It was a wakeup call, you could say, to anyone keeping a rooster as a pet in Kansas City, Kan. And the reminder came from the chief of police, no less.
“And the rooster crows at 27th & Wood!” Police Chief Terry Zeigler tweeted Tuesday morning with a picture of a rooster. “We try to control stray dogs & now we have stray chickens. City ordinance does not allow roosters, only hens!”According to the city ordinance updated in the fall of 2016, ducks and female chickens are permitted in non-agricultural zones of the city, but not roosters.
Wyandotte County Public Relations Director Mike Taylor explained the reason for this pecking order.
“Roosters start crowing at 5 o’clock every morning,” he said. The noise factor is one consideration. Additionally, roosters cannot lay eggs, and residents typically want chickens for the eggs.
The “urban chicken” fad came to the Kansas City area about 10 years ago.
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