tricks to reduce rooster crowing?

Keep it dark in the morning and use lighting in the evening. Maybe

 

The only proven solution to your problem is to get rid of the rooster.

I love hearing a rooster crow.

 

An insulated coop helps reduce the sound quite a bit (altho in summer, it's not as helpful because windows are open...). If possible, don't let the birds outside till 8 a.m. or after, the generally accepted time for noises like lawn mowers to get in gear. I also start their day out with sunflower and other seeds scattered about which keeps my sweet roo busy for awhile even after he is let out of the coop.
I love the sound of a roo's crow and only wish those with relentlessly barking dogs all over the neighborhood felt the same way.
JJ

 

I used to have a banty roo in my living room. Everything I done to make it stop made it worse.

 

I was moving pens in my bird room and saw I had crushed my Serama rooster inbetween two of them. He has never crowed again just air sounds.

 

Ms. Lewis Rich :

I was moving pens in my bird room and saw I had crushed my Serama rooster inbetween two of them. He has never crowed again just air sounds.

I don't know if I should laugh or not. It sounds funny as heck though. I guess thats one way to stop him. At least he is still alive Mine doesn't stop except for when he is sleeping and then he snores. It sounds like a song bird lol.​

 

I just posted this on another thread:

I think the amount of crowing generally has to do with the individual rooster personality. My BO roo and my RIR rooster crowed minimally.

Also, my hens and roos all free-range all over the farm every day, so they're often too busy doing "stuff" to spend a lot of time crowing. IMHO, the happier the bird and the more space they have and the more they tire themselves out free-ranging, the less they crow. Also, I generally keep few roos which may keep them from feeling competitive with other roos and thus crowing more.

Others may have other opinions on this, but I think free-ranging keep them quieter.

 

my rooster cut down his crowing when i got rid of the other 2 roosters but he still does it when ever he wants. Sometimes I think hes talking to me. He crows when his best girl gets out or when I pick her up, he crows when i go into HIS coop and mostly he crows when he feels like it. I havent found any way to slow it down but Im in the category of people who think its not a farm without a crowing rooster. If my neighbor complains then I will complain about all the noise they make