Decrowing Rooster

[Egon]

Just put a rubber band around it's beak.

 

[valley]

Our girls just got seven chicks, a little over a week old now. There is at least one cockerel. We'll keep the pullets for laying hens. however I think enough jackarses have moved in around here so that a rooster would be too much for them.

 

[VABlue]

I live far enough out that it won't matter, and its a good thing. The wife just decided she wants chickens, so I'm currently building the Chick Mahal per her direction. (Some things just aren't worth arguing...) The guys across the street also want them. The family next door I just don't care about. They drive the private dirt/gravel road around 40mph and do nothing to maintain (let alone upgrade) the street or their home.

BTW, birds don't have vocal cords. They constrict throat muscles to make the various sounds...

 

[forgeblast]

Backyard chickens has a wonderful site with tons of coops. I kind of took a buch of ideas and built ours. Its 4x8(sheet of plywood) with 6' sides, covered with rough cut hemlock and an little run thats 12x4 with hardware cloth on the bottom, and chicken wire all around even over the top...had a buch of hawks and owls around.

 

[Johndeere3720]

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Crockpot Chicken Paprikash with Dumplings[/FONT]​

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]6 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1 medium onion chopped
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. black pepper
1 tbsp. Hungarian paprika
1 cup chicken broth
8 ounces sour cream
1 tbsp. cornstarch or flour [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica]Dumplings:
3 eggs
1/3 cup water
2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour, sifted

Add onions to crock pot. Add seasonings, chicken and broth

Cover and cook on LOW 5 to 6 hours

Shortly before serving, turn on high and stir together sour cream and cornstarch. Stir into crockpot and heat through.

Taste and adjust seasonings (sour cream and cornstarch may be omitted if desired). Serve with dumplings (recipe below)

Dumplings

Beat 3 eggs, add 1/3 cup water and 2-1/2 cups flour. Beat with a spoon until smooth. Drop from teaspoon into boiling salted water and cook until dumplings rise to the top, approximately 10 minutes.

Serves 6 [/FONT]

:laughing:

Our rooster crows all day long. Good thing i have a loud tractor, it drowns out the crows with the purr of its Diesel engine.:thumbsup: maybe get a louder tractor.:thumbsup:

 

[Johndeere3720]

Just put a rubber band around it's beak.

or duct tape.:thumbsup:

 

[HickoryNut]

Crowing is the least of my rooster problems, meet Rudy the pool pooper

 

[MossRoad]

Just slowly bring that big pot to a boil.... :licking:

 

[rswyan]

Crowing is the least of my rooster problems, meet Rudy the pool pooper

....... too funny ........ :laughing:

 

[brin]

We don't have chickens anymore and I miss the sound of a Rooster in the morning...I sure do...have your tried to enjoy his melody...?