A cockerel on death row has been given an 11th hour reprieve and a turnaround in his fortunes after finding a new home at a landmark Black Country pub.

Eggy had only days to find a new home after his owners were forced to give him up when his crowing ruffled neighbours’ feathers.

But he is now set to live out the rest of his days in luxury at the Crooked House pub, in Gornal Wood.

Bosses heard of the young rooster’s plight and had planned to set up a farmyard area to the rear of the pub for some time.

So they decided to make Eggy the first member of their planned menagerie. A makeshift home has been set up for the cockerel in the short-term, but a large coup is already on order which will be his new home.

The pub will also be purchasing some feathered friends for Eggy in the near future.

The cockerel had been taken in by owners of Upper Gornal’s Corn Shop, while the hunt started to find him a new home.

A customer from Sedgley asked them to find him a new home, as they could no longer keep him because the noise he made upset the neighbours.