At last! How to stop your rooster crowing - maybe

[kodster]

what size of collar is the best for a yr old rooster

Measure your rooster around the lower portion of the neck, underneath the feathers and close to the skin. That'll be your size determination. Roosters come in different sizes.

 

[Marshah]

smart mouth
i have 2 and they do so maybe your chicken are hens

 

[Marshah]

hi

 

[gailitis]

Great suggestions as to control....and, to the person who said it was inhumane and suggested killing it instead...I wonder what the rooster would say as far as which method is more or less inhumane. Squirting with a hose is as about as whacking a dog on the butt with a newspaper. Double standards with your idea of 'humane'.

 

[gailitis]

don't read 'em

 

[gailitis]

well, bully for you! I too enjoy the sound but not at all hours even though we're rural, sound travels and it's not fair to the neighbors. If you want to let your roosters crow at all hours, fine but everyone else has the right to choose differently.

 

[nadrojsack]

I asked my question re: training roos to be silent/silent on command and someone here (byc) posted this link: http://olychickenguy.blogspot.ca/2010/10/005-further-exploration-into-crowing.html

I read it and it is absolutely BRILLIANT! I figured, based on general trainability of chickens, that training a roo to "shoosh!" HAD to be possible and it is! According to the article, though, this is achieved by asserting yourself as the dominant... In light of this, I've opted to just "deal". I need a strong dominant/dominants in my flock due to the fact that we are not predator-free here and almost half my birds refuse to remain cooped; therefore, I need my big boys to be - well, big boys

this blog helped me! I got a rooster 3 days ago, first night in a coop where he could see hens. We awoke at 5.30 crowing and it continued on the hour all day. Second night.darkened the coop, lowered ceiling, and blocked view. Same again.5.30 all day on the hour. Last night i read this, so when he crowed i went out and held him down and pinned his neck, i also put a velcro strap around his neck very loosely (my no crow) put him in the box for bed, 5.30 came around id awoken to stop him asap but no crow, i got to thinking had he died?... 8am one crow, went out and pinned him and his neck, let go and he stayed there until i picked him up. So he has defiantly changed his tune, ill try and post progress if anyones interested. Ps. After i did this he would lay beside me and take food from my hand, my previous rooster i couldnt get near!

Pps. Day 2 one neighbour picked up a package id taken for him, he said, by the way do you have a new chicken... i said yes, he said well this morning it was great i needed to be at work for 6an and it actually helped, however my wifes not too happy, i told him to please bear with me as neither i or my wife were happy either and i would sort it out one way or another asap. He was happily sent on his way.

 

[delaney21738]

I live in a more rural area, but we still have neighbors semi close by. Most of our neighbors don't mind the noise and I personally love it, but we have one neighbor that may disagree. We only want our rooster quiet because we want happy neighbors but I don't want to hurt or torture him. Any suggestions besides getting rid of him or inhumane things?

 

[Made in USA 1]

Well, I do love our chickens also. We have a huge old boy (Barnie that has lasted about 3 years now. We got a new order of chickens this last spring and one was an Orp. that is one of the biggest roosters I have ever seen. Bart, a big clumsy, dorky, tame guy that is easy to work with. He is easy to pick up in the evening to put to bed. However, (there is always a however) he is driving me crazy crowing. He starts in the 0300 hr of night crowing some and when he goes outside after daylight all he does is stand there and hollering constantly about once every 10 seconds. This goes on solidly for 3-4 hrs then he settles in and crows about 6 times per hr. I don't mind him telling everybody he is up and on duty, but this has to stop. He needs to get to work finding bugs and food for the girls.
Another comment on here was that the person lived on 5 acres and doubted the crowing bothered any of her neighbors.
We live on 20 acres and it is very noticeable at our neighbors. She must have tolerant neighbors. I will never let anything at our ranch be an annoyance to my other neighbors. How can we stop him short of the chopping block. If we give him away, face it he will get the same thing from them. Can our vet operate and remove his crower? Or adjust it so his volume is turned way down? Any help would be appreciated.

 

[coloredcoat]

So Oklahoma City only allows roosters if your pen with roosters can be 400 feet away from neighbors. Makes sense, but that's a big piece of land in town.