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Duckduckgoosie
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About a week in to my getting up at 5 to put Yellie in the garage.
It’s doable since my preference is to get up this early and have the quiet to myself. Yellie is kind enough to do his first crow around 5:20 so that’s sone good motivation for me
no snooze button.
Right now he also still wears a collar but it’s pretty loose. So his crow is on medium I’d say. I am leaving it on for now because we are out of town a few days in March and he won’t be able to be a garage rooster then. I’ll have to slowly adjust his collar a few weeks beforehand, make sure he’s tolerating that, and then leave him in the coop for those mornings but crow dialed down to low.
My experience with collars is that some roosters can tolerate them pretty well but they seem to need continual adjustment every few weeks, and every adjustment comes with the roo getting used it it all over again- walking backwards & crashing into stuff, hiding in a corner. For a few hours or a day or so then better OR really not.
In our case a collared rooster gets an otherwise very cushy suburban chicken life.
I’m fortunate to have a nearby chicken neighbor who is very comfortable and experienced with collars, which has been very helpful, but they’re a hassle. When we don’t have a rooster I tell myself no more roosters but then one finds me.
I think a future rooster for me that I’d try is a friendly bantam who likes being held. That would make garage time easier. Here’s my recent inspiration, feed store has this pet roo named Miguel. He actually hangs out in the tub with the baby chicks because “babies make him happy”.
It’s doable since my preference is to get up this early and have the quiet to myself. Yellie is kind enough to do his first crow around 5:20 so that’s sone good motivation for me
no snooze button. Right now he also still wears a collar but it’s pretty loose. So his crow is on medium I’d say. I am leaving it on for now because we are out of town a few days in March and he won’t be able to be a garage rooster then. I’ll have to slowly adjust his collar a few weeks beforehand, make sure he’s tolerating that, and then leave him in the coop for those mornings but crow dialed down to low.
My experience with collars is that some roosters can tolerate them pretty well but they seem to need continual adjustment every few weeks, and every adjustment comes with the roo getting used it it all over again- walking backwards & crashing into stuff, hiding in a corner. For a few hours or a day or so then better OR really not.
In our case a collared rooster gets an otherwise very cushy suburban chicken life.
I’m fortunate to have a nearby chicken neighbor who is very comfortable and experienced with collars, which has been very helpful, but they’re a hassle. When we don’t have a rooster I tell myself no more roosters but then one finds me.
I think a future rooster for me that I’d try is a friendly bantam who likes being held. That would make garage time easier. Here’s my recent inspiration, feed store has this pet roo named Miguel. He actually hangs out in the tub with the baby chicks because “babies make him happy”.
