The Bantam of the Opera Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 Okay so my dad has finally found his dream hotel/pub and we are moving there this summer, hwoever he has said my cockerels can't come because they'd wake up the peopel staying there. i am willing to part with mr.pudding but i love snape dearly, my litle bantam, and i would do anything to keep him is there anyway of soundproofing a chicken house? do cockerels crow when they see light? could i blackout his house to keep him quiet? any other ideas? my dad said its acceptable if he crows after 10. can i train him? i'd do anything to keep my little snaopey and he loves his girlies and it would be far too upsetting to split them up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellekatz Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 They will crow whatever - you could try one of these to see if ti help at all. Its a sound reduction box http://hometown.aol.co.uk/cbj287/urbancockerel.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 Indiana can go off at 4am sometimes. You can barely hear him if he is shut in the Eglu at night,but I am not looking forward to the summer he is only small for a cockerel,but we can hear him through the double glazing and he crows all day too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bantam of the Opera Posted February 18, 2008 Author Share Posted February 18, 2008 yeah snapey usually crows in the mornings at about 5 and he's about normal loudness. i am really liking that sound reduction box bellekatz, ill ask my dad and see what he thinks, tahts a great idea thanks. stay posotive jem *slaps head* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 give the guests complimentary earplugs? Is it a country hotel/pub? If so then people would expect a bit of country type noise, adds to the experience/atmosphere. Does the new place have land? Maybe you could site the eglu a long way from the guest accommodation and not let your chooks out until around 8am? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 if you tell your dad you will religiously shut him in every night (even during the summer) and let your chooks out at a reasonable time (8am) because guests usually have their breakfast at 8-9am anyway so they will be up so he can make some noise then. I've heard keeping them dark works, so being shut up till a reasonable hour may work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 I read somewhere once about someone who brought her cockerel in every night and put him in a sound proofed box under the stairs as she didn't want to part with him. I think she had moderate success. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little chickadee Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 Good luck jem - i hope the sound proof idea works. How far away from the pub would you be able to house the chickens? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 Jem, I remember reading about the guy who kept his under the stairs ... there's a thread on Practical Poultry about this here. Seems it's to do with both dark, muffling and making it so he can't stretch his neck out. I do hope you can find a solution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bantam of the Opera Posted February 18, 2008 Author Share Posted February 18, 2008 thanks everyone for supposrt and advice. i am really warming to the idea of having him inside in a soundproof box. i can't house them far from the hotel because they have to go next to the cottage were staying in. the cottage is kinda attached to the hotel but not directly to any of them rooms, has anyone had any exprience with these soundproof boxes. id like to know how quiet it can get them. ill keep him in teh dark too, wouldnt wan to restrict his movement like it advises on tehre though but hes a bantam as it is so his neck doesnt really extend much anyway gonna do some more reasearch on the box, praying this works Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...