My neighbor is upset that I DON'T have a rooster!

[Coykoi]

Before I got the chicks I talked with my neighbors to make sure everyone was OK with it (and a bribe of free eggs doesn't hurt my cause either!). My neighbor to the East was so excited, saying that she loved to hear "chee-chee-chee". She's 93 and from Ukraine, so I interpreted that to mean the cheeping and clucking of hens. I made sure that she and the other neighbors knew that a rooster was NOT part of my plan.

Today, I found out that "chee-chee-chee" translates to "cock-a-doodle-doo!". She wanted a rooster so she could hear him crow and was sad that I only (hopefully for me and the rest of the neighbors) got hens. I guess she interpreted "no roosters" as "yes, rooster".

I have to hope that the egg song satisfies her desire to hear "chee-chee-chee". I was a little worried about the noise that the girls will make, especially as the coop is the closest to her property. Now, no problems!

 

[bookwormofdune]

Lol. My next door neighbor wanted me to get a rooster as well. He said he wanted to feel like he's back home. The neighbor behind them has atleast one roo and he and his wife love the crowing.

 

[Coykoi]

That's what she wanted too. There's at least two within earshot, so if my one suspect chick turns out to be a roo, I'm less concerned that she'll rat me out. Our county has banned crowing birds, but as long as the lot is above 10,000 sf, the authorities turn a blind eye.

Our center of town is famous for its free-range chickens (mostly roos that I suspect were "rehomed"), so its funny when someone moves in then complains about the noisy chickens.

 

[Nineplus5]

Quote:
She was 20 in 1943. The crow of a roo sounded like a dinner-bell (breakfast bell for eggs

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