Are chicken collars good?

[TaylorGlade]

I was going to suggest the same thing.

Free eggs once a month, or week if there are plenty, can certainly make the picture more attractive to your neighbors. Who knows?

 

[My Very First 6 Chickens]

I had a feeling they were wrong, just wanted to see if anyone agreed, im not annoyed about my hens noise, my neighbors are though. Ugh.

sorry your going through all of this…… Can u collar the neighbors?

 

[HerdAndHome]

Honestly, my close by neighbor has been fairly tolerant of me fostering coonhounds - I kept one (AROOO) and my Dad's unendingly barking dog. Though we had to have a talk about it, several really. One ended with me saying, "It's not my fault you never leave your house!" But the key is we keep talking. I now approach him first with things I'm considering doing. I think he wants to be considered. To be informed. Not to feel like I have a cru•you-it's-my-property attitude toward him.
Some things I do affect him despite not being on his property, that's it in a nutshell.
We now have a nice privacy fence between us because good fences make good neighbors. Sometimes hearing something occasionally without having to look at it too seems to help the mind dismiss the problem more easily.

I did not consult him about my chicken adventure. I just said, "I'm getting chickens!" And took a month of construction to get ready for them.
I did consult him about keeping a chicken tractor in the yard between our houses every so often.
Now... one of my day old chicks has turned out to be a cockerel. So I am trying to figure ways to deal with that and I am looking into a no-crow collar. I'm also looking into a blackout rooster house. And not letting the bird out until after 7am *our ordinance is quiet between 10pm & 7am. And making sure it has everything it needs and is not asking for food or water. What's worse, no roosters are allowed in my county. So there's much to consider.

I know you are talking about hens. From my understanding the collar is to restrict airflow while the rooster is over-inflating its lungs to crow. It doesn't seem like it would work on a simply jabbering hen.

Good luck to you.

 

[Themellowyellows]

sorry your going through all of this…… Can u collar the neighbors?

I wish!!! Its okay, thanks although!

 

[Lady of McCamley]

I am going to take an obviously unpopular position, but I have successfully used the No Crow Collars for 15 years with my roosters to no ill effect.

I only trust the No Crow Collar, sold through My Pet Chicken, as a humane alternative. They are well made, soft, and durable. Placed correctly, they dampen the noise considerably.

You MUST fit them over several days watching the bird closely. I put mine a little looser than tighter so that it dampens the sound but doesn't eliminate it completely. (Nothing but death does that). It works by the concept that the rooster inflates the loose skin at the base of his neck to produce the sound. A well fitting collar merely prevents the "bellows" from filling so that he gives off a muted "cocka-doodle-doo."

I live in an area that was once farmland, but is now enclosed by suburbia. Chickens are still legal, including roosters, but it would only take a couple of very irritated neighbors to call me in to Animal Control. (I had that happen once with a somewhat noisy dog, that was NOT left out for a long period...Animal Control came. I got threatened with a $250 violation fee, first time offense, $500 second time).

All to say, I love my chickens but I also don't want cranky neighbors and expensive noise tickets.

The collars work...IF you are watchful and careful. You must check on them regularly to make sure they are not causing any problems with the crop or neck feathers. You must watch to see that the bird is eating, drinking, and acting normally (after the first few days of crazy back walking to get out of the collar).

I know the rest of the commentors have said they are evil, but I believe if used properly, with a quality collar, they can literally save the life of a rooster. I have had numerous roosters over these 15 years, and they've lived a happy life with their harem. I figure if they weren't collared, they would be in the soup pot as you cannot give away roosters in my area.

So count one...yes one...vote for a rooster collar.

Good luck with your rooster.

LofMc

https://www.amazon.com/My-Pet-Chick...1-1-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&th=1

 

[Down Under]

I have no idea about a collar on a hen but I have a question to everyone saying that collars are cruel, dangerous, animal abusers, etc.:

What do you consider better a crow collar until a bird can be re-homed or it's head chopped off ??

 

[2 chiks n a roo]

They are cruel and intended to keep roosters from crowing. If you’re not allowed to have chickens then you need to find a way to make your neighbors happy or get rid of them so you don’t get in trouble. Hens can be just as loud or louder than roosters when they get to singing. If you’re allowed to have them, then your neighbors can hate them but that’s too bad. Usually it’s no more bothersome than a barking dog.

The collars are only cruel if used incorrectly.
I live in town and although we're not allowed roosters, and 12 chickens total, most people around my area have chickens and a few have roosters. Most councils can authorise permits with specific guidelines and fees. As long as a minimum of four neighbours are ok with the chickens, then a permit is more likely to be approved.

My Roo has been wearing his collars since he could crow, he's 15 mths old now and the first 6 months he backed all the time to try to get it off but once he realised it was staying, he gave up.
He has a "collar part" in his feathers, but it doesn't cause him any problems.
He still crows, but only 1/6th of the volume and you can hear the rest of the air escaping. Without it, he belts those vocals so loud I can hear him over the neighbours boat in the river behind me. To use a collar correctly, it has to be fitted low with enough space for the tip of your pinky to fit top and bottom. As long as they're breathing well, it's not going to hurt them. If it's too tight, they'll be dead within minutes. Don't just put them on an walk away, ya have to keep an eye on them for at least a hour to make sure they don't stop breathing or hurt themselves.
There's lots of info on you tube on how to fit them correctly, although no one has mentioned how often to change them.

Experience has taught me, each month it needs to be removed and either cleaned, dried and put back on or changed to a fresh one. Check the tightness daily or at least every few days. If the crowing sounds different than other days, check or change the collar.

Buy them on wish com, TEMU etc in packs of 3 or more quite cheap.

This is Rhodey sporting his blue collar.. the next ones going to be yellow..

 

[2 chiks n a roo]

I am going to take an obviously unpopular position, but I have successfully used the No Crow Collars for 15 years with my roosters to no ill effect.

I only trust the No Crow Collar, sold through My Pet Chicken, as a humane alternative. They are well made, soft, and durable. Placed correctly, they dampen the noise considerably.

You MUST fit them over several days watching the bird closely. I put mine a little looser than tighter so that it dampens the sound but doesn't eliminate it completely. (Nothing but death does that). It works by the concept that the rooster inflates the loose skin at the base of his neck to produce the sound. A well fitting collar merely prevents the "bellows" from filling so that he gives off a muted "cocka-doodle-doo."

I live in an area that was once farmland, but is now enclosed by suburbia. Chickens are still legal, including roosters, but it would only take a couple of very irritated neighbors to call me in to Animal Control. (I had that happen once with a somewhat noisy dog, that was NOT left out for a long period...Animal Control came. I got threatened with a $250 violation fee, first time offense, $500 second time).

All to say, I love my chickens but I also don't want cranky neighbors and expensive noise tickets.

The collars work...IF you are watchful and careful. You must check on them regularly to make sure they are not causing any problems with the crop or neck feathers. You must watch to see that the bird is eating, drinking, and acting normally (after the first few days of crazy back walking to get out of the collar).

I know the rest of the commentors have said they are evil, but I believe if used properly, with a quality collar, they can literally save the life of a rooster. I have had numerous roosters over these 15 years, and they've lived a happy life with their harem. I figure if they weren't collared, they would be in the soup pot as you cannot give away roosters in my area.

So count one...yes one...vote for a rooster collar.

Good luck with your rooster.

LofMc

https://www.amazon.com/My-Pet-Chicken-No-Crow-Rooster/dp/B07WDYB9LG/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=PM5WIZNPAWC&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.vNdil3pwqBsVFyOp7O9Jdarqci3m6QM98W72vMsM46vX-yt5iXXMirwB8UVmC6G6s-Q-WwTjQtH0w65tVkblquhW_KKQr66mG4yMkUwXY85CHbxsXAALXvfNLeP2pvcEbnRDLfr18tgRdqs3GjBTs6kCaWhtmjmR818bc_zLryHn3wNhrBfinsw13TsUYNeld8bF5_g4Y-eCiUC34fRjkkdiiETU0O99Zz1uVZOzBrg-McfOOjJPxgPu58K_-G8QnbjSDtYBnME-p_EIhJRLj8L3H2wYdoOiEngx4Ej205U.4JYhResv9shYWB4Avcl6N7gLf3DcDuX4t67juOLFx4A&dib_tag=se&keywords=no+crow+collar+my+pet+chicken&qid=1724301238&s=pet-supplies&sprefix=no+crow+collar+my+pet+chicken,pets,140&sr=1-1-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&th=1

Vote two..

 

[2 chiks n a roo]

How high is the roost? Maybe lower it to less than 2' high.

I can't help with the neighbors.....but ...maybe borrow my coon hound lol that dog is NOISY.
When my neighbor complained about the roosters in the neighborhood I offered to put my dogs outside. I told her I'm sure they could out noise the roosters. Yeah she doesn't complain to me anymore.

My dogs nut off when all the girls start making a ruckus then the roo starts, I only have to walk outside an clap my hands twice an the chickens stop. The dogs on the other hand, have smart collars to control them.

We don't have noise fines here, just as well, but then a couple of my neighbours could do with some..
Fines..
Or collars..
I only have one neighbour who Used to complain, out of spite, but she stopped.

 

[igorsMistress]

The collars are only cruel if used incorrectly.
I live in town and although we're not allowed roosters, and 12 chickens total, most people around my area have chickens and a few have roosters. Most councils can authorise permits with specific guidelines and fees. As long as a minimum of four neighbours are ok with the chickens, then a permit is more likely to be approved.

My Roo has been wearing his collars since he could crow, he's 15 mths old now and the first 6 months he backed all the time to try to get it off but once he realised it was staying, he gave up.
He has a "collar part" in his feathers, but it doesn't cause him any problems.
He still crows, but only 1/6th of the volume and you can hear the rest of the air escaping. Without it, he belts those vocals so loud I can hear him over the neighbours boat in the river behind me. To use a collar correctly, it has to be fitted low with enough space for the tip of your pinky to fit top and bottom. As long as they're breathing well, it's not going to hurt them. If it's too tight, they'll be dead within minutes. Don't just put them on an walk away, ya have to keep an eye on them for at least a hour to make sure they don't stop breathing or hurt themselves.
There's lots of info on you tube on how to fit them correctly, although no one has mentioned how often to change them.

Experience has taught me, each month it needs to be removed and either cleaned, dried and put back on or changed to a fresh one. Check the tightness daily or at least every few days. If the crowing sounds different than other days, check or change the collar.

Buy them on wish com, TEMU etc in packs of 3 or more quite cheap.

This is Rhodey sporting his blue collar.. the next ones going to be yellow..

I disagree and we can leave it at that.