Could Cockerel Noise Scupper Our Rental Plans??

Rautavaara

OK, that's not going to work, what with !!!! being censored

Norma_Desmond

Now we ARE remote; the neighbouring small farms have cockerels (of course) and it's just part of everyday rural life.

Whoever said the countryside was quiet anyhow?

We have to 'put up' with tractors, other big farm machinery, potato lorries at 3am when the new potatoes are ready for harvesting, the RAF doing low-level flights, my neighbour's lunatic noisy goat (!) and, er, more tractors.....:D

Edit to add - I'd much rather hear any of the above than wailing police sirens or fighting drunks in any town centre you care to name.

shegar

G_M wrote: »

In what way is she 'mad'? If you mean simply that she keesp chickens and a cockeral, well, I fail to see how that makes her mad.

Personally I find the sound pleasant, even comforting. If you live in a village, you get country sounds. If you live in a city, you get city noises. I know which I prefer! Take your choice.

I must be mad then ive got 27 beautiful hens that lay delicious golden eggs everyday , they cluck when theyve just laid , a beautiful country sound, id rather have them than , traffic, and children noise , my neighbours dont complain because they are the people who buy my hens eggs all the time...............they are my pets..............but I dont have a cockeral.............

flora48

I lived adjacent to a cockerel for years, I rather liked the sound and it fascinated my young grandson.

BOBBIs_MUMMY

James_N wrote: »

And as part of a non-urban society you are complaining about an aspect of rural life. My initial reaction to you to to get a life.
The old lady is not mad if she gets nice fresh eggs from the hens she undoubtedly has as well.
You remind me of previous owners of a house we had. Living in a village they complained - officially - about mud on the road. That made their life interesting as they couldn't understand the frankly off attitude nearly everyone else had about them after that. And they had a tractor trailer parked in the field over their rear view, blocking th evening sunshine for a year. Something to do with the farmer they'd created trouble for I believe.

This is not a quaint little village as in Goodnight Mr Tom it has shops, pharmacy etc etc & is very built up which has happened over the last 20 years or so. Regarding someone elses quote we do have a big Tesco's just down the road in the neighbouring town which we use. When you have a 3 year old daughter who is woken at 4am in the morning by the cockerel its not so funny I'm sure you would agree. We are not NIMBY's if we moved into an idyllic village we would have to accept them but living on a housing estate, allbeit a small one you don't expect cockerels to also be living here. Chickens we can accept and know they make a little noise but its the constant din of the cockerel that grates day in day out.

BOBBIs_MUMMY

shegar wrote: »

I must be mad then ive got 27 beautiful hens that lay delicious golden eggs everyday , they cluck when theyve just laid , a beautiful country sound, id rather have them than , traffic, and children noise , my neighbours dont complain because they are the people who buy my hens eggs all the time...............they are my pets..............but I dont have a cockeral.............

no problems with hens at all and would love fresh eggs everyday. The lady who has the cockerel does appear to be eccentric and numerous neighbours have approached her with no success she knows she is causing a nuisance in the close and she seems to thrive on it!

Wyndham

I'm not sure, but if I were in the council and facing cuts and more work for fewer people, and no pay rises, and someone came along and spoke about 'the mad woman' then I'd probably treat their complaint less favourable than someone who approached more rationally....

Morglin

Having had the misfortune to have had to live in a village for 5 years, with it's lack of services, lack of any decent restaurants/theatres, gossipy/bored villagers looking for something to involve themselves in, and a vastly overpriced and grubby local shop, I would say a c!ckerel would be the least of my worries...........:eek::eek:

Give me urban living any time over that!:beer::beer:

Any drunks sober up - village mentality remains the same 24/7.

Lin

Davesnave

Morglin wrote: »

Having had the misfortune to have had to live in a village for 5 years, with it's lack of services, lack of any decent restaurants/theatres, gossipy/bored villagers looking for something to involve themselves in, and a vastly overpriced and grubby local shop, I would say a c!ckerel would be the least of my worries...........:eek::eek:
Lin

And you didn't foresee these things?

The gossip is something which goes on even in some city environments, where stable communities exist and people still know who their neighbours are. I've lived in both and, to be honest, I can't see much difference.

pinkteapot

glenderg wrote: »

Don't know what all the fuss is about over a rooster crowing that's what they do, and no it wouldn't put me off renting a house it would be a pro point, for me anyway.

Have you ever lived near one?

On one holiday we went on many years ago, there was a cockerel being kept behind the building next to our hotel (this was in Spain). He would call continuously from 3am-7am every morning. And it's loud. It completely ruined the holiday because we were shattered every day from being awake from 3am. I would have to move if I lived near that.