THE early morning cockerel crow is one of the traditional sounds of the countryside and nature's way of signalling the start of a new day. But now George the cockerel has been ordered to put a sock in ...

PARKTON, Md. -- A rural Maryland couple is facing nearly $5,000 in fines over the crowing of their pet rooster. The family got Wilbur in August. Since then, their neighbor has been complaining about ...

A chicken farmer has been told to get rid of his roosters because of complaints about them rising too early in the morning. Cheshire West and Chester Council received complaints from Luke Ormond's ...

NORTON SHORES, MI-- A grumble about the sound of rooster crowing has prompted the Norton Shores City Council to discuss the municipality's zoning ordinance. Greg Teerman, who lives on Anthony Drive in ...

A pensioner has been hauled into court after his noisy pet cockerel subjected neighbours in their quiet cul de sac to 'torture' by waking them up as early as 3am. Harold Brown's 'nuisance' bird was ...

Research could be useful in identifying birds likely to be a nuisance to neighbours James Rothwell is The Telegraph’s Berlin correspondent. He joined in 2014 and has since worked as a Foreign News ...