Noisy Cockerel
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Bit of a predicament here as none of your traditional measures are available...
A bloody cockerel from our neighbors house across the road is crowing as early as 4am, earsplittingly loud, every 15 seconds.
We are in Dubai so actually talking to them is a no-go. They are very 'local' and will not listen to expats - tried before and the response is "if you don't like it, go home"
No airguns on the market here either.
I have thought of putting a trail of oats from their gate out into the road, but have a funny feeling it would eat them all and run away with a 'meep meep' as I hurtle down the road in my Acme steamroller.
Don't want to lay poison as there are kids who play nearby.
What to do PH?
A bloody cockerel from our neighbors house across the road is crowing as early as 4am, earsplittingly loud, every 15 seconds.
We are in Dubai so actually talking to them is a no-go. They are very 'local' and will not listen to expats - tried before and the response is "if you don't like it, go home"
No airguns on the market here either.
I have thought of putting a trail of oats from their gate out into the road, but have a funny feeling it would eat them all and run away with a 'meep meep' as I hurtle down the road in my Acme steamroller.
Don't want to lay poison as there are kids who play nearby.
What to do PH?
If you can't talk to them and you can't kill it then you are pretty f
ked.
THis thread is akin to saying "Help- I want to run a marathon but I don't have any legs or arms and Ive tried to crawl llike a wounded soldier using my cock but it gets too tired. WHat can I do without cheating?"
ked.THis thread is akin to saying "Help- I want to run a marathon but I don't have any legs or arms and Ive tried to crawl llike a wounded soldier using my cock but it gets too tired. WHat can I do without cheating?"
oilydan said:
Bit of a predicament here as none of your traditional measures are available...
A bloody cockerel from our neighbors house across the road is crowing as early as 4am, earsplittingly loud, every 15 seconds.
We are in Dubai so actually talking to them is a no-go. They are very 'local' and will not listen to expats - tried before and the response is "if you don't like it, go home"
No airguns on the market here either.
I have thought of putting a trail of oats from their gate out into the road, but have a funny feeling it would eat them all and run away with a 'meep meep' as I hurtle down the road in my Acme steamroller.
Don't want to lay poison as there are kids who play nearby.
What to do PH?
Oh boo-bloody-hoo, at least you don't get woken by magpies fighting crows...A bloody cockerel from our neighbors house across the road is crowing as early as 4am, earsplittingly loud, every 15 seconds.
We are in Dubai so actually talking to them is a no-go. They are very 'local' and will not listen to expats - tried before and the response is "if you don't like it, go home"
No airguns on the market here either.
I have thought of putting a trail of oats from their gate out into the road, but have a funny feeling it would eat them all and run away with a 'meep meep' as I hurtle down the road in my Acme steamroller.
Don't want to lay poison as there are kids who play nearby.
What to do PH?
Terisis said:
Buy a hawk
Train hawk to predate on chickens
Get up early, say 3.45am, and show hawk its breakfast
Problem solved
HTH
I don't really understand this post.Train hawk to predate on chickens
Get up early, say 3.45am, and show hawk its breakfast
Problem solved
HTH
Either it's supposed to be a joke, which I doubt given it's content or else its supposed to be a genuine suggestion,which I doubt given it's content.
Which leaves me totally bewildered as to what it might be.
blindswelledrat said:
Terisis said:
Buy a hawk
Train hawk to predate on chickens
Get up early, say 3.45am, and show hawk its breakfast
Problem solved
HTH
I don't really understand this post.Train hawk to predate on chickens
Get up early, say 3.45am, and show hawk its breakfast
Problem solved
HTH
Either it's supposed to be a joke, which I doubt given it's content or else its supposed to be a genuine suggestion,which I doubt given it's content.
Which leaves me totally bewildered as to what it might be.
oilydan said:
Yeah, you'd be hard pressed to find a local bird here that would openly like to gobble a cock.
Hawks are pretty expensive here too. About GBP200K for a decent one. I'd probably be best trying the steamroller approach TBH.
£200 000 for a bird? Are you sure?Hawks are pretty expensive here too. About GBP200K for a decent one. I'd probably be best trying the steamroller approach TBH.
Even if true, how would you even know that?
blindswelledrat said:
oilydan said:
Yeah, you'd be hard pressed to find a local bird here that would openly like to gobble a cock.
Hawks are pretty expensive here too. About GBP200K for a decent one. I'd probably be best trying the steamroller approach TBH.
£200 000 for a bird? Are you sure?Hawks are pretty expensive here too. About GBP200K for a decent one. I'd probably be best trying the steamroller approach TBH.
Even if true, how would you even know that?
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