The Oh-so neighbor!

[Talisman]

Some people are just so negative.

 

[Runt Of The Litter]

here is the perfect solution for all BYC members whom are 'sending their noisy roos to freezer camp',why not send them to M. sues home instead? the existing roo coud do with some vocal back up for that grumpy old codger next door.

if he moans again,tell him its his fault for buying a house in rural countryside which is synonymous with poultry and livestock and all the associated noises-if he is irritated its his problem and he shoud either move house or double glaze his windows,insulate his loft and get profesional soundproofing put in his house.


-am profoundly affected by sound due to autism and hyperacusis,yet woud give anything to live where he does,living in such a rural area is amazing,and hearing the sounds of chucks and other animals instead of gunshots and chavs [wannabe gangster kids] shouting as they egg our windows and thieving locals cars.
he is very lucky indeed.

 

[mamawolf544]

I dont know how many Roo's I have. In excess of 40 I'm sure and they crow morning, noon and night.

I hated it at first I will admit, years ago, but I love hearing the animals. It's better than horns honking and bumper to bumper traffic.

 

[M.sue]

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The donkey

.... lol. People about 1/4mile or so from us use to have one & it was hilarious when he sounded off! Theirs too would be dead silent for a couple of days and then all of a sudden you'd hear him!! lol What a sound

but we did enjoy it and always wondered what was up with him.!

 

[M.sue]

Runt of the Liter Wrote: here is the perfect solution for all BYC members whom are 'sending their noisy roos to freezer camp',why not send them to M. sues home instead? the existing roo coud do with some vocal back up for that grumpy old codger next door.

My first thought after our little conversation was...."Complain again and I'll get a few more!!" I joking tell people that I'm not gonna go to H-E-DOUBLE TOOTH-PICS for my actions, it'll be for my thoughts.
I have been talking to him, gave them some eggs and all seems good so far. His wife did yell at our dog for barking at her yesterday though!! She walking through OUR back property with a visitor of hers to look at the chickens. All I could do was silently chuckle to myself and suggest that she peeks at the bunnies

too!! Maybe they are softening up!!

 

[MamaRoo]

It's good to suck up. I have a grouchy neighbor who dislikes people on his lawn. The other day I came home and saw the door to his (wifes's) coop open. Of course I raced across his lawn to make sure everything was ok. He came out of their shed with a wheel barrow full of straw - clearly cleaning the coop. I cheerily waved and yelled "Saw the door open! Just making sure the girls are ok!!" He yelled back that he was cleaning the coop, then, pause,......."Thank you!"

I yelled that he was welcome and trudged back across the lawn with a smile on my face.

 

[M.sue]

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Good for you and I know we have to suck it up sometimes (I do it often) even when we don't feel like it .....That is what I tell my kids!!

 

[goobhen]

I live in a rural setting, I had a total of 6 roos at one time. Only one person complained, and she has dementia... Now I have one roo (as of this afternoon, down from 3), my roos never crowed until about 7:00am. They would crow in the coop, but no one but us could hear it. We would open the coop at 6:00, they don't come out until about 6:30 am. Now Sheldon doesn't crow as much as the two roos that went bye-bye. We only got rid of them because they started fighting each other and were not nice to our hens! As long as I live here, I will always have one roo! I love the crowing! good luck, theresa

 

[M.sue]

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I love the crowing also!! It brings back the most fondest childhood memories for me of being on my grandparents farm! I can clearly recall & vision some of those days, especially the mornings when the warm sun was peeking through the blinds of the upstairs bedroom in their farm house and hearing the Rooster's morning crow! I knew it was time to get up, that grandma was in the kitchen cooking breakfast ( I could smell it) and that grandpa would be coming back into the house from completing his morning chores. Life was good and still is.........Thanks to my Rooster's crow!!

 

[stilldeb]

We are out in the country, closest (and only) neighbors are 1/4 mile away to either side (nothing but cornfield surrounding us and across the road). They might be able to hear my roos (I have four - all Bantams, the Silky is the loudest) if they happen to be outside and the wind is just right, but doubtful. We can't even hear them from most parts of the house. We are up on a hill, though and sometimes we can hear some peacocks that live a couple miles away (always sounds like they are yelling, "Help! help!"). However, right now is the time of year when the farmers to one side are running the grain dryer on their silo 24/7. It is very loud. When they first turn it on, we can't hear ourselves think outside, then I guess we get used to it and then...deafening silence when they turn it off. Anyway, it beats all my roos all to heck for noise.