A cockerel? In a council estate? Enlighten me.

[spybear]

There are a few gardens in the row that backs onto my garden. A month ago a famil moved into one of the houses.

And they have a Cockerel, no chickens, just a cockerel.

And what do cockerels do? Yep thats right...
Cock-a-doodle-do

5am

DD3(2yr) said to me this morning, "cock-a-doodle-do wake me up"

I think i will have to go to the council to complain.

Why would they keep a single cockerel? Why?

A friend of mine keeps chickens, has had them since chicks. One of her chicks turned out to be a cockerel and crowed so much they had to have him killed. Wherever they took him to be done(soft southern townies) gave him back to them plucked and cleaned. She couldn't bear to eat him so put him in the freezer for about a year. When she did eventually eat him she said he was delicious.

Silver lining for your neighbours possibly spybear?

I have 6 cockerals but live in the arse end of nowhere countryside. There is no way I would have one in a urban setting. You can inhibit the crowing by placing them in a coop with a low roof (prevent them stretching their necks to crow). If they are a council tenant then they will have a clause in the tenancy agreement probiting nuisance or annoyance to neighbours. If a direct approach isn't appropriate, ring the housing office.