Stop crowing AND keep your roosters alive?

[eggup]

Hi all, I'm a newbie and right now just playing "fantasy chicken" and planning for the future. I'd like to have the option of keeping a rooster if I want so I've been researching possible solutions to deal with unwanted crowing. Please let me know what your experience is with any of the following:

1) The No Crow Rooster collar (or 2" velcro DIY)
http://nocrowroostercollars.com/collections/all
Before and after "No Crow"

DIY Velcro version

2) Surgical modification of the syrinx (this seems like a great idea especially if it could be DIY...though obtaining the proper anesthetics could be impossible)
http://quietroosters.com/the-procedure/
Before and after video

3) Finally, if you have roosters and you want to grow them as large table birds, does caponizing stop them from crowing? I haven't been able to find out if capons crow or not.

Thanks in advance!!

 

[N F C]

Welcome to BYC!

I've never had a rooster but I've heard that the no-crow collars work pretty well. Personally, I like to hear roos crowing, it's just their nature.

Hope you find the answers you're looking for. Thanks for joining us!

 

[eggup]

Thanks! The No Crow seems like the simplest solution - I find it all very interesting though!

 

[MamaRudey]

I find hens singing the egg song much louder than a rooster who crows a couple times a day.

 

[eggup]

Hahaha!! I'm sure that will happen when I finally get my flock!

 

[Blooie]

I find hens singing the egg song much louder than a rooster who crows a couple times a day.

You got lucky. The roo I have starts at 4:30 and he thinks he's a clock. Has to crow on the quarter hour, the half hour, and the hour. Never stops! I've actually seen him belt out one crow after the other for a full 7 minutes...one crow, take a couple of breaths, next crow...... But he's Scout, he's special, and he stays.

 

[DrTacosMD]

You got lucky.  The roo I have starts at 4:30 and he thinks he's a clock.  Has to crow on the quarter hour, the half hour, and the hour.  Never stops!  I've actually seen him belt out one crow after the other for a full 7 minutes...one crow, take a couple of breaths, next crow......  But he's Scout, he's special, and he stays.

We have a neighbor that has a rooster that likes to crow once every hour starting at 12 AM. Not exaggerating...
I don't know when people starting breeding out roosters' sense of time...

 

[junebuggena]

My rooster is afraid to crow. He crowed once at 5 weeks old. He scared himself so bad, that now, at almost 12 weeks, he still won't utter anything louder than a soft cluck.

 

[N F C]

That one crow must have scarred him for life, poor little roo!

 

[cathy d]

Isn't that kind of young to crow? I have an wounded rooster in my kitchen and he cross off and on starting about 5:30 am till 6:00 pm lol! I am investigating for a diy color for him.