Can you Stop a Rooster From Crowing?

[Ebony Rose]

Ask the neighbors if they want eggs, then maybe they won't be to mad about the rooster if they are getting free eggs.

x2 Totally agree, and once a family starts eating those free eggs, they'll never want to go back to store-bought!

 

[The Moonshiner]

Here's a quick bit about a chickens respiratory system with an illustration.
Just wanted people to know how it works so they can make their own decision about if they want to strap their roosters with a collar.
Its not like a rooster has a little sac that is separate just for crowing. When you restrict their air flow to reduce crowing you're restricting their whole system.....

The main job of the respiratory system of birds is to absorb oxygen and rid the body of carbon dioxide. In addition, the respiratory system also gets rid of excess heat, detoxifies some of the waste products of the body, and makes noise — most noticeably, crowing noise, much to the annoyance of our neighbors.

Like humans, birds have a windpipe and two lungs, but from there, birds are distinctly unlike mammals. Air flows into a bird’s lungs during the intake of breath, it continues through the lungs into nineair sacs, and then it goes back out through the lungs again.

Birds get two doses of oxygen for the price of one breath! The air sacs are arranged around the inside of the chest and abdominal cavity, and they connect with some of the bones of the skeleton.

Humans breathe with the help of the diaphragm muscle, which divides the chest and abdominal cavities. Birds don’t have a working diaphragm; instead, a bird moves its rib cage and keel (breastbone) to draw air into the lungs and force it back out.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Oh please. A crow collar on a rooster is no different than a collar on a dog, bridle on a horse or halter on a cow. Each device is a restrictive device that limits natural behavior.

Someone I know that had roosters with no-crow collars said that the collars were gradually making the feathers under them stunted and ingrown. They also couldn't eat a lot of food too quickly or it would get stuck in their throat.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Hello all!

I have a 5-month Blue Satin cockerel (Silkie and Cochin cross) who has recently mastered crowing at all hours of the day. I live in a neighborhood that isn't really all that fond of roosters (they're not actually allowed) but we fully plan on keeping him... but we are worried about the amount of noise he will make that can be heard from the road.

Are there any ideas as to how to at least reduce his crowing (he is the only male we have and he and his pair live separately from the rest of the flock and are mostly in confinement)? Our goal is to overall reduce his volume and frequency... not to totally eliminate crowing because I understand that isn't very realistic. I have also read about crow collars online but I would like hear some more opinions before I consider buy one.

Any other ideas that could help (we're not going to do surgery or anything very expensive)?

Thank you!
Owlgirl7

This thread seemed to have a solution (https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/tucking-roosters-into-bed.1288384/#post-20877208), though I'm not sure how well it'd work for everyone. Other than keeping him as an inside chicken, I'm afraid that you can't stop his crowing.

 

[yickenscarf23]

Someone I know that had roosters with no-crow collars said that the collars were gradually making the feathers under them stunted and ingrown. They also couldn't eat a lot of food too quickly or it would get stuck in their throat.

Wow that's so sad. They take such joy in crowing too.

 

[Christabean]

Just hopping on this thread to see if any of the folks opposed to crow collars are able to take my nice rooster? Not being snarky, just have been trying to "find a new home" for five weeks and no animal shelters, feed stores, animal rescues or individuals are able to take him. I found one feed store willing to kill him for free. :-/ I actually offered to pay $20 for someone to take him. My neighbors have complained even with a collar (slightly mutes him) and even keeping him indoors from 8pm until 9am. I was under the impression that the feed store who sold him as a female would take him back, but they refused. "Find him a home" is no advice at all. I presume he prefers the collar to death, and he still probably will have to be killed due to noise complaints. Happy to rehome him to any takers -- if you will be kind to him I'll even put $20 towards shipping costs!!

 

[ChocolateMouse]

I am not big on no-crow collars. But extra roosters are to be eaten IMO. That's where they'd go in the wild too. Plenty of people on craigslist will take a free rooster for food if you can't diy.

I'd rather see a rooster dead and useful than alive and abused/injured.

Just my $0.02.