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I learned that roosters are banned in urban lots,because of their screams...
Is there any painless humane way either to muffle or silence a rooster so that he can be acceptable in urban backyards..?
No, and even if there was a way, most cities have laws in place banning barnyard animals from specific towns and size plots...It wouldn't matter if the rooster could crow or not, it's still a rooster.
As a teen I live in S. Calif. For a psychology assignment (imprinting), I hatched a chick and had it imprint on my. Once that was all done and the chick was big enough to keep flying/jumping out of the box I had it in, I gave it to a friend with a big back yard and tall brick wall around it. It grew in a huge beautiful Rhonde Island Red rooster. However, it would fly up to the corner of the tall brick wall and crow off and on all day. People began to complain and it was not legal to keep animals like that within city limits. She found a farm outside of the area that needed a rooster and off he went to his new home.
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I learned that roosters are banned in urban lots,because of their screams...
Is there any painless humane way either to muffle or silence a rooster so that he can be acceptable in urban backyards..?
I think you could anaesthetize him before you kill him.
What do you need a rooster for anyway? The hens will lay with or without him and if you need chicks you have a lot more control if you simply purchase a few.
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As a teen I live in S. Calif. For a psychology assignment (imprinting), I hatched a chick and had it imprint on my. Once that was all done and the chick was big enough to keep flying/jumping out of the box I had it in, I gave it to a friend with a big back yard and tall brick wall around it. It grew in a huge beautiful Rhonde Island Red rooster. However, it would fly up to the corner of the tall brick wall and crow off and on all day. People began to complain and it was not legal to keep animals like that within city limits. She found a farm outside of the area that needed a rooster and off he went to his new home *DINNERTABLE*.
We had some neighbors with roosters and hens, I actually enjoyed listening to the crowing, day and night. But the other neighbors were not amused--after a few years, with all the complaints the town made the neighbors get rid of the chickens, as the lot wasn't large enough. But I don't understand why most towns and cities won't let you keep hens, even on one acre lots. They are quiet and don't require a lot of room.
I think you could anaesthetize him before you kill him.
What do you need a rooster for anyway? The hens will lay with or without him and if you need chicks you have a lot more control if you simply purchase a few.
For reproduction,thus having a closed loop self sufficiency poultry production...
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For reproduction,thus having a closed loop self sufficiency poultry production...
I see, you are interested in sustainable meat - not eggs.
I would say that you are not going to be economically competitive with the retail prices of an organic farmer selling whole chickens at a farmers market and you will not bear any losses from predation, disease, poisoning or injury buying good meat that you will bear raising good meat. The more chickens you have, the more efficient and cost effective the operation becomes; it is difficult to get to the tipping point working in your backyard.
Also, if you don't have a poultry background or food prep background you may not be able to produce birds that are as healthy and nutritious as the farmer who knows how to jump through the "certified organic" hoops.
In other words, it's pretty easy to achieve "egg independence" in a backyard but considerably more difficult to achieve "chicken independence".
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