Really EXCESSIVE CROWING

[Delphene]

Rehome. This is normal.

Rehoming could end up in the rooster being in a bad place.

 

[BDutch]

The minimum hens per rooster is 10.

Depends on the breed and character of the rooster(s). If separated 1 rooster with 3 hens is often just fine.

 

[Nym]

I don't want to restrict him in any way, it's cruel in my opinion... But I had no idea that he saw my reactions as rewarding. I'll try ignoring him and see if it helps

I trained my one noisy hen to stop her bellowing by refusing her treats until she hushed. Pick your moment and enter the yard when he is quiet. It won't be instant or even a quick fix but if you're consistent enough it may be worth having a go. If he crows when you're in the yard, turn your back to him and feed the others, that's how I trained my Suzie drama queen. Birds are incredibly smart. Good luck. He sounds like a great roo in the making.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Feeding the hens and not the rooster can backfire big time, causing him to attack you. Not saying it WILL happen, only that it could.

 

[BDutch]

I trained my one noisy hen to stop her bellowing by refusing her treats until she hushed. Pick your moment and enter the yard when he is quiet. It won't be instant or even a quick fix but if you're consistent enough it may be worth having a go. If he crows when you're in the yard, turn your back to him and feed the others, that's how I trained my Suzie drama queen. Birds are incredibly smart. Good luck. He sounds like a great roo in the making.

Not giving treats if he crows and giving treats when he’s quiet, can work after a while if you are consistent. If he’s smart enough.
Giving the hens treats is not the way to go as BigBlueHen says.

 

[Nym]

Feeding the hens and not the rooster can backfire big time, causing him to attack you. Not saying it WILL happen, only that it could.

Thank you!

 

[Delphene]

Depends on the breed and character of the rooster(s). If separated 1 rooster with 3 hens is often just fine.

Good to know.

 

[Shahnaz13]

I highly doubt these are available in South Africa (where I live). He is literally crowing as Im typing

I doubt that a collar would help. When our rooster Philip had problems with one neighbour (day time crowing only, he slept inside a shed at night ... we brought him to the vet and yes, we lived in South Africa too . I was told by the vet, that roosters have a voice box inside the chest and he tried to "glue" it shut. Philip could still crow but it was very restricted - my husband called him a rooster with asthma.... .

 

[Squawkers]

Male chickens grow a lot, some more than others, like the male that you have. Cockerels who are learning how to make their crow sound better and also wanting to prove their dominance (because of raging hormones) will be the ones that are the loudest and crow most often. They usually quiet down once they have improved the sound of their crow to their liking, and their hormones die down. But that is only usually. Some cockerels never have a decrease of hormones and amount of crowing.

It can definitely be annoying, and rehoming is most likely the best option. DO NOT put a no-crow collar on a male chicken, EVER. That is abuse. A no-crow collar, despite the name, only muffles the crow a bit—it can still be heard. And the way it does that is by compressing on the chicken's vocal area—that is the abusive part of it. The pressure puts pain on their throat and can easily cause them to not be able to breathe and eventually die of suffocation. Therefore, you need to take a better pathway for this male and rehome him.

This is kind of an exaggeration. My rooster that had a crow collar never died of suffocation and didn’t seem to be bothered be it at all. That is your opinion about not using a crow collar.

 

[micstrachan]

Here is the legend himself. Sorry I didn't respond sooner, it was midnight already. They all snuck out of the coop but I don't mind.

OMG, he is pretty! Is he a silver laced red wyandotte?