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Urban folks keeping chickens for their eggs often don't keep roosters.

• nickpsecurity 10y ago
  The people I know in rural areas with chickens all have roosters. Why they do it different in urban? Is it the noise they make early in the morning?
  • pvaldes 10y ago
    Some roosters start crowing at 5:00 am, they sing non-stop for 15-20 minutes and wait for an hour. When people are sleep again they repeat the bursts. This can last from 5:00 am until 9:00 am or so. All days of the week including sundays and holidays. Is basically torturing your neighbours, specially if they are of the night owl kind.
    • nickpsecurity 10y ago
      Makes a lot of sense. Thanks.
  • kevinmchugh 10y ago
    The rural folks likely have less rigid constraints on the number of chickens and more room for the chickens to roam. If you only have room for 2 chickens, choosing a male for one of the two halves your laying capacity.