sound proofing material for noisey roosters

[cochunk]

Roosters normally dont crow unless they see light, use a dark material like a tarp to cover any cracks or windows at least then your neighbors wont complain about crowing at 4 -5 am

 

[flgardengirl]

My best friend growing up's father was a singer and had a recording studio in the back of thier house. He had all the walls lined with cork. It seemed to keep the noise down quite a bit we couldn't even hear it when they had thier band in there playing when we were sitting in a different part of the house.

 

[azygous]

Cardboard egg cartons make excellent sound proofing. Staple them up with the outside of the cartons facing in toward the roosters. Overlap them so the egg cups are all you see - they're the sound-proofing part of the carton. If you can completely cover the wall that faces toward the neighbors', yo can still leave ventilation open on a couple of the other walls.

 

[Arielle]

My boys crow--each coop answers the first. It's 4:30 most days, happy when they wait until 6:30am.

One coop has rat wire on the end, the end facing my window 20 feet away. I'm startled awake with every crow!! With winter coming on, I'll cover this end facing my window, and leave the opposite end open and crack their window for ventilation. Hoping for a good winters sleep!

 

[Bear Foot Farm]

Duct tape

 

[kbgriffiths]

YES I realize roosters crow and the coop is covered at night so its not the light. They are just very opinionated. I did, by the way, come up with a way to reduce the sound. We doubled the wood and put a roofing liner in between. Thank you to those who offered up HELPFUL suggestions. The foam used for recording studios was a good one. I love my roosters and so does my neighbor. People do need to sleep however and I was just looking for any known materials that could be used on the coop to reduce the noise during the night!

 

[CluckyJay]

My sebright can't crow when he perches where he can't raise his head up all the way. Maybe lower the ceiling on the perch side?

 

[Fly Fisher]

I used to have roosters that crowed from 4 am.on. These same roosters were also vocal on full moons and any moonlit night. I have reduced the crowing in my coops during sleep hours simply by keeping vents and windows away from the east side of the coop. This adjustment hasl slowed activity in my rooster coops for several hours in the morning.

 

[chycknFun]

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-do-roosters-know-when-to-crow-3501338/ I am an R.PSGT along with being a chicken owner so I found this article interesting. What folks who have what we call sleep phase shift disorders do (can be advanced or delayed shift) is gradually shift the waking and sleeping hours. I put a solar powered light next to the window of my coop and also fed and watered my chickens late, and tried to block light/sound from getting into the coop in the early hours to encourage the roo to sleep later it has worked so far

 

[andreacroyle]

I tried the low coop so they cant lift their heads higher than if they are walking.i keep it dark, but as soon as they hear me outside of the garage they crow. i finally researched no crow collars. people say the work very well but dont seem to fit on bantams sizes so I bought double sided velcro. it works great. they still crow and eat and chase the hens but their crows are not as loud and not as long