April 12, 2026•1 min read•from Raising Chickens or Other Poultry for Eggs, Meat, or as Pets

Neighbor's noisy rooster is an early riser.

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Ah, the joys of country living! When we settled into our cozy acreage, our neighbors had a lovely flock of hens. But just two weeks before our big move, they added a striking buff Orpington rooster to the mix. While I totally understand the need for a protector against predators, this feathery alarm clock has become a bit too chirpy for my taste. With their coop a mere 50 feet from our bedroom window, I've found myself jolted awake before 5 a.m. in the winter. Now that summer is creeping in, I dream of peaceful nights with open windows—not the crowing chorus at 4 a.m. Is it unreasonable to kindly ask them to keep him locked up at night?

When we purchased our acreage our neighbors had hens. About 2 weeks before we moved into our new home they added a rooster to their flock. He is a gorgeous buff orpington. They told me that they bought him to protect the hens from predators. Now I've had hens before and I've got horses, in other words I'm used to livestock. The problem is that their chicken coop is about 50 feet from our bedroom window and I've heard this boy crowing before 5 am in the winter. Summer is now approaching and we are going to want to sleep with our windows open and would prefer to not be woken up at 4 a.m. Is it unreasonable for me to want to ask them to please lock him up at night?

I should add that when they asked us to turn off our patio lights at night so that they could see the northern lights we gladly obliged.

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Neighbours rooster is very aggressive & attacks me.My neighbours got a rooster recently, he has been coming over to my hens ever since, he basically lives here now and despite many efforts he will not move back to their land. Multiple of their birds have ended up moving into our paddock so this isn’t unusual for us but their rooster is very aggressive, he will stalk me, charge at me from behind, jump at me, aggressively peck me and has made me bleed several times. He mated with our hens and we have fertilised eggs. He also attacks our hens occasionally. My mother is now afraid to go out to our paddock and he is causing a lot of trouble for us since I can barely walk without having him lunge & attack me. I’ve been keeping hens for 13 years but have only had 1 rooster prior, he was perfectly relaxed around humans contrary to this one. I’m not afraid around him but this isn’t okay and I don’t want it to continue. I can’t safely pick him up without gloves because he will go for my hands + he is a large bird. I use sticks to create a barrier between me and him and if he attacks me I walk in towards him to try and assert dominance. It has not been successful. My neighbours do not seem to care much about their chickens, they have an automatic closing system on their coops that often closes far too early. They are frequently killed by foxes and their kids behave abusively towards the birds (stamping, kicking, spraying them with hose pipes on jet-mode). Somebody else in my household has reported the rooster’s behaviour to them and they were dismissive. Any help is appreciated. Edit: my paddock has a public footpath connected to it so he is a risk to the public as well as my family & my hens. submitted by /u/StribrneNebe [link] [comments]

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