Anyway to convince a rooster it doesn't need to crow every 30 seconds?

[Zonoma]

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This is the only way I know of to keep one from Crowing...

http://cdn.gourmetrecipe.com/images/gourmetrecipe/recipe_images/ua-crock-pot-chicken-726.jpg

Someone needs to go, though! You don't have enough hens for two roos!

 

[mikensara]

our roo was crowing all day in the closet in the storm. we thought it was hillarious like he was giving the girls 5 minute weather updates

 

[pengimama]

I have to agree. When I had two roos and only 4 hens, they crowed constantly!!! When I gave the second rooster away the crowing definitely didn't happen as much. Pengi still crows, but I can actually sleep in and sit outside without wanting to strangle them both LOL

 

[pengimama]

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This is the only way I know of to keep one from Crowing...

http://cdn.gourmetrecipe.com/images/gourmetrecipe/recipe_images/ua-crock-pot-chicken-726.jpg

I know it's sad but I about fell off my chair laughing at that. LOL

 

[WVChickenFarmer]

I guess I got little lucky well for now. We have a rooster here that started crowing last week. I don't hear him crow very often. I thought for sure he would be crowing non-stop but he don't do that.

 

[weesy68]

We must be lucky. We have a HUGE rooster, some kind of production red that i rescued from a live poultry market, and he crows just twice a day. Once in the morning, and once around mid-day or early evening. Does it ten or twelve times, then shuts up. Our neighbor was born to complain, and reported us to the town. We now keep him in a dog crate in the kitchen overnight (with his main squeeze, a red sex link we rescued from the same place), and we let him out after 9am every day. The other hens are let out earlier from their coop. He crows indoors anywhere from 6.30am to around 8am every morning. Every other neighbor tells us they LOVE to hear him, and several say he makes them homesick for down south where they come from originally. He's a huge scaredy cat, scared of his own shadow, he's comical, and such a handsome boy. I'll have to post a picture...

 

[madgabmomma]

I have 4 roosters and my 3 bantams act like it's a competition at 4:30am. YES they start at 4:30 am before there is even a hint of light outside. When they first started it was an all day affair but as they are getting older they only really crow from about 4:30am too about 8ish, but it sure is noisy between those times. Every now and then I'll hear a random crow during the day but we live on 6acres and they free range all day so once they are out in the am I don't notice it usually. My standard size barnyard mix roo crows once or twice and he's done for the day. As far as I know there is no way too get them too shut up

 

[weesy68]

Here's my handsome boy! Any ideas on what breed he is exactly?

Here's a picture of him and his 'wife' when I rescued them..

 

[weesy68]

Sorry to hijack you btw

 

[welasharon]

I have a silkie rooster that crows all day long every day. He sounds like a kazoo. I think he likes to hear himself. He's not top rooster....not even second place....but I don't think he knows that...