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[Chick-a-doodle-doo]

would this work? I have some baby poland and frizzle that I want to keep even if they are boys.

 

What could I do? I think the noise in the day would be ok, possibly.

 

 

Ideas please.

[Redwing]

The trouble is the ventilation that would be needed...

 

Insulation is a no-no because of the chance of red mite

 

Some people have success with putting the cockerel in a broody coop within a larger shed

 

Cockerel boxes are often used with varying amounts of success, the idea here is that the cockerel sleeps in a box where he cant stretch his neck out to crow, most people report that he simply stretches downwards to crow! but like the coop within a shed idea the sound should be muffled

 

I have read about people bringing the cockerel indoors in a box and putting it under the stairs at night! In my experience they will always see some blooming light and crow though

 

The best success I have had is where I am taking a cockerel to a show and box it up in the car the night before (back with parcel shelf removed) I couldnt hear it crow in the morning!! Whether that would be practical long term is debatable

 

Another option is to buffer the shed with some fence panels

[Redwing]

I'm going to move this to the chickens section as its more of a general cockerel question

 

You will get more answers in there too

[Blue-DiamondChick07]

The title of this thread made me chuckle

 

hope you find a way

[Egluntyne]

I'm not sure that they would get on, long term, in a confined space, as they mature.

[meezers]

I'm in no way suggesting this,but your question reminded me of this gem of advice I found on an Australian chicken forum. To muffle a cockerels 'crow, just pop an 'eskie' over it at bedtime. An 'eskie' is a large insulated cooler - I imagine it would be quite effective- especially if the poor bird suffocated overnight in the Australian heat - it would stop the crowing

[Chick-a-doodle-doo]

thanks all.

It would only be for the night so they didn't crow at 4.30 am. Not to be kept confined all of the time.

[Redwing]

I have one that crows in the dark!

 

Its very sensible to think of a plan though, many people arent that considerate!

[Chick-a-doodle-doo]

thanks, although in reality I can't think of a way which will be effective, or kind enough, for me to keep a boy.

Will have to wait until I move into a mansion with a paddock.

[jennybrom]

I keep bert in a box in the shed - he has plenty of room and it doesn't stop him crowing, it just muffles the sound enough so that it isn't loud enough to wake people up - you have to really strain to hear him in the house even with the window open. The shed isn't insulated and isn't that far from the house. He's not particularly loud anyway and not as shrill as you'd expect for a pekin so I guess that how effective your shed is would depend on how loud the crow of your cockerel is!

[Chick-a-doodle-doo]

what sort of box?