Chickens and cockerels can cause a noise nuisance to neighbours when kept in towns and cities.
Prevent noise from poultry causing a nuisance
When keeping poultry we recommend that you:
- only have a cockerel if you are breeding chickens (no cockerel is needed for chickens to lay eggs)
- do not have more than one cockerel as this will cause competition and an increase in crowing
- raise the height of the perch or lower the roof of the coop so your cockerel cannot stretch his neck to crow
- during the summer, use black out material over your coop so sunlight doesn't wake the chickens
- paint the inside of the coop black and ensure there are no cracks in the wood
- site your coop as far away from neighbouring properties as possible
Also see
Neighbourhood Enforcement Team
Community Safety Hub
Noise Patrol
Out of hours noise complaints only; Friday and Saturday, from 9.00pm to 2.30am.
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