Unsecure chicken perches

[Egluntyne]

With no apology for having read this in the Daily Mail I thought forum members might be interested in the story.

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[Chortle Chook]

Thanks for sharing Looks like a Midsommer Murders case

Near here in Didcot I know of a nasty guy who boasted that he had jumped his neighbour's fence and taken the law into his hands by killing their cockerel.

The chap has now moved to London. Hope he finds it quieter

[Chucky Mama]

I did have to laugh at the cartoon re the ID parade What a handsome brute Tiger is, I hope "Ooops, word censored!"ody does him in.

[suzannejoy]

how sad for his owner

[majuka]

How very sad for poor Claude and his owners

[scarlettohara]

This was on 5 Live earlier but thought he was just kidnapped

[Martin B]

Sounds like a good idea for a book!!

 

Don't know why anybody would kill it though?

 

Martin ..

[The Dogmother]

I saw that and had to read it twice as it was so unbelievable. Having said that, I wouldn't consider keeping a cockerel if I had close neighbours... rural village or not

[Mr Rhode Island Red]

Thanks for sharing the story with us Eglutyne

 

To whoever killed him,

you're a true low-life, scum of the earth, twisted evil , chicken murderer, who brought things way too far.

 

I hope the police get you.

 

Mr Rhode Island Red

[gongladosh]

To whoever killed him,

you're a true low-life, scum of the earth, twisted evil , chicken murderer, who brought things way too far.

 

I hope the police get you.

 

Mr Rhode Island Red

 

Couldn't have said it better myself...

[billathome65]

And the moral of the story is don't keep a cockerel in a built up area............. And killing the bird was out off order.

 

Bill

[Lewis]

Scary to think someone could get in, esp using bolt cutters(?!) and kill a bird without anyone knowing.

 

Just hope they knew what they were doing and it was quick...

[craftyhunnypie]

Evil people about! Grrrrr..I have several naughty words to call that person. Poor Claude may have been in a built up area, but it doesn't give anyone the right to kill him! ( word censored, word censored, word censored).

 

Emma.x

[The Dogmother]

I can understand people being annoyed by the crowing at all hours... what folk sometimes don't understand is that cocks don't just crow at dawn (which can be VERY early in the summer) but often all through the day as well. While i am totally in favour of people who live rurally being able to keep them (after all that's what you go to the countryside for ) I do think that it's inconsiderate of them to have cockerels when they live with neighbours nearby.

 

That doesn't condone the actions of the person who (allegedly) killed him; they should have followed the proper course of action... spoken to the owners first and tried to reach some sort of reasonable compromise such as the cock being shut in until a suitable hour. Before perhaps taking it to the local council if necessary.

 

There's a housing association place at the bottom of my garden and someone there leaves their poor dog out all day and it barks all the time it's not fair on the poor dog, the neighbours, nor my hounds who are taught not to bark in the garden and find it as aggravating as I do.

[Chicken shack]

I can understand people being annoyed by the crowing at all hours... what folk sometimes don't understand is that cocks don't just crow at dawn (which can be VERY early in the summer) but often all through the day as well. While i am totally in favour of people who live rurally being able to keep them (after all that's what you go to the countryside for ) I do think that it's inconsiderate of them to have cockerels when they live with neighbours nearby.

 

That doesn't condone the actions of the person who (allegedly) killed him; they should have followed the proper course of action... spoken to the owners first and tried to reach some sort of reasonable compromise such as the cock being shut in until a suitable hour. Before perhaps taking it to the local council if necessary.

 

There's a housing association place at the bottom of my garden and someone there leaves their poor dog out all day and it barks all the time it's not fair on the poor dog, the neighbours, nor my hounds who are taught not to bark in the garden and find it as aggravating as I do.

Well put Claret

[The Dogmother]

There's no circumstance where taking matters into your own hands like that is acceptable; I can understand that he may have been aggravated, but killing the animal in question (and another by the sounds of it) is no way to deal with the situation.

 

I have hatched many a cockerel in the past, but as I live in a road of terraced Victorian houses, there's no way that I would consider keeping one... sad, but true. They all have to be rehomed or despatched.

[billathome65]

I can understand that he may have been aggravated,

Ahem he?????? please be aware that the individuals sex has not been identified so assumptions are unfair...

[The Dogmother]

true enough.. it could have been anyone.

[reneepren]

I have no cockerels but doubt anyone would venture into my back garden at night ( or anytime) as my huge German Shepherd Hank and his pal Pookie, an English bull terrier, have a doggie door and would be quick to intervene! The folks in that village should get some dogs. Downside is chickens have to timeshare freerange time with the dogs as Hank likes to chase them. So they are out mornings and the dogs in the afternoon.

 

Renee

[Chortle Chook]

I think that some of the difficulty arises in defining what is rural and what is not. As an increasing number of people spread outside towns and try longer and longer commutes to London, Manchester etc., the tolerance of what would once have been called 'rurual noises' in the so called countryside is getting less and less.

Claude, I think, would in days gone by have been deemed a 'rurual' cockerel.

 

My location in South Oxfordshire would once have been called 'rural'. It is now pretty built up as in the 8 years I have lived here nearly 400 new houses have been built on our dourstep and people are sarting to complain about cows mooing etc. Little Dill (my cockerel) is getting nervous

[Charlottechicken]

What next? Farmers being shot at dawn for starting up a tractor? Drives me mad when people think the countryside should be deathly quiet, it is a working environment and has associated noise, that includes all the animal noise.

 

The article does state that someone did complain about the crowing but the local environmental health warden deemed it not excessive.

[Guest]

gosh that's horrible and not remotely amusing

[Sammiboo]

I live a in small village on the welsh border. I would welcome cockerels crow compared to the horrible yappy dog noise that comes across the canal from someone who owns at least 10 yappy dogs. The noise is horrendous.