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[Lucia]

Well I can't ignore it any longer, its been obvious a while that my beautiful young chook 'Bernadette' is actually a 'Bernard'

 

He is glorious - huge, beautiful feathering coming in and such a sweetie. He hasn't started crowing yet but I'm sure he soon will. I would love to keep him as he's such a nice 'person'.....

 

BUT

we live in a semi in a semi urban area and while we have several folk along the road with chickens none, to my knowledge. have a cockeral. My neighbours are fab but I'm not sure how they would feel about a cockeral and we have one family who I know will complain about anything they can as the whole street has recently objected to their extension which is a monstrosity and was being built minus Planning permission so they are out get their own back.

 

I am hoping a friend of mine will take him (she lives ona farm with her own chooks) but if not I don't know what to do..

[jomeena]

Poor ole bernie. You never know he may not be that loud.

Hope it all works out for you both. xx

[katieD]

might be worth testing the water with your neighbours- pop round and explain the situation and state that if it does bother them then you will try to rehome him?

 

better to be upfront with them i say

[Ain't Nobody Here]

There's a cockeral up the road from me (in an estate with small houses and smaller gardens!). "Ooops, word censored!"ody's complained yet apparently although he doesn't sound that loud whenever I've heard him (I walk past his house specially when I walk the dog ).

[Egluntyne]

I kept Anton du Beake .....until he crowed. The sound would have wakened the dead and I couldn't reasonably expect my neighbours to be expected put up with it.

 

Yours might be quieter.

[craftyhunnypie]

I've got 4 cockerels & have blocks of apartments opposite me. No complaints - lots of compliments!

 

Emma.x

[beulah59]

A neighbour up the road has one ... I don't mind but another neighbour does ...

[abwsco]

We've two but they're not crowing yet. We are going to try and keep them but we will have to see.

[Lucia]

Well the good news is my friend has said she will have him (she lost her cockeral earlier in the year). But I don't know whether to sound the neighbours out and risk it as and when he crows and how loud or rehome him now before we all get even more attached. (He's such a comedian and a total wuss - the girls chase him all the time and nag him).

 

On one hand I don't want to part with him but on the other I couldn't ask for a better home than with my friend she's a total softie and he'll have freerange on the farm and a nice harem to lord it over............ Got to think whats best for him not me I guess.

[abwsco]

Well, at least you'd be able to go and see him Lucia

 

We've already bought a Go in preparation to try using it as a cockerel box for overnight but if things don't work out they will have to be culled. I've known and said that right from the start but they both come for cuddles and one runs over to jump and sit on my knee at every opportunity

[Patricia W]

We've had one for over a year and ( fingers crossed) everyone seems to love him. When he was ill they wondered why he wasn't crowing. So you can do it, but be prepared with a fall back. I have a dog carrier and if we had a complaint I'd first of all bring him in overnight. If that didn't work we have a potential home for him.

 

They do add a lot to a flock if the neighbours don't mind.

 

Tricia

[Lucia]

Thanks guys will speak to hubby tonight and have a chat to the neighbours and see what they think.

At least I know he'll be happy at my friends if it doesn't work out.

[BeckyBoo]

I have to say I had four boys and live in an end terrace. One quickly went to a new home before he made any noise, two we ate ( ) and one went to be a stud. But the two dinners and Stud boy were crowing before they went - the noise was glorious and they each made a different sound. My neighbours were very good, but it wasn't until I swapped rooms with my daughter and slept at the back that I realised quite how loud they were! In the summer they started (only one crowed at any one time, they waited until they dominant bird had gone before they started) but they began at about 3am in the summer and crowed several times an hour right through until about 11pm, and then maybe once or twice in the night for good measure. It was glorious but it became intolerable. For me (and my neighbours) cockerels at the end of an urban semi was just too much noise (plus when Scruff the stud boy started trying to "subdue" me from behind every time I went in the run then it was time to go ) The boys really looked after the girls, they would usher them over to the best food, round them up (and of course "service" them mercilessly - typical bloke, feed 'em, "see to 'em"!) They went from being my girls, to his girls and he was very protective and territorial.

 

Anyway, if he's got a chance of life with a harem on a farm I'd let him take it. But if you can keep him then good luck to you, I loved having our boys around! And of course, they are completely gorgeous!

 

BeckyBoo