Rooster!

[PippinTheChicken]

As everyone else has been saying, since roosters are legal where you are, there's not much you can do but help him become less scared of it. Roosters can't be programmed, and crow collars don't stop them crowing (and are cruel) I doubt the neighbor would agree to put one on their rooster in a rooster-legal zone.

Try and find out what exactly his problem is with the sound. Maybe you can talk with him and show him pictures of roosters (and silkie roos as well).

This may be a dumb question, but do roosters like being pet? Or are they basically unfriendly? I don't want to bring him close to the rooster if there's a risk he gets pecked and make the problem 100 times worse.

All roosters are different, talk with your neighbour first to discuss what their rooster is like. Then decide if you think it's safe, maybe you can see the roo when he's in the run.
And as @Tonyroo said, you might want to het your son headphones or earplugs when you go to visit.

Sorry for the long post!

 

[the_peanut_coop]

Hello, welcome to BYC! I would think that learning about roosters would help your son not be afraid of the rooster. I hope you can resolve the issue. Have a great day!

 

[foghorn00]

Thank you for your replies, everyone. I think I know what I'll do -

Whenever the rooster crows and my son complains about it, I'm going to take his hand, explain to him that the rooster is not harmful, and then go ring the doorbell of the neighbor and ask to see the rooster.

 

[Grammy60]

Hello and welcome to BYC Best of luck with your son and the rooster

 

[Kenneth Zweerink]

Welcome to BackYard Chickens. And a Big Hello from Eastern Nebraska !

 

[cmom]

I pretty much agree with the other posts. Not much you can do since males are legal in your community. I am a breeder and hatch out a few hundred chicks every year of which around half are males. I do grow them out and sell most except the ones I want to keep as future breeders. Most of mine are not big crowers. I have a few young ones who recently started crowing from a late hatch. They are crowing quite a lot. I'm taking them to our local farm swap Saturday to sell, they are not going to be used as breeders. I like your plan to take your son over to see the rooster. Maybe go over first and talk to your neighbor and tell him/her of your plan. Most of my males have been good males but over the years I have had a couple of asshole and they went to the swap. Often times when one male turns out to be an asshole people will associate all males as assholes, which in my experience isn't necessarily so. Good luck and have fun...

 

[sourland]

Welcome to BYC. The advice/comments given are spot on. Good luck in resolving this.

 

[swampfox440]

The first thing I would do is take my son to a hearing specialist , he may not be hearing what you are hearing . My friend had a small child and when you said something to him he would reply in what sounded like a different language . They took him to a specialist and here he was hearing impaired and was repeating what he heard . Who would of thought that . Some noise could sound different to him than what you hear . Other than that you may want to think about relocating or putting up a barrier fence with sound suppression . Just a few suggestions . Welcome to BYC!

 

[007Sean]

Howdy Welcome to Backyard Chickens!

 

[416bigbore]