Allotment owners in Dereham are fighting to save their chickens and cockerels after the town council gave them notice to remove some of the birds. John Buck (left) and Tony Hunt (right). - Credit: Sonya Duncan Allotment holders have voiced their anger over a council’s decision to ban cockerels from the plots - and vowed to do all they can to protect them. “We’re not letting this go,” said allotment holder Anthony Hunt, 71. “They mean everything to us. They’re like our pets. We’re here two or three times a day looking after them,” said Mr Hunt, who presented a petition on the cause with his friend John Buck to the council last year.