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[Lisastyal]

Hello

I know it is natural for cockerels to crow and that a lot of people on here dont have cockerels for that exact reason but has anyone by any chance got any tips on quietening down a bantam cockerel?

I understand him doing it a bit but all day long!!!!!

Luckily I seem to have very understanding neighbours but I'm having my first baby in 3 weeks and dont know whether I will be able to cope with the noise then!!!

We have two cockerels (they dont fight) and one is a lot noisier than the other.

We have tried food, entertainment (in the form of hanging veg and radio!! ) any other suggestions?

[Duckmomma]

My uncle was a falconer years ago and used to put a leather hood on his birds to calm them down.

I often wondered if it would work on cockerals

[Egluntyne]

Finding a way to stop a cockeral crowing would earn you the "Ooops, word censored!"el Prize for Hen Keeping and a lot of friends on this forum.

 

I don't think there is anything you can do.....he is only doing his job.

 

Sorry.

[Snowy]

And unfortunately two cockerels will compete vocally, even if they do get on well!

[StephanieSB]

I am certainly no expert (my chooks haven't even arrived yet!) -- but I read in my chicken book last night that one way to delay if not stop crowing is to some how restrict head height (as in putting his roosting bars higher up, so he cannot get enough head room). This works, apperently, because the cock must rise and extend his neck to crow.

 

Basically, "a crouching cock can't crow" -- an old saying of my now deceased granddad, which now, finally makes sense to me.

[Egluntyne]

It could be deemed a s cruel though.

 

The Animal Welfare Act 2006 makes owners and keepers responsible for ensuring that the welfare needs of their animals are met.

 

These include the need:

 

1. For a suitable environment (place to live)

2. For a suitable diet

3. To exhibit normal behaviour patterns

4. To be housed with, or apart from, other animals (if applicable)

5. To be protected from pain, injury, suffering and disease

 

 

I would say that no 3 would make it unacceptable to attempt to prevent a rooster from crowing. In any case, they crow all day long. It would be impossible to stop that.