PARKTON, Md. -- A rural Maryland couple is facing nearly $5,000 in fines over the crowing of their pet rooster. The family got Wilbur in August. Since then, their neighbor has been complaining about ...

Noise can be one of the hardest things to adapt to when moving into a new place. But for one urban renter, they weren’t kept awake by the usual sirens or traffic, but the incessant crowing of an ...

STRATFORD — The town’s health department has fielded 22 noise complaints in the past three years, and more than half of them have been about one specific issue. The dozen poultry-related complaints ...

(WBAL) BALTIMORE, Md. — Jackie and Drew Tanenbaum own Wilbur the rooster. They say he is a good egg. "He's just a really funny rooster. He protects the flock, he flaps his wings, he chirps. Just ...

Drew and Jackie Tanenbaum, of Parkton, said they acquired Wilbur in August and love his presence, WBAL-TV reported. "He's just a really funny rooster," Jackie Tanenbaum told the television station.

FAIR LAWN — The Borough Council is considering regulating the keeping of farm animals as pets — specifically, the kind that makes a ruckus that begins at dawn. Roosters are legal in Fair Lawn, but ...