I think i have that 10% chance of a rooster chick. But im already in love.

[Penguinsofty55]

Not allowed to have roosters. I think I have one in my batch of chicks and I freaking love that baby. It cuddles! Like seek me out and want to be held kind of cuddler. Is there anyone in southern idaho with experience caponizing pultry, willing to Capon a roo? I understand it's risky but they would end up dead anyway. No gutz to do it myself.

 

[Lollychicken]

Definately looks like a cockerel to me

 

[Penguinsofty55]

Definately looks like a cockerel to me

I know. Thats why I'm thinking ahead or trying to find a way to keep it.

 

[Cloverr39]

Cockerel. And it's always the cuddly ones too

 

[Suburban farm]

Try a rooster collar! I have two guys with homemade collars made from strips of fabric. I call them bow ties.
They can eat, drink, breathe, and talk; they just can’t crow. After a couple attempts they don’t even try.

I live outside city limits, but the houses are quite close together. This means my chickens are right outside my bedroom window and very close to two neighbor’s houses.
It was either collars or eat them (already ate one), and I want to use them for breeding.

 

[Penguinsofty55]

Try a rooster collar! I have two guys with homemade collars made from strips of fabric. I call them bow ties.
They can eat, drink, breathe, and talk; they just can’t crow. After a couple attempts they don’t even try.

I live outside city limits, but the houses are quite close together. This means my chickens are right outside my bedroom window and very close to two neighbor’s houses.
It was either collars or eat them (already ate one), and I want to use them for breeding.

I purchased a collar preemptively on Wed last week. The last time I had roosters(got chicks from a friend not the store and ended up with 4) the crow collar I made didn't work. So I hope the official one does. Because I love dis little guy. I'm even training him to get used to a harness ect so it's not so traumatic to move to a crow collar. Still pissed off that I ended up with one after going to cal ranch and specifically getting pullets. Unlucky 10% chance I guess. Maybe I'm just ment to have one.

 

[Suburban farm]

Have to get the collar tight! You’ll think it will choke him and he will shake his head like it is for a few seconds. But he will be fine. I put it on not tight enough at first, and he kept crowing. Tightened it a bit and his crow turned into a whisper. He gave up after a few tries.

 

[Arelwood]

Try a rooster collar! I have two guys with homemade collars made from strips of fabric. I call them bow ties.
They can eat, drink, breathe, and talk; they just can’t crow. After a couple attempts they don’t even try.

I live outside city limits, but the houses are quite close together. This means my chickens are right outside my bedroom window and very close to two neighbor’s houses.
It was either collars or eat them (already ate one), and I want to use them for breeding.

So in your experience, they try to crow a few times but realize they can't....and STOP?! Did you attempt this with fully grown roosters or with newly crowing cockerels?

Do you think they will crow if they manage to get the collar off (or if you remove)?

I am very interested because I also have a potential rooster, and the collars sound promising, but most people say they don't really work.

 

[Bigtom Turkey]

The crow collar has killed multiple roosters.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/dose-a-crow-collar-work.1481285/#post-24686383
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/help-crow-collar-on-rooster.1490349/#post-24851865
There was a thread (can't find it now) about sombody actually killing there rooster (accidentally) with one of those things.

 

[Brooks_]

I would not recommend a collar. Sometimes they work; sometimes lead to death, painfully. I would recommend rehoming.