Anti-social Rochdale

Complain to the Police. They are a ROAD SAFETY ISSUE. You may find that such 'alternative routes' are more efficient.

You are right, Mojo, I'm only vaguely familiar with the area where chickens run free, or as you more accurately describe it, where

"meandering, scratting livestock is cooped in a neighbourhood that has no allotments, which has had received several phases of very expensive Regeneration "- " barely a chicken run's distance from Rochdale town centre that is having many more Millions of public money spent on it."

From the comments, it seems these meandering chickens represent the tip of an iceberg of difficult issues.

Not that all the regeneration phases have done much to enhance the area which is continuously litter strewn, there has got to be some local pride in the area to make a difference.....

Is there an 'Eggs for sale' sign?

cyfrifia wrote:Is there an 'Eggs for sale' sign?

Wardleworth’s “Henomenon”

The hens that myself and another ‘old goat’ saw adding bits of fertilizer to the pavements there later today were the meat production type, rather than the egg-laying hen variety.

I’ve been told that a poo egg is a term of endearment used for an old friend, or a stout shaped person. Hope this isn’t a wind up!

From http://www.poultrywatchuk.webs.com/

Game Fowl Stolen - Rochdale

The following Asil have been stolen from a premises in the Rochdale area - Greater Manchester on the night of the 22nd of April.

The pakistani shikra stag;
The pakistani kagar/black jawa stag & indian kagar hen pair;
The pakistani kagar/black/kala pullet, which was sat on a clutch off eggs & a 5 week old chick.
These birds are extremely precious to the owner and breeder and his family. if you have any information that might lead to their return, please contact poultry Watch UK.

cyfrifia wrote:From http://www.poultrywatchuk.webs.com/ Game Fowl Stolen - Rochdale

The following Asil have been stolen from a premises in the Rochdale area - Greater Manchester on the night of the 22nd of April.

The pakistani shikra stag;The pakistani kagar/black jawa stag & indian kagar hen pair;The pakistani kagar/black/kala pullet, which was sat on a clutch off eggs & a 5 week old chick.
These birds are extremely precious to the owner and breeder and his family. if you have any information that might lead to their return, please contact poultry Watch UK.

Poppyanna555 wrote:Not that all the regeneration phases have done much to enhance the area which is continuously litter strewn, there has got to be some local pride in the area to make a difference.....

A LOT of money and re-regeneration continues to go into the area / Wardleworth.

The new-build, affordable homes already on Halifax Road, near to the Entwisle Road junction, are already available with low deposits and a big range of buying aids.


There's more! Another £1.2 million for houses in the area to revitalise ....


http://www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/news-features/2/news-headlines/80367/work-starts-on-new-affordable-homes


If a lack of residents' pride continues to add to the debris and apathy of the area, it feels like a long lost cause for sustained revitalisation. Should this even be a domestic residential zone anymore, given it's close proximity to all the 'new' town centre facilities ?

Ah well, I think they call it 'KARMA'! Having made enquiries as to the the legality of allowing chickens to 'strut their stuff' all around the Entwistle Road/Gower Street area, I was told by the Council that there is no legislation in place to prevent the keeping of hens.


So......I wake up this morning to hear the distinct sound of 'clucking' and find that our one Asian neighbour (who had been ordered to clear his garden of mounds of rubbish) has done just that and replaced the filth with? ......you've guessed it!

How right you are Hinch! and I wonder, would there be such apathy within the Council if 'Mr Jones from Bamford' had reported this problem? methinks not.

I have been told there is 'no legislation' in place to deal with stray chickens by RMBC, well then, why can't they create a bylaw that would do just that? not just sit there telling folks 'there is nothing they can do'!

The house in question (although once a garden) is now a concrete area still housing some remains of the debri he once held there (an old red sofa and wood) ....hardly fits in with the ideology of 'free range' to me. Secondly, our row of properties sits between 2 fishing lodges (one not in use)....the rats are going to have a field day!!

A neighbour reported this to RMBC this morning and was told "there is nothing we can do but, should a cockerel find it's way there then, that could create a noise nuisance" and promptly gave him the phone number of RMBC's Dog Warden/Animal Welfare Officer should that happen. RMBC added that "many people have started to keep chickens for eggs because of the economic climate at the moment".

My neighbour wonders what the legislation is on keeping pigs?!!

Oh and, in the midst of all this....I have a blackbird nesting in my tree in the garden so.....perhaps I should count my blessings!

Hinch wrote:They don't have this problem in Norden and Bamford I bet.

Never, it's idyllic living here in Norden. We all laugh and smile at each other and no one ever falls out.

I have two neighbours who have pigs as pets, and I don't mean micro ones either !

We now have a Cockerel and some more chickens.....

I don't believe that for one moment, these chickens are being kept for their eggs. In the case of this particular owner, he only has to stride 3 yards out of his back door to our local newsagents shop where a halal butcher operates. Yes, the owner can slaughter chickens for his own use as long as they don't enter the 'food chain'.....really?

Well, it will give the urban foxes something to aspire to.

In the interim, could I suggest a large, ginger tomcat?