See more of our coverage in your search results.

A clucking fowl.

A New Jersey shore town has outlawed roosters, claiming that the animals’ raucous, inconsistent noise has negatively affected the public health and residents’ well-being in the quiet neighborhood.

The Brick Township Council unanimously voted during a meeting on Oct. 13 to ban all cock-a-doodle-dooing male chickens within the municipality’s borders following a large number of noise complaints.

Brick Township leaders have banned neighborhood backyard roosters following numerous noise complaints that allegedly have an adverse effect on neighborhoods.…