loud chickens in town

[ga_goat]

if anyone is having trouble with roosters crowing and neighabors complaining , get a potted plant called , mother-in - law-tounge break the tip of a leaf ( it's similar to aloe) and squeeze a drop into the roo's mouth he won't make a sound for 4 or 5 days .
I've tried it here and it works .

 

[EggSpudition]

Really? I never thought about it-- sounds like you'd had some success with it-- are there are any downsides to it?

 

[Katy]

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It more than likely has something in it that paralizes the vocal cords or maybe even the throat......I don't think I'd recommend doing it.

 

[spotman47]

Last time my girls( hens) were so loud for some reason it was raining lightly and i locked them out of there coop for a few hours and they did'nt say a thing for about three days ! Chickens can even hold a grudge!

 

[ga_goat]

It more than likely has something in it that paralizes the vocal cords or maybe even the throat......I don't think I'd recommend doing it.

I didn't notice any down side at all the roosters were eating , drinking , servicing the hens all normally they just couldn't make a sound ,,, they tried to crow but nothing came out . I don't have any problem with them crowing here but an older lady down the road told me about it and I tried it .

 

[LadyinRed]

Mother-in-law's tongue is sometimes also called dumb cane -- both unflattering names that allude to this house plant's tongue numbing sap.

The dumb cane is so named because its toxic sap, if ingested, can cause a painful loss of speech. It forms a thick, green, canelike stem topped off by a cluster of large, fleshy, oval to lance-shaped leaves lightly to heavily marbled in white or yellow.

Hope it helps! Not sure if its true it is painful or not, Thats what the site said though!

 

[EggSpudition]

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Oh my-- at the very least it's interesting! Luckily my little rosecomb roo (smaller than a football) has a pathetic little squawk that sounds like a baby coughing... he ehee

 

[ranchhand]

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Not the same plant at all.

Mother-In-Law's Tongue is a Sansevieria.

http://houseplants.about.com/od/foliageplants/p/SnakePlant.htm

Dumb Cane is a Dieffenbachia.

http://houseplants.about.com/od/foliageplants/p/Dieffenbachia.htm

Either one, it's a slow poisoning of your rooster. Do the rooster and the neighbors a favor - rehome the rooster.

 

[LadyinRed]

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Not the same plant at all.

Mother-In-Law's Tongue is a Sansevieria.

http://houseplants.about.com/od/foliageplants/p/SnakePlant.htm

Dumb Cane is a Dieffenbachia.

http://houseplants.about.com/od/foliageplants/p/Dieffenbachia.htm

Either one, it's a slow poisoning of your rooster. Do the rooster and the neighbors a favor - rehome the rooster.

I'm not great with plants, Here is where I found the information on its toxicity.

http://home.howstuffworks.com/mother-in-laws-tongue.htm

 

[Jkioneil]

sounds terrible! maybe you should take the elder women some eggs and a chicken dinner and have a nice talk about it? that way maybe you do not have to rehome or poison your bird. good luck