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Sara Ranch said:
If you find yourself with another rooster, please send me a private message.

I adopt animals that need a forever home, to include quite a few roosters. There are days I use ear plugs...but those days are far and few between. I can send pics and updates. And of course, you & family are welcome to visit the future rooster that I adopt.
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Hello I need help finding a home for my beautiful rooster cloudy. We purchased two chicks the person who sold them to us told us they were hens. One chick died but cloudy survived. Up until a month ago we thought he was a hen but just a few weeks ago he starting singing in the morning. Well now my neighbors are upset and so are my kids because we must get rid of him. He is the sweetest rooster ever. Please help me..m
 
:frow Welcome from New Orleans. So sorry you have to re-home your rooster. You may wish to put where you live in your info and try your state thread and any stat that is close to you. They are great protectors of your flock and are usually very much the gentleman. Your loss will be a great gain for someone else. I hope you find him a home soon.
Good luck. :hugs
 
vcardenas20 said:
Hello I need help finding a home for my beautiful rooster cloudy. We purchased two chicks the person who sold them to us told us they were hens. One chick died but cloudy survived. Up until a month ago we thought he was a hen but just a few weeks ago he starting singing in the morning. Well now my neighbors are upset and so are my kids because we must get rid of him. He is the sweetest rooster ever. Please help me..m
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Unfortunately, BYC is not the best place to try to find a new home for your cockerel.
I have had a lot of luck advertising my cockerels on local and regional FB groups. I suggest you give that and Craigslist a try. Good luck finding him a new home.
 
chloemae said:
My 7 month old bantam rooster died suddenly today. I am heartbroken. He was the male among 4 chicks and I live in an area that does not allow roosters. I spent over a month getting the collar perfect. It was soft and padded. I took him in the house at night so I could monitor his crowing/status/tolerance. I came home from work today and fed them. He was fine and active. About an hour later he was dead, still mildly warm, on his back, limp with his eyes closed. No breathing or heart rate. His mouth had some sticky saliva and crumble in it, but I did not note any issues in his throat/crop or any mass or food at or around the collar. I sadly said good bye and buried him. I will forever feel guilty and wonder if the rooster collar was the culprit or if he suffered a heart or liver issue unrelated. I feel sad and guilty as I love all of my animals dearly.....
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Almost exactly what you described happended with me yesterday, although, my Rooster survived initially, as I was watching over him at the time. My rooster was also in a no rooster allowed neighbourhood.
We had fitted his collar on him for almost a month without adjusting. We thought we found the perfect fit since everyday we checked, he was fine, doing normal boistrous rooster things, eating, drinking, dirt baths, and we saw he was very used to of it and the collar did reduce his crow volume.
He was crowing, then all of a sudden, I found him being choked, jumping around the garden to try remove his collar (as he would when its too tight), his mouth was wide open but he was not panting, and I saw his comb was not as red as usual (it was bluer).
I managed to get to him just in time, and take off his collar, which initially saved him, as he managed to recover from whatever he was choking on. His beak also had foam in his mouth and was upsidedown by the time I got to him, and I reckon he had about a minute of life left, before I saved him. I suspect while crowing he ate something, and it went down the wrong pipe at the time.

Sadly, my mistake was I did not take him to the vet after that choking. I was misled by the fact he began walking around again, regained colour in his comb, and even ate food and treats.
Admittidly, I did put the collar back on his neck, as I did not have time to put it on the next day should he start crowing out loud, but I put it on loosely, expecting that he would crow loudly once he found out it was on loose.
But he did not make it through the night in the coop. He did not have access to anything to choke on inside the coop and the other 3 chickens seem relatively unphased by his death, so I'm guessing his cause of death was swelling in his throught.

Personally, I'm still not completely against the no crow collar, as a trip to the vet might have saved his life, and I think I read the collar is deemed humane by a bird orgainsation but I ABSOLUTELY believe its NOT THE FREE SOLUTION THAT IT IS SOLD TO BE, and WHOEVER USES ONE MUST STRICTLY REGULATE THE ROOSTER WHENEVER IT IS ON, and remove the collar whenever the rooster is not under supervision, for example, when sleeping in the coop. Even simple regulating is enough, I was working in my dining room, when I looked through the window, and saw him choking. They must also take the rooster to the vet IMMEDIATELY if their rooster survives a choking. If these conditions cannot be achieved, then I'm completely against usage of the no crow collar, since whenever the collar is on its just a matter of time before a choking happens.
 
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