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[philipl411]

let me see if I can help, since Philip struggles in the details department...

and since I’m having to guess what is meant also, forgive me ahead of time if I’m way off

I think the grand plan is to use something like the ‘Speech Jammer’ app to confuse the rooster into not crowing

The app records a person’s voice and plays it at a slight delay, confusing the person’s brain and inducing confused speech... resulting in something quite like someone with a stutter.

Interestingly the same or similar technology is used to help people overcome stuttering.

Anyway here’s an example

I doubt anyone on here has attempted to use this sort of thing to convince a rooster not to crow, but BYC attracts all kinds so who knows

I did a small bit of of searching concerning the idea and how animals react... and found that for the most part it seems to only work on animals that communicate in more complex speech containing syntax, such as song birds...

in that case it resulted in confused and altered songs, but did not cause them to quit singing and become quiet... and it seemed to have little to no impact on animals such as dogs who’s ‘speech’ is more simple...

I would be surprised if it could be used to prevent a rooster from crowing, for several reasons including the “syntax”, but I’d think rigging the coop with surround sound to ‘flood’ the sound in a way that would be convincing to the rooster’s brain would be the biggest challenge.

hope that helps in understanding the idea... I’m in no way advocating this or any other method of interfering with a rooster’s desire to do what rooster’s do, so save your outrage

Don't really struggle in the detail department as much as struggling in the time department.

Have a nice day

 

[FarmerGirl101]

I would be very curious to see how this would work!

 

[OhZark Biddies]

Don't really struggle in the detail department as much as struggling in the time department.

Have a nice day

no ability for details or no time for details... the result is still no details

but I get what you’re saying, the struggle bus has a tight schedule to keep, lol

 

[OhZark Biddies]

I would be very curious to see how this would work!

i’ll give you a hint... it won’t work

okay, I don’t know that for certain, but a little thought about how the process works and we can pretty quickly conclude that this idea is flawed from the get go... but maybe Philip knows something we don’t... unfortunately he doesn’t have the time to tell us

people love to complicate chicken keeping though so who knows, maybe you’ll be able to buy a “rooster jammer” device at Wal mart soon ... I think I’ll pass

 

[SBFChickenGirl]

I want to see how this plays out and if anybody attempts it for science. It would be a cool experiment! I've tried a somewhat similar thing... But just interruption, not delayed feedback. When he takes his deep breath, stretches his neck and is just about to crow, I say "NO!" loudly. The interruption is enough to kill his buzz and he stops before even starting. Deflates silently instead, and looks confused and anticlimactic. The kids and I took turns one afternoon interrupting the crap out of one poor cockerel. He didn't manage to crow a single time - I guess the interruption was enough to derail the whole process before it even starts, and it took him a while each time to get his act together and attempt again. Ultimately we got tired of it and went back inside the house, at which point he finally crowed in peace I didn't expect this to work so reliably, but at the same time, it only works for as long as you're there to keep interrupting...

I do this for the fun of it (crowing instead of saying no) and get some dirty looks from my boys afterwards XD.

 

[roosterhavoc]

Roosters crow at the sound of a faint stick breaking in the distance, when the wind blows, when the leaves change colors and last but not least just for the helluva it.

 

[roosterhavoc]

Don't really struggle in the detail department as much as struggling in the time department.

Have a nice day

I apologize if I missed it in the other thread but are roosters not allowed where you are or does the crowing annoy you or the neighbors?