Town Board voted to allow me to have chickens

[Warpy]

13. Screw up: keeping roosters

Roosters are great in the country, especially when the hens are really, really free range. Predators show up, from hawks to foxes, the roosters kicu up a fuss, the hens flap their way up to some low enough tree branches, and the rooster follows them. He serves a function besides keeping them happy and the eggs fertilized, he keeps them safe.

In towns and cities, not so. A lot of people will complain bitterly that the little bastards wake them up between 4 and 5 AM every day--again, great if you're a farmer with cows that need milking. If you're an accountant or work second shift, not so much.

So stick to laying hens who will produce infertile eggs. They're remarkably inoffensive, especially if you keep the area tidy and spilled feed doesn't start drawing rodents.

(My gran kept roosters in the city. No one who had ever tasted what she turned them into for a Sunday dinner ever objected)