i live in town how do i get my rooster to stop crowing

[tsc11]

my neighbours are getting very angry they ARE GETTING UP AT 6 NOW

 

[Cindilou]

Quote:
He can:
Live in the garage
Be rehomed via byc or craiglist
Visit freezer camp

 

[ChickiKat]

Quote:
He can:
Live in the garage
Be rehomed via byc or craiglist
Visit freezer camp

X2

 

[tsc11]

i dont wanna get rid of him tho

 

[ChickiKat]

then you are going to have to deal with angry neighbors, and by the by, my roos crow all day long!

 

[tsc11]

mine does too

 

[RHRanch]

Are you allowed to have a rooster where you live? If so, it doesn't matter if the neighbors don't like it - except that you will be disliked by them. If he really bugs them, you should probably sell him, re-home him, or send him to freezer camp. Its hard to find a "home" for roosters, there are more of them than there are chicken keepers with room who live in areas where you are allowed to have roosters. Its a reality of chicken keeping that most roosters are eaten. So you need to be aware of that when you try to re-home him. To you, he's a pet, to most everyone else he's not.

 

[colebarnhart]

Better insulate (sound proof) your coop and don't let him out until later. Make the roost inside your coop high enough so that he can't stretch his neck up to crow. If you don't need fertile eggs or want to eat him and just want to keep him then capoonize him (no balls=no crow)

 

[itom37]

Honestly regardless of the legality, a crowing rooster is a rude pet to have if you have neighbors that are disturbed by it. I was able to rehome mine to a guy who wanted it as a pet on craigslist.

 

[ChickiKat]

yep, crowing chicken, barking dog, mowing to early or too late.. whatever the noise, if it annoys... it annoys!