can a rooster be taught NOT to crow?

[Chickenrandomness]

i'm going to order some chicks in less than 2 weeks!!!!!!! I'M SO EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!!! but my dad dosn't want a rooster, i do

. my dad has a good point though, he dosn't want nieghboors to turn us in, even know i'm allowed to have chickens and roosters. but can i teach a roster NOT to crow? i could run outside and squirt him with a water bottle ever time he crows, has anyone done it before?

 

[greyhorsewoman]

No, you can't teach a rooster not to crow. The water bottle won't work. o(( sorry.

 

[allmypeeps]

It'd be like teaching a chicken not to lay an egg.....!!!!

 

[sourland]

Only by removing his head. It's natural chicken behavior. Some breeds have softer less noticeable crows.

 

[ThePolishPrincess]

I agree. Roosters crow. It's how they express emotion and exhibit normal behavior.

 

[Chickenmaven]

Order pullets.

 

[HorseFeathers]

Don't we wish! No, you cannot teach a rooster not to crow. Some breeds crow less than others, but every rooster will crow, just as every hen lays an egg.

 

[easttxchick]

If you're allowed chickens and roosters, what would the neighbors be turning you in for?
Birds gotta fly, fish gotta swim and roosters gotta crow.

 

[jeb251]

caponized roosters don't crow, that's what I have heard anyway

 

[EggsForIHOP]

I don't think so...but I have one that crows on command! I crow...he crows back...it's kinda cute...me and my little bantam roo crowing together...I'm sure the neighbors think I've lost it though! But I haven't found a way to get him to not crow...