An update. I found my rooster dead the other morning. After 3 months of no issues (after getting the collar set correctly to stifle his crow) he evidently choked on something he tried to swallow while wearing the collar.
I had been roosting him in my garage to keep the neighbors happy, but his...
Once fitted properly the No Crow Collar works as advertised.
There was a bit of stress for both me and my poor rooster, with many attempts at adjusting the collars fit, but now he has adjusted to the collar quite well.
The volume and quantity of crowing has been reduced, which is the whole...
I have a No Crow Collar and currently I'm not satisfied. It has turned my Roos crow from a cock-a-doodle-do to a cock-a-doodle-choke.
The instructions are not detailed enough to be idiot proof and evidently I'm too much of an idiot to get the collar set correctly, it would seem. I have seen a...
The neighbors behind me home school and they find his crowing to be too distracting to allow them to feel comfortable having classes out in their back yard. As far as I'm concerned, the teacher is overly sensitive to sound. Trying to be a courteous neighbor, I asked them if there were any issues...
I use a locally (Bellingham, WA) produced organic feed called "Scratch and Peck".
My girls go nuts when I spoil them and make a warm cerial from the stuff.
This is not something I do too often! ;)