Has anyone trained a rooster to not crow?

[Clash]

I saw a youtube video posted by a woman who says she trained her rooster not to crow by locking it up in her closet whenever it crowed.

#1 I don't want to lock a rooster in my closet. (It needs to stay outside)
#2 I'm not around during the day so I can't do anything if it crows when I'm away.

Are there other ideas where people have actually successfully trained a rooster to keep quiet?

I bought some velcro and put a "no crow" collar on it for now. I'm in a city where I'm not allowed to have a rooster.

I bought it as a chick, a Light Brahma named Samwise (after the hobbit because of feathery feet) to be paired with my Dark Brahma, Rosie. I thought they were both hens when I bought them, but this morning, Samwise started crowing!

I'm excited that Samwise will get much bigger now that he's a he and not a she. But worried my neighbors will complain to the city and I'll have to get rid of him. (He's 3 1/2 months old here)

 

[junebuggena]

No, you can not train a rooster to crow any more than you can train a hen not to do the egg song. It's instinctual behavior. If you are not allowed to legally keep him, the responsible thing to do is rehome him. All it takes is for one neighbor to complain, and the city will seize him, and possibly your whole flock for euthanasia. They may also decide that if people aren't going to follow the no rooster ordinance, to revoke chicken keeping entirely.

 

[Chickassan]

Now all I can picture is some crazy lady shoving a confused rooster in a closet. Yeah that would probably shut anything up. But seriously no you can't train a rooster not to crow,and that Velcro isn't going to do much either. If you aren't supposed to have a rooster don't keep him. Somebody will complain just to do it, sadly that's the truth.

 

[pennyJo1960]

I agree roosters are suppose to crow... chickens are proud of laying the egg so chicken song and bird crap and pee are smelly.. this is the truth of chickens same as the others said

 

[Clash]

I appreciate your comments. My hens do the egg song at first light, just like the rooster crowing... the egg song is much more annoying than the rooster crow. I will keep the collar on him for now and see if he crows tomorrow. They can't take my entire flock. The rest are within city code and I just barely learned I have a rooster this morning. I will record him trying to crow with the collar on and see if I can get the city to allow roosters with a collar. It shouldn't be hard for them to amend the code once they see it's not an annoyance with a collar.

 

[Clash]

And I think most of the time when my chickens start bawking, they seem to want something... so I go check their water and feed and they don't seem to make noise after I feed them.

 

[Clash]

Now all I can picture is some crazy lady shoving a confused rooster in a closet. Yeah that would probably shut anything up. But seriously no you can't train a rooster not to crow,and that Velcro isn't going to do much either. If you aren't supposed to have a rooster don't keep him. Somebody will complain just to do it, sadly that's the truth.

Here's the link for your amusement:

 

[junebuggena]

I appreciate your comments. My hens do the egg song at first light, just like the rooster crowing... the egg song is much more annoying than the rooster crow. I will keep the collar on him for now and see if he crows tomorrow. They can't take my entire flock. The rest are within city code and I just barely learned I have a rooster this morning. I will record him trying to crow with the collar on and see if I can get the city to allow roosters with a collar. It shouldn't be hard for them to amend the code once they see it's not an annoyance with a collar.

Many have thought the same thing, the won't take the whole flock, they can't just ban all chickens...
Sadly, they are mistaken. One person tries to get away with it, then another, and another. Pretty soon those authorities get to the point where they just don't want to deal with it at all. You don't want to be the straw that breaks the camel's back. It's simply not responsible to keep him.

 

[Chickassan]

Hahaha! Cuddles is like let me outta here this broad is nuts! He has a baby rooster "sleeping" with him. ..i would clutch my pearls but I'm afraid they are just dust by now. Oh thank you for that, twas disturbing yet hilarious.

 

[Clash]

Many have thought the same thing, the won't take the whole flock, they can't just ban all chickens...
Sadly, they are mistaken. One person tries to get away with it, then another, and another. Pretty soon those authorities get to the point where they just don't want to deal with it at all. You don't want to be the straw that breaks the camel's back. It's simply not responsible to keep him.

First off, the city won't care as long as no one complains... second, if someone complains they will give me a warning... third, I'll sell my house and move to a city that allows roosters less than 10 miles from here... The city doesn't even know I have a rooster yet. Fourth, I'm not trying to break the law or violate city code or trying to "get away with it" and I'm not an irresponsible citizen.