Cock-a-doodle-DON’T: Brick Township bans neighborhood backyard roosters after noise complaints

Brick Township Council sending a strong message to its residents. Cock-a-doodle-do. Bringing roosters into town is now banned. Banned in neighborhoods, it comes as police and code enforcement respond to mounting noise complaints. Jim Murdoch with reaction in Brick Township. It's a wake-up call that's driving some Brick Township locals nuts and a councilman to laughter. When I read this, I was like, roosters, really? I didn't even know this was a problem. Yes, Councilman Cohen, it is funny until you're woken up at 5 o'clock in the morning and you hear them all day. Brick Township leaders say complaints about the crowing roosters are the second highest to police and code enforcement, but are hard to track down. I've never heard a rooster, and they should have more important things to worry about. If you live here in Brick Township and you already own roosters and they're properly housed, you're good. The ordinance council passed last week only bans new roosters from coming here into town. So where did the roosters come from? A resident sent us these photos of his enclosure and said theirs are for protection from foxes and hawks and have served that purpose well. Allaire Community Farm co-founder Joanne Burney says many roosters were mistakenly identified as hens when purchased as chicks during a COVID boom for homegrown eggs. as more towns ban them. What we get probably four to five times a week on our contact us page on our website people wanting us to take their roosters saying we have you know backyard chickens but the neighbors are complaining or the town's complaining can you take our roosters. You'll likely hear roosters in Brick Township neighborhoods for at least a few more years. Most can live up to eight years. In Brick Township Jim Murdoch News 12 New Jersey.