Cockerel on housing development - yay or nay?

[Sheeples]

We live on a new build estate. Small gardens, close knit etc. We have neighbours nearby with chickens who can be noisy but generally they are ok - cannot hear them in the house. Clucking generally acceptable noise along with dogs, kids etc.

Neighbour now has a boy chicken who crows in the morning. I think this is a dick move on their part.

AIBU to be irritated that there is a cock on the block?

Possibly against local bylaws. Check with your local council.

Ridiculous! Definitely check your bylaws before it gets too settled They get bloody unbearable!

Absolutely not!!

Jesus, how are some people so short sighted and selfish. No way is a bloody cockerel acceptable.

No way. Our neighbours have a cockerel that drives me absolutely batshit (but in our case the cockerel was here before we were, so we suck it up). In summer it crows at about 4.30 am.

They are complete wankers doing that!
i live in country and my dick neighbour has a cockerel and I hate the thing.

Antisocial and I believe not allowed. You need to find out who to complain to

My nearest neighbour, who is a decent distance away, has a cockerel with THE loudest call (especially on summer mornings), but I live in the country and therefore have to suck it up.

On a new build estate in an urban or suburban environment? Absolutely fucking not.

I think you should get in touch with your local council, as there will be legislation around keeping livestock in a built-up area.

To me that’s Sunday lunch sorted

No that’s not on at all. Go round and speak to them.

Can you get at it?

A coq au vin would go down well on a chilly autumn evening! 🐔

They shouldn’t be in any residential area, I can hear one on a farm from really far away.

I'd check deeds too - many new builds prevent them. We have a cockerel but live in the middle of nowhere.

This is banned on my development

Yea it's really selfish

There's usually something in the lease that says an absolute no to this.

We had a Cockerel on out allotment for years. They are now no longer allowed since new build estates and a hotel were built nearby.

You can’t have cockerels on allotments in our council area. They don’t bother me, but if you hate the noise it will be like torture.

I agree with what everyone else has said. They're loud enough in the country; I can't believe they're allowed, so I'd start searching for more information. I suppose if you're friendly, you could speak directly to them, but I'd rather report it anonymously, to save time. There's really no room for compromise here: If it's not allowed, it has to go.

Real dick move, neighbour. I'd be fuming. I lived in a small village with a native cockerel that woke us all up at the crack of dawn when I was little...nobody claimed him, and nobody liked the bugger.

Worth checking your deeds and with the local council. While there is no law against keeping chickens in your garden, there are often bylaws about keeping cockerels in a built up area and the covenants attached to the new housing development may well prohibit keeping of livestock ( and chickens in law count as livestock)

As well as checking with the local council regarding unreasonably interfering with the use and enjoyment of neighbouring properties including disturbance from noise, check the covenants for the estate - is there anything on keeping poultry?

My neighbours have one. I appear to be the only person it bothers, as I have asked around, trying to get support from them. But, my neighbour has done the decent thing after I approached them and got him a blackout coop which he can't get out of before 8am. It isn't perfect and some days I still hear him, but it is a lot later and a lot more muffled.

Hell we had chickens on a rural rental farmhouse. . Still needed council permissions and def wasn't allowed a cockersl.. Not that I asked about one.... And now all chooks need registered with Defra no matter how many you keep. Council is your go to now op.

My DS and DDIL live in a new build property. Keeping chickens is expressly forbidden on the deeds.

I’m thinking that keeping chickens will encourage mice, rats and foxes……