Neighbors hate rooster! Pinellas Co. Florida

[texaschickmama]

I don't know why people can't be more tolerate of each other. I'm sure when his dog barks in the early am you don't call them. Could you maybe offer up a peace offering of eggs or is this man totally unreasonable. Are you in the city limits? I mean can you "legally" have a rooster. This is a hard call, though, I mean you are the one that has to live next to this guy. Go with your gut.

 

[newchickowner]

I'd keep the rooster, you're zoned farming so he can move if he doesn't like it. If he didn't want to hear farm animals he shouldn't live in a zone for farming.

and I'm suprised there is still areas unpopulated enough to have farms in Pinellas Co!

Don't be offended. I'm originally from Tampa. My family still lives in FL, some days I'm sorry I left.

I know my parents would take the roo if you absolutely had to give him away, but they were rezoned years ago and cannot have farm animals. But I'd keep the bird if I were you!

 

[speckledhen]

Keep the rooster. Maybe the dang neighbor will move to the city where they can enjoy the sounds of roaring truck engines, blaring horns and smell exhaust. Hmm, the good life, LOL. I dont like my neighbors ATV's and jeeps driving aimlessly in circles on our mountain on every blasted holiday or the blaring country music the kid plays when he's home alone, or the stupid gunshots at 11 p.m. (never figured out what they were shooting at in the dark with people living not very far from them on all sides). I won't complain about it until and unless someone complains about my roosters crowing. Then, they'll get an earful, trust me. And my roosters go nowhere.

 

[Chellester]

If your zoning allows for a rooster, I'd say keep the rooster. If you can, move his coop/pen to the other side of your house or wherever your neighboor won't hear it as much, but I wouldn't get rid of it.

 

[joanm]

Is getting rid of the neighbor an option?

 

[Southern28Chick]

Neighbors!!! Who needs em.

If you're allowed to have roosters where you live then there's nothing your neighbors can do. I'd tell them to kiss my tail and get over it. Luckily where I live I can have whatever I want and at 5 in the morning not only is my rooster crowing all my neighbor's roosters are crowing too.

 

[mthrclckr]

Here's a thought... Find somebody to loan you a small flock of guineas for a few days. When you return them, the neighbor will no longer think anything of rooster noise . It's all relative...

-Naomi

 

[rooster-red]

The next time he calls early in the A.M. to complain, I would very calmly tell him that you are allowed to have roosters, they are not as irritating as his dogs barking, and that if he calls like this one more time you'll report him for harassment.
Tell him that is not a threat, it's a promise.

And I wouldn't be bluffing, I'd follow through with it.

Then I'd follow up with mthrclckr's excellent idea. un

 

[seminolewind]

Hi, My neighborhood is zoned for 3 horses, no goats, yes to pigeons, no to roosters (that's why I hear so many crow in the morning), no pigs, etc. I moved here because this is what I wanted. My parents wanted perfect lawns, perfect homes, no cars parked on the road, no livestock, etc, and they moved into a deed restricted area.
If you are allowed to have a rooster, keep him. If your neighbor doesn't like it, she should have moved into a neighborhead that doesn't allow roosters.
I had a neighbor years back who moved out from the city to the country. The horse trails started next to my house. He always talked about how he loved the country life, but every time some horse (not mine) pooped on the road between our houses, he would come to my door and complain,even ask my DD to clean it up!!!!! I guess he felt that I had horses, so I was responsible for the poop on the road. That was only one of the problems. Karen

 

[RoostersCrow]

Tell you neighbor you considered getting rid of the rooster until you realized it was only the second loudest cock on the street!