My neighbors free range rooster!

[LillyAcresFarm]

My neighbor has a rooster who always comes into my yard to crow in the mornings. Which was fine at first because that’s all it was doing. The problem is I have two roosters myself. They have no issue with one another and get along just fine. My Cochin Roo is the most mellow. He mainly hangs out with the girls and scratches the grass. He enjoys to sit on my lap as well and is a pretty laid back fella. My other Roo is an EE and he’s a bit more on the feisty side. If someone is starting trouble it’s usually him. He’s not overly aggressive but he’s the younger Roo and acts like a teenage boy sometimes.

Anyways my neighbors rooster has gotten in the habit of hopping my fence and fighting with my EE. I have to go break them up and run his rooster off. Today was the third time and the last straw so I went over to the neighbors house and told him his Rooster was fighting with mine and could he please keep him across the fence. He tells me if I see him again to just shoot him.

I don’t want to shoot the rooster as I don’t even kill my own chickens. I sell or rehome. I mainly use mine for eggs for eating and for hatching. I don’t know what to do. I don’t want to kill this guys livestock but I don’t want him fighting with my EE Roo either.

 

[centrarchid]

Find out his breed and advertise him on your local online sales board.

 

[MarkJr]

Dumplings.
Empty the plucker on his front porch and thank him for dinner.

 

[MarkJr]

She said she isn't willing to kill him. Or rather doesn't want to.

Figured wrapping a large stick around the neighbors head was a little to harsh.
Does this roo come over at same time each day? Maybe a water hose??

The dumplings comment was in jest. I apologize. People frustrate me.

 

[21hens-incharge]

Something we don't know yet......

Perhaps the neighbor man the OP spoke with isn't the only person in that household. Maybe HE doesn't like the roo but someone else living there does.

Another thing to know is if the OP lives where the livestock laws are a "fence them in" or a "fence them out" situation.

 

[21hens-incharge]

Do you have animal control in your area that you could hand the trespassing rooster over to?

 

[Ab1010]

They probably wouldn’t. We have a stray dog that tried to get into my rabbit hutch and they said they were full and wouldn’t come and get the dog either.

Maybe you can catch it and rehome it? Thats too bad that guy doesn't even care about his animals.

 

[centrarchid]

Figured wrapping a large stick around the neighbors head was a little to harsh.
Does this roo come over at same time each day? Maybe a water hose??

The dumplings comment was in jest. I apologize. People frustrate me.

I doubt you will be able to keep him away with such a treatment. Getting caught doing so too much could get you in trouble with respect to mistreatment.

 

[Oncoming Storm]

Maybe clip one of his wings and chuck him back on his side of the fence to keep him from flying over?

 

[21hens-incharge]

Maybe clip one of his wings and chuck him back on his side of the fence to keep him from flying over?

Maybe not a good idea. Even though the owner doesn't seem to give 2 cents about the roo now.....well people can get weird about an "alteration" to their animal.