HELP! Rooster crowing constantly, i live in an urban area!

[Aapomp831]

How old is he? Cockerels tend to get more vocal as they get older. And it doesn’t matter that there are no other roosters around; he doesn’t know that, and just in case there are many roosters hiding in the woods ready to take his girls, he has to let them know that there’s a big, bad cock on premise that is not to be messed with. It’s part of their bravado and what makes them a rooster. Taking his ability to crow is kind of like taking his manhood. I agree with the above posters - you should rehome him.

 

[PoppySeedy]

This only just started happening recently and we think its because I saved his life on Sunday after he choked. But basically every time im not in my roosers sight he crows constantly, and when I go back into his line of sight, whether its sitting in my conservatory where he can see me through the windows or if I sit outside with him. He stops crowing. How can i teach this behaviour out of him? I live in an urban area so his crowing (without a collar) is probably disturbing the neighbours- and my family would also like their quiet evenings back-

I wanted to come back to this to say what we have done now. We've permanently stopped using collars after my boy nearly passed away due to them, my family kept forcing me to put collars on until I put my foot down and said that enough was enough. I said "as long as he gets to live a happy chicken life with no collar ill be happy, even if he ends up living elsewhere" so we took his collar off and none of my neighbours mind the increased volume. We've had no noise complaints and I live in a VERY urban area so im actually surprised. I even prepared to send him to an animal sanctuary just in case-

So my lesson from this. Just take the collars off, its not worth it at the end of the day and if you really love your boys, don't use them. And this is coming from someone who tried EVERYTHING; cheap collars, expensive collars, elastic, bandage wrap, velcro etc. None worked and all caused issues. My boy is actually more quiet now than he was with the collar on, only crows once in the morning in his box and once in the afternoon now, as opposed to every minute with a collar on. Less and louder is always better than more and muted.

My boy is so much happier without a collar on. I will never EVER put one on again. I hope my story inspires others to ditch the collars- its really just not worth it.