Very loud chuckars

[LamarshFish]

My male chukar squaks/crows here and there, and his noises are mostly limited to the months between March and October. I presume it is mating related, as it generally tracks the time frame the hens are laying. Lately, although I've had this male chukar for 4 years, he has decided to start squacking at 5am sharp every morning, at day break. It wakes us up. It's horribly irritating. It literally sounds like a chimpanzee going nuts. Thank goodness the neighbors indicated that they are not hearing it. Finding a safe home for him is pretty much impossible, so I'm left to figure something out.

So far the only thing I have figured out that works is locking him inside his roost house each evening and letting him back out in the morning (he lives in a chicken coop that has a run and a roost house thing). So far, being in the little hut thing at day break, he has not been waking us up squacking.

Just wondering if anybody else has any other suggestions that might work better. He's not to keen on being locked up for the night, but so far it is the only option to keep him off the butcher block (which of course he is not aware of).

 

[007Sean]

He's calling his harem or could also be calling to see if other chuckars are around...territoral call.
Sounds like you have already found out how to sqwelch it!

 

[BaJa]

Give him a female. Like Sean said, he's calling for females.

 

[KrissyroxNJ]

My chukars I have only had for a week and they were rescued from the meat market and I can safely say they do like to make noise! Today was the first day I heard them really making their sounds and it was pretty cool .... they honestly didn't know how to bird until maybe today!

 

[LamarshFish]

Give him a female. Like Sean said, he's calling for females.

I would, but this last remaining chukar will be it for us. He's almost 5 years old! We don't want to continue down the chukar path, but still want to let our last one live out his days comfortably. So, unfortunately giving him a mate is not in the cards. He does live right next to our pigeon loft, they can all see each other. I know chukars are very territorial and will kill other birds, but they seem to have developed some degree of harmony. Wheezy, our last remaining chukar, can't be let out for obvious reasons, but our homing pigeons fly freely and often land on Wheezy's coup and curiously approach him, and he doesn't seem to care. He knows he has some company!

My chukars I have only had for a week and they were rescued from the meat market and I can safely say they do like to make noise! Today was the first day I heard them really making their sounds and it was pretty cool .... they honestly didn't know how to bird until maybe today!

Just wait till the spring! You'll have many gifts, including eggs and 5am wake up calls!