How to hide a rooster

[Ursuline Chick]

They make a crow collars that are supposed to make the crow quiet

Everyone must do what is best for them and their flock. That said I did research this as a way to keep a roo, and just didn't feel comfortable with all I read, so decided that was not an option for us.

 

[bobbi-j]

They make a crow collars that are supposed to make the crow quiet

But the point is, the OP isn't allowed to have roosters in the first place. Keeping an illegal rooster not only jeopardizes the OP's privilege of having chicken, but that of anyone else in town who also would like them.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

Exactly my point! Glad they help, they are calming for sure. Nice to know they are being used properly as therapy pets!! I think that's why the neighborhood cop used to come pet the rooster!

They are so therapeutic! Just watching them is calming.
I thought of getting a rooster to keep as a therapy pet but I’d have to keep him inside and that’s not how chickens are meant to be kept. So I’ll just have to wait until I live in a place that allows cockerels and roosters so I can get some

 

[The Phantom]

Everyone must do what is best for them and their flock. That said I did research this as a way to keep a roo, and just didn't feel comfortable with all I read, so decided that was not an option for us.

But the point is, the OP isn't allowed to have roosters in the first place. Keeping an illegal rooster not only jeopardizes the OP's privilege of having chicken, but that of anyone else in town who also would like them.

Yeah I wouldn’t use one. I would just follow the laws too.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

Everyone must do what is best for them and their flock. That said I did research this as a way to keep a roo, and just didn't feel comfortable with all I read, so decided that was not an option for us.

I got a no crow rooster collar for my first accidental cockerel but as soon as I put it on he started to freak out and walk backwards so I immediately took it off of him and he end got the animal park within the week. I rehome and may butcher any accidental cockerels that I get.

 

[haileyeverhart]

Well after reading all your comments I've decided that even though I raised them and love them very much I want whats best for my chickens so I'll make sure he and his hatchmate go to a good home where he can crow all he wants, someday I'll live somewhere where I can have as many animals as I want

 

[Trellinius]

I think hiding him on a nice farm where roosters are allowed is a good idea. That way he can crow to his heart's content and maybe have a nice little harem of hens, too. Those collars that restrict their crowing restrict it by limiting their air flow. They can also cause a rooster to choke on food if it gets bits that are too big to go past the collar. Inhumane, in my opinion. There are those who have successfully used it, and others who have accidentally choked their roosters to death with those collars.

How did you end up with this cockerel? Did he come from a feed store bin that supposedly had pullets? If so, maybe they'd take him back. Put an ad on Craig's list or in your local shopper paper if you have one. The problem with sneaking one under the wire is, if you are caught you will have to get rid of it anyway. You could also be jeopardizing your right and those of others to have chickens at all. The city may want to change the laws to not allow any chickens at all because of the people who wish to break the rules.

Or run for city council or planning and zoning commission and work to make more reasonable ordinances. We are, after all, a nation of the people, by the people and for the people . . . not serfs.

 

[bobbi-j]

Or run for city council or planning and zoning commission and work to make more reasonable ordinances. We are, after all, a nation of the people, by the people and for the people . . . not serfs.

Yep - and when the rules are changed, go get the rooster from the farm and let him live in the backyard! Until then - follow the rules.

 

[Trellinius]

I was thinking the other day that maybe I should bury the hatch with my neighbor, but then I thought about it and decided I really would love to bury the hatch...just not in the ground if you know what I mean.

now, now, lets not carried away. Get yourself appointed to the P&Z and then nit pick your neighbors about whatever they consider precious.
Or give their kids some baby chicks for Easter or B-day or something, and see how they explain to their kids that they can't have them.

 

[TattooedChicks]

I keep two Bantam roos in my backyard with lots of ladies to keep them busy, soft velcro no-crow collars to decrease volume, and curtains on the coop windows to help them sleep in till an acceptable hour when morning traffic drowns out any little noise they do make. Most days you wouldn’t notice they were there, I had one neighbor forget I even had chickens after informing them months prior about the birds.

I’ve also been working with them on a behavioral level with a ‘naughty box’ for when they do start crowing extra early. If I get woken up, say at 4am, they spend time in a closed nesting box until it’s time to get up. If they have several naughty box mornings in a row, they spend a few evenings in the box from lock up till dawn. I don’t reprimand day time crowing, not when there’s plenty of cars, dogs, and other noises that are far more obnoxious. One roo has taken to this very nicely, with a little happy call for breakfast and another at sun set, the other fellow still needs some work. He’d crow at the moon if I’d let him.