How to STOP my Female Chicken CROWING???

[TwiggyEggshells]

This is Belle. Or 'Belle-End' as we've started calling her
She's female. She occasionally lays an egg. She's got some gender fluidity stuff going on and has decided to grow a massive comb and start crowing (we're well aware this is a thing for chickens that have no rooster - there's another four chickens in the flock and she's the dominant one). She's REALLY loud and does it every day
Problem is WE REALLY LIKE OUR NEIGHBOURS and she's crowing at stupid o'clock EVERY MORNING. I really need to fix this, as the whole reason we don't have a rooster was so as to not upset our neighbours We put them to bed every night in the coop and she STILL does it.
I really don't want to put her in the pot, so can anyone suggest another way to persuade her back to a more female way of life?!

 

[TwiggyEggshells]

Short of hormone implants, if you can afford it and have a vet that will do it, and which may or may not work.......nothing will change this scenario.

Bummer. Thanks anyway; might just see if reading her a bit of Jane Austen and teaching her to crochet has any effect

 

[Bigtom Turkey]

I definitely couldn't do the first two to her, and the third just isn't an option due to our children I'm going to try the collars and see how humane they are in reality xx

I know of multiple people that have killed there rooster with the crow collar.

 

[TwiggyEggshells]

@sybonbon I've had a look into them, and I'm going to give it a trial run. I found this video on YouTube which was helpful too. Thank you

My friend uses rooster collars on his.

 

[TwiggyEggshells]

As mentioned hormone implants or surgery to remove those confused parts. Otherwise give her away. She's a beautiful chicken.

I definitely couldn't do the first two to her, and the third just isn't an option due to our children I'm going to try the collars and see how humane they are in reality xx

 

[nuthatched]

I definitely couldn't do the first two to her, and the third just isn't an option due to our children I'm going to try the collars and see how humane they are in reality xx

Not very humane, they work by low-key strangulation. She's got some serious hormonal issues that *might* be from reproduction like a tumor or cancer. The only real options you have are rehoming or culling.

 

[Parentwarrior2]

My vet recommended the no crow collar because it's like a dog collar. That's the way he described it. You can't put it on too tight or of course it's going to kill them. I make sure there's a little room and that they can still eat. It is meant prevent them from getting a good deep breath that's needed in order to Crow. They can still make noise through it but it's not as much. The real benefit I think is in teaching them not to Crow. They don't like it so I put it on instantly if he crows. Leave it on for a bit and then take it off. It is an inducement not to Crow as much if he doesn't want to wear it. I also use a spray bottle with water in it. I squirt him. He's not crowing a lot.

 

[sybonbon]

My friend uses rooster collars on his.

 

[theoldchick]

As mentioned hormone implants or surgery to remove those confused parts. Otherwise give her away. She's a beautiful chicken.

 

[TwiggyEggshells]

Not very humane, they work by low-key strangulation. She's got some serious hormonal issues that *might* be from reproduction like a tumor or cancer. The only real options you have are rehoming or culling.

Ok, so that's a no-go too Thank you though - I would have been devastated to cause her any harm. I'm going to do what I can to minimise the noise by soundproofing the coop to whatever level I can instead xx