Egluntyne Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 With no apology for having read this in the Daily Mail I thought forum members might be interested in the story. **Click** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chortle Chook Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucky Mama Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzannejoy Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 how sad for his owner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majuka Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 How very sad for poor Claude and his owners Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarlettohara Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 This was on 5 Live earlier but thought he was just kidnapped Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Sounds like a good idea for a book!! Don't know why anybody would kill it though? Martin .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Rhode Island Red Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gongladosh Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 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... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billathome65 Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 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... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken shack Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billathome65 Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 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... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 true enough.. it could have been anyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reneepren Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chortle Chook Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 gosh that's horrible and not remotely amusing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammiboo Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
