Judge Sheila D. Linden moved forward with the hearing, ruling that custody of the roosters be granted to the SPCA of Texas. Additionally, the owners were ordered to pay $3,580.00 in restitution.

A Manhattan tenant is allegedly tormenting his Inwood neighbors with a noisy makeshift farm he started during the bird flu — harboring 24 chickens, a flock of roosters, turtles and a loud ...