Cockerels and Allotment Meeting

Another situation where I realise how lucky I am.  I live in the country and nearly everyone here has poultry including cockrels and, like myself geese so its expected.

We just had neighbours arrive in the house at the bottom of the garden next to the poultry compound (its been empty since we moved here) and coincidentallly discovered that Toulouse geese are less noisy than our white ones so we made a decision to change our geese to Toulouse ones for the future.  We explained this to the neighbours who said that they didnt have a problem with the noise of our geese and that they were shocked we thought we should change things for them as they had only just arrived here.  Such a different point of view - they also feed our chickens and geese any suitable kitchen scraps they have.

Sorry to ramble just shocked, as always with this sort of thing, its so very different here.

Eli xx

If you think the law is an ass the only way to go against it is to try to get it changed.

You arent legaly entitled to keep a cockrell on yiour allotment, but that doesnt mean you arent allowed to either.
Its not illegal, you just have no special rights in the matter.

If your allotment society has received complaints, its probably wise to stop it, but no complaint, no problem.

Your wild pheasant wouldn't be allowed on Scabs' allotment -  he will have to keep hen pheasants and turkey hens.  No males allowed (I was going to give them their proper names but could see spam filters exploding everywhere!).

How the committee would legislate for the one that sleeps in the tree at the end of our plot I don't know!     He's a noisy blighter but completely wild!

PS  plucked and dressed pheasant are £3 a bird in the farm shops round here during the shooting season ... 

do you really think that is fair to him? Chickens are social creatures and need company of other chickens. Also what will you do about him crowing as this is the main reason for not being allowed to keep cockerels and being in the house certainly won't stop that.

3 owners had cockerels, then a new person moved into the houses nest to the allotment and complained about the noise. They were all found homes. 1 person does have ducks, which are not permitted,but the council have allowed her to keep them. Her rabbits have now been refused (kept escaping) as they are pets and she will not go on the course to learn to kill them.3 bee keepers.
My bantam is extremely noisy, but as she is a hen they are stuck with her!!!