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Hello All,
Would value opinions, have recently bought 3 pekins but unfortunately 1 cockeral which will have a new home when he is old enough to cope with friends ladies-always a challenge!
My dilemma is that the chicks-about 5-6 weeks were for my daughters to raise during summer ,and whilst she understands that neighbours will not be happy ,she is disappointed that chick will not stay. Do I get another couple now or wait ?
Thankyou

It's a difficult one, pekins have lovely characters, and the cockerels can be quite charming! Can you swap the trio for 3 female growers? Alternatively you can see how the young lad goes, we have an ancient pekin cockerel called Priscilla, he has a lovely crow, quite quiet too.
Hope you can work something out, what a lovely idea for your children though!

Thankyou would love to keep him as he is so lovely but neighbours would not tolerate-why do people move to countryand moan about cockerals and slurry!?Good learning curve for kids and at least they will still be able to see him.

I don't see why one cockerel should cause problems with neighbours. Cover any windows in the coop and hopefully it won't be able to crow with the sunrise. Most neighbours will complain if they're being woken up at 5a.m., but crowing during the day shouldn't cause a bother. The other thing you could do is raise the perch in the coop so the cockerel can't throw its head up to crow during the early hours.
If anyone complains give them some nice fresh eggs - I do this on a regular basis and gained some strong supporters for keeping chickens at home.