08-31-2013, 04:22 PM
We have the same problem here. Bought the lot had house put up all was great, that was 23 years ago... 2 years after we moved in the neighbor bought the house there and moved in, with his 75 roosters. We have fought for over 20 years, even County Council was asked to change the law limiting them to one rooster per property which is the law in many counties and states across the nation INCLUDING AG LOTS. There is NO legitimate reason to have more than ONE rooster. But as you said, nothing comes of it. The only thing good at this point is the guy is in his 80's and even his kids hate the roosters, so once he goes, so do they.
The people on here saying "find other land", or "you move, this is AG", or "its not a big deal the frogs are louder", or "but there are feral roosters", all of these are nothing but excuses, coming from someone who has NEVER lived next door to 75 roosters who wake you up in a huge chorus at 3 am and during the day when fed, make enough noise that you could not even hear your TV for 20 minutes even at full volume, or place a simple phone call and be able to hear each other. If they had, they wouldn't make those idiotic statements. Trust me, I have people on the phone doing triple takes and asking do you really live in Hawaii?" "It sounds like your on an Arkansas farm..."
We have tried the chainsaw, and stereo and all, it makes no difference. Law enforcement wont do a thing because the County Council refuses to do anything. Even being AG lots this should be illegal period. To say they are being raised as "show birds" this ends the AG argument, you cannot have it both ways. No one eats roosters, and there is no legitimate commercial FOOD use for them in agricultural, which is why many States have limited them to ONE.
Lastly, to those saying "its AG get over it" all Hawaii County would have to do, is to adopt the same ordinances that Honolulu has. You can read them here" http://www1.honolulu.gov/council/ocs/roh/7.pdf
In fact, the only part they would have to include would be "Enclosures for farm animals shall not be located within 300 feet of any property line". That would basically make the little rooster houses illegal on any single lot in HPP.
And yes, you can tell this is a touchy subject for me, but 20 years of roosters will do that to you, that and destroy your hearing. The neighbor on the other side of him who bought that house a year after we did has had his house up for sale for 6 years, and anyone that comes hears the roosters and walks away. They finally moved back to the mainland and left the house for sale as they just couldn't take the noise anymore.. I am really tired of having to go to sleep with my windows closed because of roosters, but no one will buy a house sitting next to these noisy stinky self serving pieces of garbage, or the birds..
The people on here saying "find other land", or "you move, this is AG", or "its not a big deal the frogs are louder", or "but there are feral roosters", all of these are nothing but excuses, coming from someone who has NEVER lived next door to 75 roosters who wake you up in a huge chorus at 3 am and during the day when fed, make enough noise that you could not even hear your TV for 20 minutes even at full volume, or place a simple phone call and be able to hear each other. If they had, they wouldn't make those idiotic statements. Trust me, I have people on the phone doing triple takes and asking do you really live in Hawaii?" "It sounds like your on an Arkansas farm..."
We have tried the chainsaw, and stereo and all, it makes no difference. Law enforcement wont do a thing because the County Council refuses to do anything. Even being AG lots this should be illegal period. To say they are being raised as "show birds" this ends the AG argument, you cannot have it both ways. No one eats roosters, and there is no legitimate commercial FOOD use for them in agricultural, which is why many States have limited them to ONE.
Lastly, to those saying "its AG get over it" all Hawaii County would have to do, is to adopt the same ordinances that Honolulu has. You can read them here" http://www1.honolulu.gov/council/ocs/roh/7.pdf
In fact, the only part they would have to include would be "Enclosures for farm animals shall not be located within 300 feet of any property line". That would basically make the little rooster houses illegal on any single lot in HPP.
And yes, you can tell this is a touchy subject for me, but 20 years of roosters will do that to you, that and destroy your hearing. The neighbor on the other side of him who bought that house a year after we did has had his house up for sale for 6 years, and anyone that comes hears the roosters and walks away. They finally moved back to the mainland and left the house for sale as they just couldn't take the noise anymore.. I am really tired of having to go to sleep with my windows closed because of roosters, but no one will buy a house sitting next to these noisy stinky self serving pieces of garbage, or the birds..