Screw it, if people can own dogs and let them bark day and night non stop, cats that kill native wildlife and piss in other peoples yards, why shouldn’t people be allowed to own a rooster when most of them will often only crow in the morning and not for very long. Especially as a rooster keeps his girls safe from predators and can even act like a guard dog against intruders.
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There are plenty of places that allow roosters. Can go live at one of them. Plenty of suburbs ban pit bulls; i say the same to them. Go live somewhere that allows them
Uhmmmm, I don’t want to be woken up by my neighbors rooster that’s why!
Someone owns a rooster in my neighborhood. I hate them every day for it. You can train a dog not to bark, you can’t train a rooster not to crow
Annoying things like barking dogs are already allowed so more annoying things like roosters should be allowed too? That just makes things even more annoying. Bad idea.
My friends Champion Brazilian Roosters head was bit of and brian eaten by a Raccoon protecting the rest of the chickens.
People in suburbs ARE allowed to own 12 guage shotguns – in case some jackass gets a rooster.
As a rooster owner
No way!
This fellas can be LOUD!!!
Closest rooster to my house is 2 miles away. Can still hear that stupid fucking thing every morning.
Soundproofed the bedroom because good circadian living is important, and the fucking bird would wake up at 2 AM or 9 AM, it was absolutely useless as a timekeeper
People that have never had roosters next door think they just do it once in the morning 😂
Suburbs like the places where we put only residential housing? That’s like the worst place to put roosters.
Have you ever lived near a rooster? They usually start crowing at like 3 am and stop at like 4 to 5 am. It’s also an internal clock thing so often it is before sunrise.
Also in a lot of places you can get ticketed for a dog barking all night. I support that too.
Fuck that. I work nights 5pm – 5am and a family down the street has a rooster. I have to wear ear plugs because that thing cock a doodle doos ALL DAY. Take the upvote.
Move 2 Hawaii there’s roosters everywhere
Should also be able to own other fast growing species like rabbits, ducks, goats, etc. Why limit at hens and roosters?
Roosters will crow any time of day. Also, the crowing is much louder than you’d expect if you’ve never heard it in real life (which I can tell by this opinion that you haven’t).
I mean people have roosters😭
What about 30-40 feral hogs?
It’s not just in the morning- you’re just more likely to notice it when it’s quiet out. They crow all the damned day.
Have you ever been awakened by a rooster? I think not.
they do it all day. I wouldn’t want to be that guy who wakes my neighbors up knowing how loud they can be growing up on a farm.
Place the rooster in a cage an inch taller than his natural standing height and he will not be able to extend his neck to make all that ruckus
Just to let you know. My neighbour had a rooster. The chicken feed he fed it attracted rats. 3 houses deep on both sides of his house and across the street had rats all over their yards for the season. If he hadnt gotten rid of it, that rooster was gonna go missing one day. Bet. I brought in poison traps and picked up dead rats for months.
Hot take alert:
Owning a cat or dog (or really any animal.) should require a license.
License should include proper care, training, microchipping, and keeping vet insurance.
Cats should be required to be kept indoors.
Owners should be liable for nuisance dog barking.
Keeping an unsterilized pet should be illegal unless you are a licensed breeder.
Too many people half ass owning a whole ass living breathing animal, and it makes me sick.
Kind of valid. People do other loud things, why not rooster?
I’m currently listening to someone work on a dirt bike. At 2am.
I don’t like the loud, but, there is already an acceptable amount of being annoying and having animals that bother people.
Edit: However when I was 13 there was a rooster in my suburban neighborhood, and it escaped constantly. One time I screamed at it to shut up at 5am, ngl.
Roosters are far more annoying than dogs and far more nasty if not properly taken care of and cleaned up after.
I have some neighbors with a rooster and a turkey. It’s not too bad. I get more annoyed by the people a block away who have outdoor kennels for their dogs and let the them bark all night, nonstop.
The rooster and turkey sounds like charming, peaceful wildlife compared to those people’s nonsense.
When I moved to my acreage, a friend/neighbor told me that someone near me had complained that another neighbor around here had too many chickens. When I asked how many chickens were too many, someone else chimed in and said, “one rooster is too many chickens” 🙂
The family with the rooster has since moved, and I miss him. They absolutely can’t tell time and crow whenever, but I enjoyed the sound – just like I enjoy hearing the donkey who lives behind me, ravens and hawks debating territory, and the dogs barking at the yipping coyotes. Country sounds. However it’s not suburb level proximity, and that makes a difference.
Barking dogs are awful, but so are frequent rooster crowing. They both suck.
Hell no. I live in Hawaii and roosters are one of the sources of misery for the working men and women whose sleep is disrupted thanks to these birds.
Roosters are the living embodiment of IDGAF energy.
During the summer they can start at 4am. That’s not great if you’re sleeping with the windows open because of the heat.
You’ve never owned a rooster or lived close to one and it shows