Suggestions on how to halt/lessen the Call of the Wild?

Or in this case, the crowing of the cockerels living in our basement.

The two boys began singing around 4am this morning and didn’t desist until well after 8am. To say Mr. Light Sleeper hubby is not a happy camper is an understatement…

Take some dental floss. Tie it from their beaks to their left toe so that their head is slightly looking down. If they can't raise their heads, they can't crow, right?

LOL! Ok! I'm joking! Don't do that!

I don't really know how to stop them from crowing. Can you completely shut any light out of their enclosures? Maybe if they were in black out it would help.

My hubby would hate that too. The roosters crowing outside in their coops drive him nuts. I can't imagine one in the house.

I gave two little boys locally a cochin rooster each. The boys are brothers and the coop is right beside the house and the parents had bought and kept layers for years. The parents were FURIOUS with me because they didn't realize roosters can crow all day and all night. I've NEVER found a way of keeping them quiet. Neither did they.

Eventually a dog got one rooster and eventually the second one died too. Now there is a ban on roosters in that family.

Good luck!

when it is dark mine do not crow but let the light in and it all starts

I made a really nice soup with one of my roosters last night - barley, carrots, celery, cabbage... and nary a sound coming out of that pot!

I have a pet rooster living in my house and yes the crowing can feel like daggers going through your ears I have found that a small cat carrier works well for night time cause in the morning he cant crow cause he cant streach his neck to do it but as soon as i let him out he wakes everyone up...

sosweetjojo wrote:I have a pet rooster living in my house and yes the crowing can feel like daggers going through your ears I have found that a small cat carrier works well for night time cause in the morning he cant crow cause he cant streach his neck to do it but as soon as i let him out he wakes everyone up...

I just had four roosters in our basement for two nights and in the complete black of dark they started crowing. What makes the most sense to me is what sosweet said, which is to have them in a position where they can't stretch their necks but are still comfortable, although, long term they may develop poopy bottoms if they are not able to eliminate in a proper position.

LoL silkie. Now where did I put my roll of duct tape…

The boys have already proved that darkness has no bearing on their internal clocks and rooster soup is out as well as a ban. I need Caesar to make beautiful BR babies this spring and he needs a buddy for company until that day arrives.

The ‘can’t stretch the neck can’t crow thing' makes the most sense to me as well. I’m going to try personal pet carrier bedrooms tonight and see how it goes…and hopefully the weather's warmed up enough by tomorrow evening that they can return to the coop to crow their little hearts out.

Thanks all!