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Posted 4/9/2012 4:07 PM (GMT 0)
So my neighbor decided to acquire a rooster. Need I say more.
Posted 4/9/2012 4:15 PM (GMT 0)
Never fun. My next-door neighbor's in my townhouse had a newborn. It was an issue for about four months. Luckily, if the crowing stops, then you can go back to sleep.
Posted 4/9/2012 4:22 PM (GMT 0)
Actually one of my insomnia problems is waking and not being about to go back to sleep, so needless to say I have said several comments along the line of eating fresh chicken this week.
Posted 4/9/2012 5:00 PM (GMT 0)
Is it legal in your state for a person to have a rooster in a residential area? I'm in Canada and it's not legal here to do that so I would call city hall and have them force the neighbour to remove the animal. Is that an option for you?
Posted 4/9/2012 5:05 PM (GMT 0)
I honestly don't know. I live in the middle of a huge amish community (the neighbors are in fact amish) and I have noticed they don't have to follow the same ordinances as you or I.
Posted 4/9/2012 6:19 PM (GMT 0)
Jill, I'd check into it.  If you live close by, there are probably laws about noise before a certain time.  If there are, you can report it and keep reporting it until THEY have chicken for dinner. 

 

Sherrine

Posted 4/9/2012 9:28 PM (GMT 0)
It's worth calling your municipal representative and find out what the law is. It could well be that chickens in residential areas are illegal.

Last resort, maybe this is a bit drastic but do you have a dog or cat? Either of those would get rid of a chicken quite easily. Maybe some folks out there wouldn't agree with this advice but honestly, I would do it myself. Sleep is necessary for your health. You have to be able to get a decent sleep.

By the way, there is a small fringe group of folks in my city that keep lobbying city hall to change the bylaws in order to allow people to have chickens in their yards. They keep getting refused for the very reason that you are upset about your neighbour's chicken. It's noisy and stinky.
Posted 4/10/2012 12:19 AM (GMT 0)
Fresh fried chicken sounds good to me!  I agree, check the laws.
Posted 4/10/2012 2:39 AM (GMT 0)
Well unfortunately there are no ordinances in my township about roosters, since its a small town (population of 500) and there is a lot of farming. I do have a cat but because we live near a major highway I keep her indoors all the time. I am hoping the fox that was around last year makes a reapppearance very soon. I wouldn't mind if they kept them in the barn (which is waaay across the yard)but they let them run loose in their yard
Posted 4/10/2012 3:24 AM (GMT 0)
jmw

At least my pesty critter leaves part time

I have a woodpecker that loves my neighbors medal shed

Its right by my bedroom, he pecks away for hours,

I think it likes the way it rings in his head,

I cant say woodpecker would be good for dinner LOL

But chicken sure is

Good luck

take care always

Renee

Posted 4/10/2012 7:33 AM (GMT 0)
Hi JMW,

I'm just wondering if it's worth talking to your neighbour and explaining your situation. If it was me and someone told me that something I had or was doing was affecting their health, I would be horrified and stop what I was doing immediately. From what I've read about the Amish they are very caring so it's worth a try.

Cheers Lou
Posted 4/12/2012 2:37 AM (GMT 0)
jmw,

I feel your pain, and I have 43 chickens! BUT they're ALL hens. We have this neighbor that lives down the hill from us a bit, and they have a rooster, well that little SOB wakes me up bright and early almost every day, unless i'm just too exhausted and don't hear anything.

I got hens only, not only to be respectful of my neighbors, but for the fact that I didn't want a rooster waking me up at 5 am! LOL!

Where I live people are allowed to have roosters because we have at least 1 acre of land or more, so there's really not much I can do.

I agree that it's worth it to try to talk to them, and see if there's some kind of compromise that can be made.

Best of luck to you, Fox
Posted 4/12/2012 6:07 AM (GMT 0)
Hmm, perhaps a fan and a white noise machine? I Have a white noise machine, with different sounds I can sleep to. I found the best for me is a fan and the white noise machine playing the heartbeat mode.
Posted 4/13/2012 5:38 PM (GMT 0)
Your neigbour's rooster, my cat - every morning, 5:30 A.M., it's playtime - by this time he has heard the birds chirping outside - so he's ready and rarin' to go. He has to get everyone out of bed making that awful, pitiful MIAOWRWing sound that is sooooooo piercing, like a shriek, and sounding like someone is trying to murder him ... I feel for you. At least the rooster is in his own yard and not climbing all over your pillow and going nose-to-nose smelling your face ... Nothing worse than being rudely awakened by animal sounds - they really penetrate your eardrums, don't they. I wish you blessings and peace in spite of it all ...
Posted 4/14/2012 3:08 AM (GMT 0)
I have three dogs, Golden Retrievers and two, I believe, would sleep until noon. The other, however, has always felt it is his duty and responsibility to make sure I am out of bed at 7am. Why? Probably to fill his tummy. He begins around 6:30 just walking around the room, bare wooden floor so I hear his nails tap, tap, tapping. Then he jumps on the bed, all 72 lbs of him. Then he gets up and twirls around and makes sure when he lands, he body slams me. And finally, he gets off the bed, walks over to my head and very quietly moans this high pitched cry, like he's not been fed in days. It works...he gets me out of bed every day and really...I'm grateful :-)
Miriam
Posted 4/14/2012 5:37 PM (GMT 0)
I can relate to the house pets too. :) I have a persian cat whose a total sweetheart but she decides she wants attention at the worst possible times. MT Lady have you tried the food bowls that automatically dispense food? I am not quite sure how they work but a friend of mine has one and raves about it.
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