Any way to stop a LIVE rooster from crowing?

[bigdog]

I know this sounds rediculous but I need to find a way to keep my rooster from crowing and would appreciate any ideas. I teach at a middle school with a totally enclosed courtyard. We have 3 hens and 1 rooster. I am trying to have the kids raise and collect their "own" eggs to hatch from "our" chickens but cannot have a rooster that crows.

 

[ChuckenGirl]

tape his beak?
lol i dont know if there is a way =[
but you may be able to take him away for a week or two because the hens will be fertile for that long.

 

[CoyoteMagic]

Make it dinner?!

 

[ThreeBoysChicks]

There is no way to stop a rooster from crowing. You can keep in the dark to simulate night, but if he can see any daylight, he will crow.

 

[MissPrissy]

Have you tried hanging heads of lettuce and other things to help keep him busy? The constant activity in a school is sure to set him off repeatedly. I wish you the best outcome with this school experiment. The kids will never forget it.

 

[bigdog]

Thank you all - i enjoyed the responses. I may just have to bring him in for conjugal visits weekends.

 

[Scrambled Egg]

You will be a very wealthy person if you figure that one out!!

 

[Angerbat]

I read that roosters stretch to crow so if you place him in a pen or cage with a short roof he won't be able to stretch and therefore crow.

Good Luck, my rooster crows 24-7 he use to be hoarse but at about a year old now he is really starting to crow. He crows at any hint of light or sound.