Rooster noise in the summer months

[chickilicious]

I have a beautiful EE rooster that I love. He does crow quite often which isn't usually a problem, however he's only 9 months old and wasn't crowing last summer when I was venting the coop. Normally I have him closed up in the upper part of our coop which is relatively small - holds six chickens comfortably (I have three hens too). His crowing was muffled in the closed up coop all winter in the early morning hours but I'm looking ahead to summer and I will want to vent the upper coop during the night. I'm worried the crowing will wake the neighbors. Sometimes he starts at 4am. I can't really think of an answer to this (besides giving him away) but I'm reaching out to see if anyone has any tips or suggestions?

 

[sarahswank]

There is a procedure to "decrow" a rooster. I only have seen one guy who said he did it. and it cost $300. and surgery is hard on chickens, so it isnt 100% safe.

It is an out of the box option, and probably not what you will chose, but I wanted to let you know.

 

[SD Bird Lady]

I have heard of people who move their rooster into another location, like the garage, at night and then release them in the morning to help keep the noise down.

 

[centrarchid]

Ask your neighbors if your rooster has been a problem to date. Indicate he will get a little louder as temperatures increase. Regardless of answer look into options for him in the event he causes friction. You may find your neighbors have no problems with the crowing.

 

[SD Bird Lady]

Ask your neighbors if your rooster has been a problem to date. Indicate he will get a little louder as temperatures increase. Regardless of answer look into options for him in the event he causes friction. You may find your neighbors have no problems with the crowing.

I agree, it is better to find out if a problem even exist rather than tip-toe around all summer. We have our chickens free range and unless our boy is standing right by the house I don't even hear him. But, it is better to let them have a say in things. If you talk to them they may not care. However; if you just continue without informing them, they may be more inclined to turn in a noise complaint just out of lack of respect/ communication on your part.

Another option is some neighbors can be "bought" with free fresh eggs. When our chickens started laying faster than we ate the eggs, I started giving them to my Mom. Then when we had the dog attack she was so addicted to the "good" eggs she wanted to buy me new chickens. So in a trade off I split an order with her so she can have her eggs and so can we

 

[Truecelt]

We're zoned agriculture in northern ky. We had loud roosters that crowed all day. Not a word of complaint. (We all moved to the country to have our farm animals.)