Forestchook Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 (edited) Heard Bosley crow for the first time this morning! Thankfully it is not too loud but if he's going to keep crowing at that rate all day the neighbours are going to get annoyed and that means he'll end up getting the chop It wouldn't be so bad but since I'm at work I don't actually know what he's doing. So of course I'm worring about it. Please Bosley, for you're own sake greet the day once then keep your beak shut! N Edited November 6, 2010 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meezers Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 My faverolles cockerel ended up as sunday dinner last weekend. Pity really as he didn't crow that often, but over the last week he crowed earlier and earlier until on saturday he crowed at 5.30am - meaning on sunday, when the clocks went back it would have been 4.30am He didn't crow much during the day and he wasn't that loud . I don't think the neighbours even knew he was there - but I didn't want to hear crowing at that time of day and I'd have been worrying incase the neighbours were bothered. I still have my silkie cockerel - he hasn't opened his beak since Dilberts demise - wise bird Can you leave yours shut in the coop until a reasonable hour ? or put him in a cat carrier/box in a shed or garage for the night to muffle the sound if he's too loud ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enpekt Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 We bought Frank as an egg. He's been returned to the farm where he can crow his heart out along with others. One of his siblings, Gert, is now making funny noises. She's showing signs, but hopefully she won't turn into Gilbert... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forestchook Posted November 5, 2010 Author Share Posted November 5, 2010 Sorry about your cockerel. I don't think Bosley is too loud, at least not at the moment. It was the fact he was crowing repeatedly that worried me. If he kept it up all day I wouldn't blame the neighbours for complaining. Then again if he tried to keep it up all day I think he be mute through laryngitis by noon. I've been letting him and the girls out at 7.35 ish before I have to leave for work. Today is the first day I've heard him crow and he didn't make a sound till after he got out into the run. Mum text that she had not heard him since either (phew!). I just wish I was there to keep an eye on him. I think that, as long as he doesn't get louder with practice, then even if he does start crowing in the coop in the mornings it should not disturb the neighbours. So maybe if I leave them in the coop till later... 8am maybe? What is the socially acceptable time to let him out? N Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meezers Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 I've read that after 7am is acceptable, though if your neighbours complain I don't think it matters what time of day they crow, the complaint will be looked into. I certainly wasn't bothered when Dilbert crowed 7.30am onwards, but then we're rural and I doubt anyone would have complained about crowing after 7.30am. It's just that I didn't want to be lying awake waiting to see if I could hear him at 4.30am and wondering if the neighbours could hear him:oops: . I hatched him under my broody and it was always my intention to rehome or cull any cockerels when they started to crow, he'd been crowing 3 weeks before I decided enough was enough, so he had a bit of a reprieve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enpekt Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 Gert is definitely Gilbert... Not too loud or repetitive yet, so acceptable. Betty might be another Frank, Methinx, but Pecky says no. The jury's out... Belinda is now Mrs Bumble. Pearl's still a girl (probably). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
