Rooster complaint from Snobby Uptight Neighbor in Epping, NH

[Jody]

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Wow.. I'm gonna try that.. I just got one of those metal dog cages out of a dumpster the other day.. Now I know what I'm gonna use if for. With it being hot out there and humid, will he be ok in there with it being covered?

I can never catch this roo.. gonna have to sneak in the coop and catch him when he's asleep or perched and try this. TY

 

[joebryant]

I also checked with my neighbors before getting my first rooster. They all assured me that they wouldn't mind it at all. Later, the loud mouth was literally driving me up a wall with his constant crowing all day right outside my south wall that's 2 1/2 stories of mostly glass and glass doors. I'd ask the neighbors and they still were not concerned... JUST ME. He was also meaner than a snake, attacked me any chance he got. I finally spent over $3,000 to redo a 12-x24-foot area in the barn, especially for a cell for the criminally insane. I finally killed him, and made the barn area into a breeding program facility. I now have a wonderful, good-guy rooster, he usually only crows to remind my wife to bring his ladies some mealworms. I hope your Sebright rooster is like him; if so, your neighbor shouldn't complain.
Honestly though, I don't think anyone in a neighborhood of one-acre lots should have the right to impose guineas on anybody for any reason. You're really pushing the envelope there.

 

[gaillardia]

I would try to meet him half way with the rooster crowing. A full-time enemy next door could become a problem for you and your family. For example, he might take up drumming at night. He may be a jerk, but he could use that energy to make your life miserable, even if he has no recourse over the rooster.

You may have the right to have a rooster crowing in the early hours, but he has just as much right to a good night's sleep. I am an insomniac, so I rehomed my rooster because he kept me from sleeping. I cried like a baby when I gave him away, but I tried to keep him for months to see if I would get used to it. Maybe it took him two months to mention it because he too was trying to see if he could get used to it.

 

[moondog425]

Send him some fresh eggs and some nice ear muffs

 

[lizardz]

Neighbor issues are always so tricky, aren't they? How would you feel if your neighbors dog was barking at 4:30 in the morning? I would suggest making an effort to keep the roo quiet until 7:00, just to try to keep the peace. I would not, however, give up the roo unless you really want to. My concern would be that it would set a precident so that, should he decide he doesn't like the noise of your Seabrite or goats or whatever, the court may back him since you've already given up one of your animals. Probably not, but you never can tell with the courts. The guineas, on the other hand - they've got to go! They are SO noisy and, as someone else said, will not stay home unless they are completely caged. Talk about a neighbor's nightmare! Good luck with all this. Hope it doesn't turn ugly.
Liz

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Find out what your noise and nuisance ordinances say. Try to be a friendly neighbor, but that means finding a way that the bird is less audible to that neighbor. Chances are that if one neighbor is annoyed by the noise, some others are, too, but are too polite to say so. I don;t think you should necessarily rehome him, but you need to try to find a way to keep him quieter.

 

[desertdarlene]

I think that, for peace in the neighborhood, you should attempt to remedy the situation a little bit. You all have to live together. He's not going to move and you're not either and you plan to keep your animals, too. Everyone has a right to peaceful enjoyment of their property and I've seen lawsuits where people have sued neighbors over noise even when the noisy neighbor wasn't doing anything illegal. I'm not saying that this guy will do that, but it can happen. It's just my opinion and experience.

Is there any way you can circulate the air in your coop by fans or other means? That way, you can keep him inside, at least at night. I agree with the person that said that maybe if you can keep the rooster quiet until later in the morning, the guy may back off.

 

[Slinkytoys]

Since it's no biggie about rehoming the roo, that's what I would do. Then if said problem neighbor gets on you for your other animals, you have proof that you've tried to be decent about it. It's all in how you look at it. You don't have to get aggressive about it and say you won't get rid of your Sebright or your goats etc.... You just don't do it.

Slinky

 

[huntercf]

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. If you want to keep the rooster and placate the neighbor you should probably find a way to keep the rooster quiet until a reasonable hour (7am), I had a rooster (by accident) and would put him in the garage at night and then let him out during the day.

 

[Jody]

Well, I wasn't able to put the rooster in the cage, so I took a feed bag and ripped off a section and used this to cover the window of the coop and this morning there has not been any crowing. It's 8am and he's still in there and still no crowing.