Swiss court rules on noisy chicken

GENEVA (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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Wow, are chickens really that noisy to the point where they have to be in cages?
Poor birdy D:.

I have a blackstar hen in my backyard and shes not that noisy, lol. I think they are just over exaggerating. Unless they have like 534543543 hens and roosters, then I see what the problem is, lmfao.

There must be something wrong, because they don't go off all night for no reason, we've got 5 hens atm, used to have close to 30, and unless something's up they don't make any noise at night, they go to roost when the sun goes down, and get back up when it comes up.