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For the past few weeks/months, we've had, for reasons I have yet to understand a rooster wandering around the neighborhood.

We are not zoned for agriculture, so this is kind of not what you'd call normal.

But... nonetheless, a rooster. A rooster.

We think he belongs (insofar as a rooster can "belong" to someone who does such a crap job of keeping it contained) to a house on the block, but aren't sure. (WTF, rooster.) So I called Animal Control today to see what can be done because (a) ROOSTER, (b) not zoned for livestock, (c) ROOSTER, and (d) avian flu paranoia, shut up.

Evidently they won't come out to catch the rooster (a shame, because I would pay to see that), but they will come out and collect it if it's already contained. The girl I spoke with said that I could try luring it into my garage, or possibly tossing a recycling bin over it to keep it in one place, or some other similar Elmer Fudd-meets-Wile E. Coyote type trick. Conversely, I could figure out the house to which said poultry belongs, and Animal Control can send a letter ascertaining whether the rooster belongs to them, and if it does, I can then have Code Enforcement go over and be all, "No fowl in the suburbs, yo."

I... don't want a rooster in my garage, man. However, I'm pretty sure tossing a recycling bin over it in this heat might not be the best thing for the rooster.

Dude. A rooster. Just get your kids a hamster, for crying out loud.

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Heh. I can see the humor in the situation, even if it's kind of an annoying situation. I remember the first time I saw the damn thing. I was in the kitchen without my glasses on, looked out the window and was like, "WTF, am I blinder than usual or is that a goddamn ROOSTER in our front yard?" Went and got my glasses and, sure enough, rooster.

I'm pretty sure a recycling bin would leave me with a rotisserie mess -- unplucked, even. Yuck. I'm hesitant to trap it in the garage because, ew. Mess. Chicken poo everywhere.

Honestly. On what friggin' planet is it a good idea to keep a rooster for a pet? This isn't Charlotte's Web, guys.

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