Surviving Minnesota!

[holm25]

I don't know if it has anything to do with it - or just coincidence - but I ended up raising my feeders up quite high and they seemed to toss less out. But I also haven't cleaned the coop since October to find any dropped crumbles

I use to raise up my feeders on cement blocks and then I got bantams... They couldnt reach like the other birds lol

 

[MNChickMom]

  I need some help. 

Background info: I have 4 roosters - one big boy (one year old?) I just integrated into the herd in December; 1 little turd who will be 1 in June; and 2 randy little teenagers who are starting to crow. They just started to crow ALL NIGHT. I think "they" is all 4. I have tried a few things (blocking ALL light; they have enough space/food/water/etc). The problem is we have paper thin walls and I am up all night and grumpy all day.

Questions: Are they doing this because they are full of piss and vinegar and coming of age? Is it hereditary? Will they not stop unless I separate them from the "girls"? Why is it all night and not during the day?? I browsed thru some of the rooster threads but I didn't really find anything that helped me...feel free to point me to a discussion if I missed something!! (Please - don't send me to the Rooster No Crow Collar one....)

I am getting closer everyday to a massacre - I'd really rather not cull until they are older and I can see what they'll bring to table (metaphorically for some; literally for others hah). What are your thoughts / experiences. Shower me with your wisdom   

My daughter (12yo) did some research on crowing and found that if you put a rubber band or girls hair tie around their neck they wouldn't crow. I did not check her research nor have I tried it.

 

[EMorical]

I use to raise up my feeders on cement blocks and then I got bantams... They couldnt reach like the other birds lol

Same set up! But the bantam rooster I had was pretty dang sassy and just jumped up on the cinder block and elbowed his way in.

I hsve found crowing is a hereditary thing. My roosters I have hatched sound and crow just as much as their parents. Maybe this is just my experience and others have had other experiences. But I do believe its hereditary. My only idea is to start over with roosters? Bring in new blood maybe? In the end it only matters what you want to do

I kind of suspected this - my three "homies" (home hatched mutts) came from one rooster - who started this whole Lets-keep-the-human-up-all-night campaign. And they have been separated since August! And the young actually had NO contact with said rooster; so it couldn't have been a learned behavior. Thanks for your input!! All I want to do is have a good night sleep again

So I guess I know what to do!

 

[holm25]

Emorical are they bantam roosters? Or standards?

 

[EMorical]

They are all EasterEgger/Americana/Ameracauna or whatever

 

[holm25]

They are all EasterEgger/Americana/Ameracauna or whatever

Very pretty!

 

[lvie]

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Please try the hair band around the neck so we can find out if that may work on those little critters. I want to know.

 

[lvie]

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Very handsome!

 

[EMorical]

My daughter (12yo) did some research on crowing and found that if you put a rubber band or girls hair tie around their neck they wouldn't crow. I did not check her research nor have I tried it.

Do you have her research still?

 

[MNChickMom]

Do you have her research still?

I would have to assume it would be YouTube related as she seems to be hooked on that right now. So I offer a zero liability creditablity here. (I know I should have been a used car salesman.)

Perhaps this video? I will check with her tonight.

Links and I are not working just click on my text. Grrr.