A woman who was making additional income by growing chicken and selling eggs to supplement her disability income was constrained after complaints of crowing roosters from disturbed neighbors.

The northwest Arkansas community of Rogers came up with new laws and restrictions in keeping birds at home in the city limits.

The law is reported to go into effect as of July 13.

Linda Bishop had been growing chicken for 10-12 years. Currently, she has 23 hens and a rooster, but she will be limited to 4 hens and she will be required to give up her rooster.

Bishop, 57, told AP in a telephone interview, "I've never had no problems or no complaints from any of my neighbors."

City council member Buddy Wright said that the 8-0 city council vote reflected the views of expanding population: "I mean, I'm a native of northwest Arkansas, and I'm accustomed to hearing a rooster crowing in the middle of the night, and it doesn't bother me. But it's something that to a lot of people moving in here from other areas and not being used to having that ... I think it was more of a concern for them."

Northwest Arkansas is home to Springdale's Tyson Foods, the world's largest meat company and a multitude of other chicken farms and processing plants. Wright said that he sees the irony of the law: "It is an unusual ordinance because the city of Rogers was more or less built on the chicken industry."

Bishop brought her complaints to the council stating that she had bought a henhouse for $1600 and now she would have to spend more money to have her home rezoned into an agricultural area in order to continue her activities raising fowl: "I think it's fairly unjust that they should put that hardship on me," she said.