The Poultry Keeper

EGirl · Joined: 01 Nov 2007 Posts: 1238 Location: Dublin, Ireland

Swiss court rules on noisy chicken
AFP - Friday, July 4 06:50 pmGENEVA (AFP) - A Swiss court has ordered that a chicken be locked up in a soundproof box every night so its neighbours can get a good night's sleep, the ATS news agency reported Friday.

The court at Ticino in southern Switzerland even stipulated that the box, in which the chicken must be kept from 10:00 pm to 7:00 am, should be at least eight centimetres (three inches) thick and insulated with glass wool.

The decision ends a five-year battle between the authorities in the village of Sant'Antonio and the chicken's owner.

The authorities, alerted by complaints from neighbours, earlier ordered that the bird be put in a henhouse at night. The measure, however, was found to be pointless.

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mojo · Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 9:46 am Post subject:

would have been cheaper to buy neighbours earplugs

Woodburner · Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 1:31 pm Post subject:

Glass wool!!! That stuff is vile. Three inches of layered corrugated cardboard would be soundproof enough and not half as bad for man, beast and the environmnet!

Edit: I don't like the idea of shutting animals in small spaces either.

Pekinout · Joined: 29 Apr 2008 Posts: 1155 Location: Cornwall

Another case of people moving to the country then complaining about country noises me thinks.