sound-proofing - experience with rooster box? (see bottom pg 2)

[StrawberryHouseMouse]

I am a heavy sleeper but then again 5am is morning to me lol might be a little different for some people. I never hear my chickens crow till I wake up on my own. My neighbors have chickens too. Never hear them till during the day. Maybe my house is sound proof lol

 

[Sammimom]

My husband is a "home theater buff" and soundproofed our TV room when we remodeled. He did a lot of research on home theater sites, you may find some good ideas there, they do crazy things like sand poured between the floor studs and "green glue" between layers of drywall (which chickens would destroy anyway...) The main problem I see with chicken coop vs. indoor room is ventilation, you would have to close it completely at night which could be a problem during hot weather.

 

[Emzyyy]

Could you try store bought egg cartons and spray in foam insulation because Ive heard of people using egg cartons on their walls to help sound proof rooms in they play drums or something.

 

[OCchickens]

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The home theater ideas are interesting.

As for ventilation -- we usually have a 20-30 degree drop in temp between day & night, so as long as I open it up in the evening to cool off, I'm hoping to be ok most nights. On the rare occasions it stays hot into the night, I could bring them inside (yeah, I know, fun for us, but I did read on here that someone put a rooster in a trash can overnight inside her house with some air holes at the top).

I know this seems crazy, but I actually thought of putting one in my car in a pinch, since it seems like cars are fairly soundproof!

 

[amamaofmany]

I know this seems crazy, but I actually thought of putting one in my car in a pinch, since it seems like cars are fairly soundproof!

Yeah, cars are a bit sound proof. Your chickens aren't likely to start using a bass beat to rattle your neighbor's windows!

BUT I can just imagine some sleelpy guy on his way out to work, hearing what might be a throttled scream coming from your car and dialing 911 thinking your mother in law might be in the trunk....​

 

[ozzie]

I thought people with roosters (who want to keep them quiet) tend to keep them in rooster boxes at night ie it's a smallish box that they put the roosters in so it stops them from being able to stretch out their neck to crow - and they keep them in the garage/laundry. The roosters then get let out in with the main flock when everyone's awake. It works out a lot cheaper than soundproofing the entire coop. That's what I've read anyway. I can't keep roosters because my local council won't allow it.

ozzie

 

[flopshot]

as Pat mentioned the thick wall is the answer though i hate to think what spray in foam will cost. i'd go with 6" framing and a few layers of rigid foam insulation. finish off with OSB or discontinued / contractor grade paneling. if you're still in the planning stage consider future uses of the structure since it will be well built.
consider also that open windows pretty much negate all that insulation work. unless you're looking for fertilized eggs i'd lose the rooster.

 

[OCchickens]

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Interesting - First I've heard of a rooster box. Anyone have experience doing this?

 

[StrawberryHouseMouse]

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Interesting - First I've heard of a rooster box. Anyone have experience doing this?

My dad use to do it with his game roosters. During the winter he brought most the birds in cause we didnt have enough coops to put them in ( had quite a couple hundred ) So he would buy/build boxes and put the roosters in them during the winter and stack them in one of our buildings below the house. (I swear that building was larger then our house)

 

[IceCat]

We have not ordered our chickens yet as we are still trying to sort out the rooster crowing ...

the MAIN reason for having the rooster is to protect the flock from PREDATORS ... they watch and will herd the hens into the coop and will fight off a lot of

predators.

We plan to get one of the pulsating red beams ... night guards I think they are called, only $20 US each, and to face 4 directions we are talking $80 total.

but during the day we have hawks and owls here which is where the rooster would be helpful.

we are on 2 A but some of our neighbors have more and some less ... we have a house directly across the street and out land slopes upwards ...

I am still undecided ... I have been doing a lot of research on sound proofing and light proofing.

If we put a large black tarp over the entire outside, then the night guards would be covered and we have to think of a way around that.

If we sound proof the coop we have to think of ventilation issues ... an air circulating pump sounded scary because if it fails ....

the sound proofing would be less long-term maintenance than the tarp ...

keeping the coop windows open after dark would be good, except 2 months out of the year here it gets to 105 during the summer, and near zero at night for a

couple of months during the winter.


I am completely torn ... for the family structure and such and protection from predators I should get a rooster, but I am worried about causing trouble with the

neighbors as no one lets their dog bark and it is extremely quiet here .... vs. not having a rooster and us being gone during the day time and finding when

we get

home either a hen killed or carried away ....


any ideas from readers ?

Thank you !