mine do . its the routine that counts. every single night at the same time we have a routine
what did you end up with ? i put mine in the garage every single night . one day i would like to take a vacation.Maybe the garage would be better then. We could maybe run a fan. I wonder too, how large would the box need to be to prevent over heating of 1 bird. Good thing hubby is an HVAC engineer. He had me post when he was building our coop to ask what the air exchanges per hour in a coop should be.I could see it being important for a huge flock, but we only have about 30 or so birds on average and their coop is over sized. Love that man though ~ he puts up with the chicken obsession.
I built a noise reduction cage with three separate compartments to house my breeder pairs in and I have not heard any complaints from my neighbors yet. The cage is 96" X 30" X 34", I use 1" thick plywood on three sides and 3/8" fexiglass for the doors. For ventilation, I drill six 1" holes on the bottom half of the doors. Yes, you can still hear some noises but not at 20 + feet away, from my patio to all my neighbors' doors and windows is a little more than 20 ". If I put this cage inside my garage then there will not be any noise. A few pics of my cage to give you guys an idea of what I am talking about.
Have you heard of the rooster collar? You can read about it here. I have no idea how well it works.
http://www.mypetchicken.com/catalog/chickens/No-Crow-Rooster-Collar-p1580.aspx
me too
