Has anyone successfully kept a rooster in suburbia?

[Kizzah]

Hey guys
I have a silkie rooster - hasn’t started crowing yet, but definitely a rooster. Well, he’s my favourite, but council requires 5,000 square meters for a rooster. I have plenty of room - he has over 800 square meters of backyard to wander. But my question is, is there a way to keep him quiet so people will be less likely to complain? I have been reading about no crow collars and locking them away at night with light-blocking material over his night cage. Is there anything else I can do to make this work?

 

[ChickenCanoe]

The shade cloth I've discovered, doesn't work because they have an internal clock regardless of if it is light or not, they'll crow in the morning.
I keep the roosters in the coops till after 8 AM. It is much quieter than when they're out first thing in the morn.
I can't hear them in my house and I don't think my neighbors can either.
The woman who's house is about 100' from the closest coop didn't even know I had chickens till I told her.

 

[Farmgal101]

Hey guys
I have a silkie rooster - hasn’t started crowing yet, but definitely a rooster. Well, he’s my favourite, but council requires 5,000 square meters for a rooster. I have plenty of room - he has over 800 square meters of backyard to wander. But my question is, is there a way to keep him quiet so people will be less likely to complain? I have been reading about no crow collars and locking them away at night with light-blocking material over his night cage. Is there anything else I can do to make this work?

NO crow collars dont work all the time and I feel that it is best for a rooster to be able to do there natural instincts and be able to crow.It would probably be better to give him to a better home where he is able to crow.If he turns out not to crow on the other hand then your in luck.