Peter Stoodley, 64, tended his unruly flock of 100 cockerels and chickens in a cramped yard behind his carpet shop but has now been ordered to dispose of them.
The news will be a relief for neighbours who, the court heard, regularly faced bad smells and 2.30am wake-up calls.
'This has been going on for a long time without any joy as far as his neighbours are concerned and they have also been subject to a fair amount of intimidation,' said Sarah Clover, prosecuting.
But after the case Stoodley, of Shepton Mallet in Somerset, said: 'There is no way I am going to kill those birds. I would rather go to prison.'
He was also ordered to pay a £2,500 fine and £5,191 costs at South Somerset Magistrates' Court.
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