Managing a rooster with neighbors

[Mrs. K]

Really I think it depends on how close your neighbors are. If you are all very close together, I would re-home the bird. I love the sound of my rooster, but he is quite a ways away from the house, I would not want him near my bedroom.

This is your first year with roosters, I think roosters take some experience and a lot of space. Most truly backyard set ups do not have enough room for them. If you have small children, I also recommend sending the rooster somewhere else. Roosters take experience.

Mrs K

 

[CatWhisperer]

You should talk to your neighbors in person about it. Offer eggs. Some may like the sound of crowing (I do). It may not sound as loud to your neighbors as you think it may. You may even find someone who can care for your chickens when you travel.

 

[aart]

You could ask your neighbors...and hopefully they will be honest and not say it's OK then report you for excessive noise so that you may lose all your chickens.
Most places that have regulations regarding poultry also have a noise disturbance clause.

 

[ebrees]

Are you allowed to have roosters in your location? If they are allowed, I wouldn't even worry about the noise. I just think that locking up a rooster negatively affects them and their overall health. My rooster's crow from 4:30 a.m. all the way until 9:00 p.m. and they do it as a form of communication towards everything. Mine crow when the neighbors come home, they crow in the neighbor's dogs bark, they crow in the neighbor's kids get home, they crow when they hear me cooking in the kitchen, they crow when they see me walking out on the porch... you can't stop a rooster from crowing, even if you put him in the garage he's still going to do it. I feel like if he is a good rooster right now, locking him up in a garage that has no grass or anything, it could make him aggressive and change his temperament.

If you are not allowed to have roosters, please find him a home where he's able to be a rooster.

Roosters have no place in residential areas. Even if there are no zoning ordinances expressly prohibiting them, it is the height of entitled, obnoxious behavior to keep one anywhere near where neighbors are trying to sleep. Asking neighbors to "suck it up" or just accept this sensory assault is inviting conflict. What are you going to do when your sleep deprived neighbors have finally had enough and can't take it anymore?

 

[Folly's place]

Opinions differ; personally I find dogs barking non-stop worse. Just me.
Mary

 

[Folly's place]

And talking politely to the neighbors is always a good idea, our closest neighbor said she likes to hear the roosters! And we are rural, so totally legal to have them.
Mary

 

[The Moonshiner]

Roosters have no place in residential areas. Even if there are no zoning ordinances expressly prohibiting them, it is the height of entitled, obnoxious behavior to keep one anywhere near where neighbors are trying to sleep. Asking neighbors to "suck it up" or just accept this sensory assault is inviting conflict. What are you going to do when your sleep deprived neighbors have finally had enough and can't take it anymore?

Wow what a first post and dragging a 6 year old thread from the dead.

 

[kattabelly]

And talking politely to the neighbors is always a good idea, our closest neighbor said she likes to hear the roosters! And we are rural, so totally legal to have them.
Mary

My chickens aren't very close to other people but everyone who can just about hear them says they love to hear the boys crowing. They even get visitors!

 

[BDutch]

Many years later.

It’s easy to keep the rooster inside with a auto pop door, until a proper time to go outside. In the review section you find several possibilties.

Besides a pop door you can set on time, you still need good ventilation and certainly can’t close all openings to muffle all the sounds.

The best way to keep it dark inside to prevent early crowing and little noise coming out if he does, is with pipes near the bottom and long chimneys.

 

[Elle111]

The biggest question is, are you legally allowed to have him?

Either way, I would not isolate him in the garage. Its very unnatural & not fair to the bird. He needs to be out scratching in the sun and protecting his flock. I agree that it will cause him to crow more, not less.

If he is legal in your area, I would buy an automatic pop door. You can set the times for it to open and close which is a life saver when you're out of town. Just make sure you install it a few days before you leave so you know its working & that you set the time correctly.

Why don't you try to rehome him? This is not fair to the rooster.