Right, it is generally accepted that a cockerel crowing is traditionally a sign that morning has come and it is time to get up and embrace the day. Well, in the olden day and stuff. Cockerels crowing get you up and out of bed.
They never tell you why this is though, do they?
Think about it.
Exactly, it’s just a given, one of those things you grow up knowing and never wondering why.
Well, let me tell you.
The reason that a cockerel gets you out of bed in the morning is because… have you actually ever HEARD one of those blasted things???? It’s a god awful sound, like a farming equivalent of a foghorn through the sea mist.
In my case, it’s like an animal being strangled, the noise rising up from the garden next door and assaulting my eardrums through the open window.
So, in short, the reason why a cockerel’s crow gets you up (and quickly too) is because it instills within you a rage to rip its head off so strong that you cannot resist it. Up you get, dragging trews on with one thought in mind: kill that fucking thing.
I hate cockerels.
Fascinating: http://www.blpbooks.co.uk/articles/cock_crowing/cock_crowing_noise.php
And I thought it was just a less pleasant form of the standard dawn chorus
Bloddy thrushes/robins/etc.
I would’ve swapped you the cockerel for the damn dog that we had barking near ours last night/this morning.
We were given some bantams several years ago, and the flock bred and went semi-wild. The cockerals took up residence in a holly tree at night, and would crow at any time - particularly during a full moon. There were cockerels at a farm a couple of miles away, and they would call back and forth on a still night.
They became even more of a nuisance when our visitors started feeding them, so they all had to go.
Nobody was sorry.
We do have tawny owls which make a lot of noise at certain times of the year, hooting and screeching, but we like to hear them.
Try having 20+ noisy parrots outside your window