ladybird1494 Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 i have a lovely cockral (a bantum ) who im afraid to say has anoyed a couple of neboughers with is 6.30 wake up call! oopps. he is housed in a eglu and as a rule he is very good,my questions are,any suggestions for bit of *eglu sound proofing* will he be better when my hens arrive ?(am haveing two ) i would hate to get rid of him as ive hatched him and he is wonderfull and tame and happy to be handled.i am a little upset that thay have been talkig behind my back about it instead of chatting to me espessaly as one of them has a dog that barks loads during the day when im often in bed(im a midwife) thanks for letting me post fellow chicken lovers i Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 Welcome to the forum. I'm afraid it's unlikely that your cockerel will get any quieter when his 'wives' arrive - he'll have even more to shout about! There are very few of us who are able to keep cockerels, I'd love one but in a residential area it's just not possible. There are steps you can take to try and reduce the time he starts crowing, but they will also (in my view) reduce his quality of life, and he'll still cock-a-doodle at some point during the day. Sorry I can't be more positive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladybird1494 Posted September 25, 2011 Author Share Posted September 25, 2011 well thank you for that am greatfull. i will go on doing my best to enrich him in other ways but if the councl comes knocking i guess i will have to sadly try to rehome him in mean time i will smile just a little more brightly at ALL my neboughers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
