Delayed audio Feedback

[philipl411]

I am wondering if anyone has tried “delay audio feedback” to stop a rooster from crowing?

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

You may need to explain that.

 

[philipl411]

You may need to explain that.

“delay audio feedback” it happens when you hear yourself slightly delayed.

 

[Chicalina]

?

 

[OhZark Biddies]

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

 

[Chicalina]

that video hurt my ears or brain, not sure which! Isn't he just actually stuttering on purpose?

Anyway, roosters crow back and forth to each other. I would think that a rooster being played a recording of his own voice would simply crow back at it, thinking it was local competition. So it could make the problem a lot worse.

Anyway, will somebody please try it for science and report back!

 

[OhZark Biddies]

that video hurt my ears or brain, not sure which! Isn't he just actually stuttering on purpose?

Anyway, roosters crow back and forth to each other. I would think that a rooster being played a recording of his own voice would simply crow back at it, thinking it was local competition. So it could make the problem a lot worse.

Anyway, will somebody please try it for science and report back!

no he’s not doing it on purpose, he hears a tiny almost instant but delayed echo of what he just said, that causes the brain’s speech center to get confused as to what he’s said and trying to say

the rooster would hear only a small part of the crow in echo as it’s crowing not the whole sound of the crow, so I don’t think it would think it was hearing another rooster, but who knows

 

[Chicalina]

its an interesting theory for sure

 

[Ruby Rogue]

Just gonna watch in case an experiment is attempted.

 

[K0k0shka]

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...