Sound of Silence 6am - No More Crowing

He is still young and growing so he has room to grow?

Devonne Short said:

He is still young and growing so he has room to grow?

Click to expand...

He looks so proud of himself!
... but it's hard to take them seriously when their crows sometimes sound like dog toys.

I had one boy that sounded like the cartoon character Homer Simpson saying, "Woo-Hoooooo!"

For us, the best thing was to bring our roos into the garage at night. (built a rooster box for them to sleep in) They can crow away all they like, but unless you're standing right outside the door, no one will hear them. We let them outside at 8am when we open the coop/run door to allow the flock some free range time. The roos do crow at that time & for about 10-15 min. The rest of the day they only crow if something is going on within their sight or to warn predators.

The neighbors around us all liked the idea of keeping chickens & mentioned how they enjoy hearing the roo. From the street, no one can see them & only a faint crow can be heard when they're outside in the yard. (Crow collars keep the volume down, but don't silence them.) Thankfully it cannot be heard for more than 3 houses in any direction. If my DD wasn't so involved in 4h & poultry, I doubt I'd keep the roos, but they do a pretty good job protecting the hens from predators - especially aerial attacks.

Can you show me a picture of the coop box they stay in the garage at night? Thats what we will do at night when it cools down. Hes very quite at night in his outside coop.

Thank you for sharing this.. we have quite the noisy little silkie roo so hoping this idea works the same for any roo

My cornish rooster is crowing at 3 am I need one of these. INFO and directions PLEASE

Here's a past post of what I made. It reduces volume pretty well but requires adjustments. (Always start a little loose for the 1st day before trying to tighten.) Then make sure to watch for signs of being too tight. Most of my roosters have not been all day/ all night crowers.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...-no-more-crowing.820771/page-23#post-15859747

The biggest thing we do to reduce morning crowing is to keep the males inside our garage at night. They sleep inside what we call the "rooster box." Yes, they may crow at 4am, but no one can hear them, so it doesn't matter. Since they're used to being carried to bed every night, an added benefit is how nice/calm the roosters are when we handle them. They get let outside at 8am. By then most people are awake and they only crow a couple times when they first see the hens.