does castration cut back crowing?

[Oven Ready]

If there are no other cockerels within earshot (his ears of course) then you might find he doesn't crow a lot, or not persistently at least.

I've seen it written that if you can get him to roost so high up that his head is touching the roof then they won't crow so much because they can't stretch their heads up. I've never tried it - It's lovely to hear all the cockerels in the neighborhood going off one by one.

 

[buffbuttercup]

there is one rooster that i can hear, but he must be blocks and blocks away because it is pretty faint. the funny thing is, i just went to the back door and crowed at him and he promptly got up and crowed back. so, it might be true that he might not feel the need to crow that much as long as there's no competition - besides me when i'm feeling like being a pill

 

[Caincando1]

My Barred Rock rooster crows all the time and I haven't seen another chicken within miles of my house. So I don't think that's true.

 

[Oven Ready]

Another crowing theory debunked

 

[Chickenmaven]

Caponizing is not done alot - not popular - cuz it is not proven safe. Kinder to eat a roo than to mess with its internal "gentleman parts" - IMHO.

 

[DragonEggs]

caponizing is mostly done to "sweeten" the meat of a roo to prepare him for freezer camp. Some people do it to mutt roos they like having as pets so they don't mate their girls and end up with mutt babies. It stops the horomones from raging so not only will he not mate he will be lazy about his other manly duties. IE, he won't try to protect the hens or be so eager to fight off predators. This DOES lessen the crowing but won't stop it completely, since roos crow for communication, he'll just communicate less since he'll have less to talk about. Did I get my meaning accross? LOL

 

[newTexan2chickens]

My BR roo crows all the time too and there are no other chickens in the neighborhood at all that I have heard or seen.

 

[greyhorsewoman]

This article may be enlightening about caponizing:

http://www.themodernhomestead.us/article/Caponizing.html

 

[buffbuttercup]

Quote:
i did read that article, after i posted this. so i know now that he is too old for the procedure. and how the topic came up in the first place was i was asking around my meat counter if anyone had the hook-up on someone or someplace that would process my bird for me. the butcher told me to have him caponized then eat him. i dunno. we are just trying to find him a home at this point. i'd rather not eat him at all, but if someone's gonna do it, it ought to be me. he would be fried: the pinnacle of respect for our dear manchicken.

 

[ranchhand]

I have been very lucky finding good homes for roosters on the local Craig's List - I send that luck to you! Sometimes it takes a couple of months, but eventually it happens. Relist as often as you can.

Good luck!