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ghfromaltonbay · 03-24-2011, 06:19 PM

Heard this report earlier in the week on the radio. The town of Howell is in central NJ west of the shore area. This area and Toms River had been very rural 40+ years ago, and there used to be a lot of poultry farms there. When I was a kid back in the late 50's and early 60's we would stop for eggs on the way back from a day at the beach. Today I saw that the ordinance was passed and is now the law.

(CBS/AP) HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) - A New Jersey town is considering an ordinance that would regulate when a rooster can doodle doodle do.
Officials in Hopewell Township say they need to do something to keep the henhouse noise down in a suburban town with agrarian roots.
The rules would apply to roosters and hens on properties of less than five acres.
Small properties would be allowed to keep up to a half-dozen hens. But roosters would be allowed only 10 days a year for their conjugal chicken visits. And they'd be barred from crowing (cock-a-doodle don't).
If a rooster is too loud, the property wouldn't be allowed to host any roosters for two years.

03-24-2011, 06:19 PM	#8
ghfromaltonbay Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Clifton, NJ, Alton Bay Posts: 850 Thanks: 267 Thanked 237 Times in 137 Posts	Same problem, different solution Heard this report earlier in the week on the radio. The town of Howell is in central NJ west of the shore area. This area and Toms River had been very rural 40+ years ago, and there used to be a lot of poultry farms there. When I was a kid back in the late 50's and early 60's we would stop for eggs on the way back from a day at the beach. Today I saw that the ordinance was passed and is now the law. (CBS/AP) HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) - A New Jersey town is considering an ordinance that would regulate when a rooster can doodle doodle do. Officials in Hopewell Township say they need to do something to keep the henhouse noise down in a suburban town with agrarian roots. The rules would apply to roosters and hens on properties of less than five acres. Small properties would be allowed to keep up to a half-dozen hens. But roosters would be allowed only 10 days a year for their conjugal chicken visits. And they'd be barred from crowing (cock-a-doodle don't). If a rooster is too loud, the property wouldn't be allowed to host any roosters for two years.