My neighbors free range rooster!

[centrarchid]

Haha yeah so do I, the freezer is the solution, or were you thinking more of a cuddle him approach? I tolerate my little cock because he is a feisty one, that’s why I like him. You sound like you think I beat him, jeesh, the stick to keep him in line is better than a punt ain’t it?

I know my way around roosters. You are not taking time to research who you are talking to.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...hicken-directed-at-humans-man-fighting.75750/

 

[CluckerFamily]

Obviously the neighbor doesn't care about the rooster. Too bad you already have two roosters.
You shouldn't have to be thinking of ways to keep his rooster in his own yard. That's part of being an owner... you keep your own animals in your own yard.
I have no ideas for you, I'm sorry. Nothing I can think of would work. A taller fence, or chicken wire at the top of the fence, chickens can fly/jump and chances are he will find another way to come in. You building an enclosed pen for your own is ridiculous because yours stay in your yard and they shouldn't be locked up because of someone else's rooster.
I'll keep thinking....

 

[Ab1010]

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

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

 

[Ab1010]

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.

Oh i feel the same lol its just irresponsible of the owner. Not only is it frustrating but can spread disease!

 

[One Lucky Momma]

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.

These are your tax dollars at work.

Ditto the water hose idea. Make visitation so miserable he won’t want to come back. That said, sounds as if his home life might not be great. Understandably he’d rather hang out at your place.

 

[WhatTheDuckingDuck]

Getting caught doing so too much could get you in trouble with respect to mistreatment.

Really?
They person already said to shoot the rooster, spraying it with a hose is not mistreatment. I use the hose on mine when they hop into the vegetable garden.
I wonder what you would think about the chicken-stick I use when my unruly bantam has his eyes on my legs?

 

[WhatTheDuckingDuck]

I know my way around roosters. You are not taking time to research who you are talking to.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...hicken-directed-at-humans-man-fighting.75750/

That’s a new job field I’ve never heard of.

 

[LillyAcresFarm]

It's sad, but the only solutions I can see are:
a) keep your own chickens in pens
b) kill the neighbor's rooster
c) ask the neighbor to kill his own rooster himself (if he hasn't already done it, he probably won't.)
d) ask the neighbor to give the rooster to you, and then once it is yours you can keep it in a cage on your property or rehome it.

mine are fenced in on the backside of my property. His rooster hops my fence. Mine don’t leave the area. I haven’t saw his rooster for a few days now nor have I heard him crow. My roosters don’t crow yet for some reason. I think he may have killed it himself.

 

[SurferchickinSB]

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.

Well, could you catch him and clip his wings and then throw him back over the fence, lol?

 

[LillyAcresFarm]

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

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.