TRIED THAT MADE MATTERS A TAD BIT WORSE LOL.You could try to separate him from the flock for a night and see if that works
GROW OUT OF IT...LORD I HOPE SO. I WAS BEGINNING TO THINK ITS POSSIBLE THAT ITS A PREDATOR OF SOME SORT WE JUST ARENT SEEING. THE REST OF THE COCKERELS DONT DO IT THOUGH. JUST HIM. AND YES OUR LIGHTS ARE OFF AT NIGHT. I DONT PERSONALLY LIKE LEAVING THEM ON. AND YES I DONT REALLY LIKE THE WHOLE IDEA OF THE NON CROW COLLAR. ITS INTENDED TO HAVE THEM CROW, BY GOSH WHY WOULD I STOP THAT. LOL. THE REST OF THE FLOCK SEEMS FINE. THEY ALL SLEEP NO ISSUES. SO TO BE HONEST, I THINK HE IS JUST GOING TO BE MY PAINI raise a lot of roosters...
Usually they stop crowing at dusk and don't start up again.. sometimes until 2:30 or 4:30 am.
But yes they can crow at many things... passing head lights, visiting predators, rats, the wind, a car starting, the kitchen drawer closing...
Do you have the lights turned off at night?
It also doesn't bug me... but I have regular conversations with my neighbors to see how they are fairing. Maybe you can chat with them and ask? So far NONE of my neighbors have had an actual issue, even though some were concerned when I first started keeping roosters.
It isn't a good choice for me... but you could try a non crow collar, put on after roost and removed for day time? I personally dispatch any problem birds... and sometimes excessive crowing is a good reason.
It may not bother you... but I wonder if it effect other flock members?
He *may* grow out of it, given time?
Good luck!
They seem to grow out of it here.
