sure you felt threatened, and perhaps he was intimidating you on purpose, but perhaps he wasn't either. I agree that you took the right precautions here, but you may need to also deal with the fact that your rooster might be a nuisance to one of your neighbors and is driving him nuts. What you do with that is up to you entirely. I'm not judging, just giving my 2 cents.

For me, just because we get college kids with loud music rolling through the neighborhood, or dogs barking at times, it doesn't mean that I can do whatever I want without showing any courtesy. I much prefer a neighborhood that looks out for each other and talks to each other over the fence, and having that happen is as much up to me as anyone else.

 

[Their Other Mother]

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That's exactly what I was thinking but didn't have the guts to say!!!

 

[1Chick Magnet]

does anyone have any suggestions on how to keep a rooster more quiet? i have read the whole thread. do not have any experience with roosters. if anyone could help you figure out how to make the crowing softer. move coop-soundproof-keep dark. i would love imput on this as well. i have retired neighbors who complain about EVERYTHING. i have young birds. some may be roos.

 

[ChandlersChickens]

I kept my rooster quiet by giving him away

Seriously, I don't think there is any way to keep them quiet. Some crow all day and night. Mine, luckily, only crowed at 6am. I fed him bread and he stopped crowing to eat.

 

[Morning Dove]

Watch out for poisoned food.....

I used to work for an animal hospital, and we had dog come in poisoned... The neighbor took a bag of dog food, soaked it in anti freeze and tossed it into the back yard, over the fence....

I suppose the same could be done to chickens...

Don't even get me started on how much of a low life that neighbor was....

Dove

 

[joebryant]

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About the only way to shut them up is to grab them and cut off their heads, and I often think about doing that to mine, especially if he's standing right next to me when I have a headache/flu.

 

[speckledhen]

Hope this whole situation goes away for you. (says someone who just spent an ENTIRE night listening to many dogs barking) Why, oh why, doesn't someone put their dogs inside at night? My roosters didnt crow till after 6 a.m., but those #$%^ dogs would NOT shutup till 5:30 a.m. The deer must be roaming more since the rut is starting. I swear, if anyone EVER mentions my roosters crowing in a negative light, I will have the biggest laugh.