The subject of No Crow Collars seems to have been raised frequently of late so I am not sure if I have already shared this with you on another thread, so apologies if I am repeating myself but this is my thoughts .............
As we are not allowed to keep roosters, I have not attempted to keep one so I have no personal experience with the no-crow collar but I have a friend who has.
Her first BCM rooster she tried it on was not happy with it initially but got used to it. She was not that happy with the ones she bought and ended up making her own.
I have heard of a few roosters choking to death while wearing the collar. Even with the correct setting, sometimes there is the risk of them eating something a bit bigger than normal and it not being able to move past the collar.
My friend nearly lost her boy when she was tweaking the collar and it was a little too tight; so if you are going to try one, obviously watch very closely. It took her probably two weeks of early morning tweakings to find the right setting.
However, this rooster still had to go into his man cave at night because even with the collar on the best setting she could find, he managed to make enough noise that the neighbours could hear him.
So, he used to sleep in a crate, with his collar on and in a dark corner under the house (she has an under house coop).
Anyways, because she felt this to be cruel, he is now living on a farm and can crow to his heart’s delight.
His son, who she kept, now has a no crow collar but with him it is enough to keep his crows at a less audible level and he does not have to sleep in a man cave and sleeps with his hens on the roost.
With what I have read about the collars (extensive), it works for some and not for others.
This is a good thread regarding the collar, lots of stories and pros and cons:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/906916/no-crow-rooster-collar/140
I know of someone else who has a number of roosters in a no rooster zone. He built a rooster night box which is sound proofed and remains darker for longer in the morning:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/792990/our-diy-rooster-night-box
As we are not allowed to keep roosters, I have not attempted to keep one so I have no personal experience with the no-crow collar but I have a friend who has.
Her first BCM rooster she tried it on was not happy with it initially but got used to it. She was not that happy with the ones she bought and ended up making her own.
I have heard of a few roosters choking to death while wearing the collar. Even with the correct setting, sometimes there is the risk of them eating something a bit bigger than normal and it not being able to move past the collar.
My friend nearly lost her boy when she was tweaking the collar and it was a little too tight; so if you are going to try one, obviously watch very closely. It took her probably two weeks of early morning tweakings to find the right setting.
However, this rooster still had to go into his man cave at night because even with the collar on the best setting she could find, he managed to make enough noise that the neighbours could hear him.
So, he used to sleep in a crate, with his collar on and in a dark corner under the house (she has an under house coop).
Anyways, because she felt this to be cruel, he is now living on a farm and can crow to his heart’s delight.
His son, who she kept, now has a no crow collar but with him it is enough to keep his crows at a less audible level and he does not have to sleep in a man cave and sleeps with his hens on the roost.
With what I have read about the collars (extensive), it works for some and not for others.
This is a good thread regarding the collar, lots of stories and pros and cons:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/906916/no-crow-rooster-collar/140
I know of someone else who has a number of roosters in a no rooster zone. He built a rooster night box which is sound proofed and remains darker for longer in the morning:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/792990/our-diy-rooster-night-box
