Man’s £4,000 fine for noisy rooster leaves neighbours cock-a-hoop

New Forest council says Harold Brown’s bird created ‘unacceptable levels of noise’ that disturbed people’s sleepSubjecting your neighbours to early starts is nothing to crow about, the owner of a cockerel has discovered to his cost.Harold Brown has been fined nearly £4,000 after his neighbours cried fowl over his rooster shaking its tail feathers from 5am every morning for years. Continue reading...

Man’s £4,000 fine for noisy rooster leaves neighbours cock-a-hoop

New Forest council says Harold Brown’s bird created ‘unacceptable levels of noise’ that disturbed people’s sleep

Subjecting your neighbours to early starts is nothing to crow about, the owner of a cockerel has discovered to his cost.

Harold Brown has been fined nearly £4,000 after his neighbours cried fowl over his rooster shaking its tail feathers from 5am every morning for years. Continue reading...