Well DH Is Mad

[chickenaddictntn]

Ok look this is what happened: we have alot of roosters and DH friends show up yesterday and I show them one of the roos, the one in my avatar, he crows at night and I feel that night crowers endanger the whole flock. So I offer him up and late yesterday evening another man shows up w/ a cage and takes the young roo. Well anyway DH is mad said I gave away the best looking one so I told him why I did it, I wanted to keep him also as a breeder but I feel that I did the right thing because I normally put th night crowers in the deep freeze.

 

[TriciaHowe]

Hmmm, I have never heard of night crowers being an issue. Mine crow day and night. I have never noticed a difference with predators. Half my birds sleep in the locked coop and the other half (dimwits) sleep on top in the tree. Haven't lost a bird in a couple of years to a predator thanks to my dogs who run the perimeter at night.

 

[Bunnylady]

Other than perhaps incurring the wrath of your neighbors, how does crowing at night endanger the flock? All of the predators I can think of have noses and eyes. I have often heard of something hunting primarily by sight or scent, sound is usually used only at really close range (owls, of course, are an exception, but they are listening for quiet sounds. I'd think a rooster's crow would be stunningly painful to ears like that!) Are your chickens roosting in trees at night?

 

[Randy]

I thought they all crowed at night.

 

[Choco Maran]

Mine crow day or night. I have never heard of night crowers being a threat to the flock. I would think it would be just the opposite. The crowing would keep danger away.

 

[terrilhb]

Mine crow day and night also.

 

[chicks4kids]

Mine crow all of the time too. They never crow once it's absolutely dark out though.

Are you saying that yours would crow long after everyone else was asleep? Or do you mean he just crowed in the evening?

 

[chickenaddictntn]

He crows all night from sun up to sun down and I've had 2 roos in the past to draw in feral cats, a coon and a few possums. But the point is that I gave away hubby's fav roo.

 

[chicks4kids]

Well, since you say they were friends, maybe you could get him back and swap him out for a different roo. Sun up to sun down crowing is normal. Sorry

 

[chickenaddictntn]

24/7 ?