“We can‚Äôt attest to how well this works to muffle a crow because now matter how much we tuck it under the feathered fluff of our silkie roo, our non-silkie hen notices it and rips it off of him! Not in a mean manner, she just unstraps the velcro and throws it on the ground- as if she‚Äôs trying to help him out. ‚Äç♀ Was worth a shot. Going to go for a night box instead.”
“The collar loosened up 3 times when put around the neck of the rooster. Did not suppress his crowing one bit. This product is a hit or miss, in all honesty. Worth a try so you can prevent your rooster on the chopping board. If your comment gets downvoted, it's because there are lots of people who are diehard loyal to this bad product.”
“I just wanted to write a review disputing the claim that it only doesn't work due to user error. We followed instructions carefully, trying various positions along the neck over and under feathers, at increasing tightness. It got to where he would gurgle on the second half of his crow, and be limited in the size of food he could swallow, yet was still crowing 50 times a day causing neighbor complaints. When I finally gave up and took it off for a day, I was shocked he was no louder, just a little clearer sound. I would say it's still worth a try, hopefully your rooster will dislike the tight feeling of a deep breath, but if you have a motivated crower, he might rather choke than stop crowing. Look up an anatomy chart of rooster lungs and you'll see it's hard to restrict crowing without restricting air. Just watch the dates and return within 30 days of needed. We missed the window and got a polite refusal.”
“I really looked forward to these but have been disappointed. Not so much as they don't do what is advertised but in the material and construction. They do work. I just wish if they would stay on. I ordered 3 small collars for our two bantam silkie's and one bantam cochin.
They did not have three rows of *velcro* on the collars as pictured. Only two strips and they are very narrow. Materials -What I received were NOT made of high grade hook and loop/*Velcro* . Its not dollar store cheap but there is much better available.
Construction - One of the bantam sikies got a hold of the mesh/netting and pulled it right apart. Post inspection it appears to be double stitched but the mesh wasn't wide enough and only partially stitched in. The tabs on the ends do not have any hook/loop to help hold it in place and gives a place for them to grab and pull off.
In all the concept is a good idea and they do work as far as reducing volume. However spending almost $70.00 and still having to make my own modifications to get them to to keep working is why I can give no higher than 1 star.
Pros
The shipping was excellent
They work”
“I purposely put this review off for almost 7 months now. On January 7th, our day olds shipped from My Pet Chicken. After about 6 weeks, we noticed one of our black copper marans looked very different from the other. I contacted MPC and they said they do not verify sex until at least 10 weeks. So we waited. At 10 weeks I contacted again, sent pictures, and was told what we already knew. MPC issued a refund for the sexing error. By now, the family was in love with our beautiful little boy named Elvis. We ordered this collar. In the meantime, I put a small Velcro strap around his neck so he could get used to it. When the collar arrived, he had yet to crow, so I put it on loosely. I was very skeptical of the collar, after reading mixed reviews. A few weeks later, Elvis started to crow. We tightened the collar, and crow was muffled, but still too loud. Not wanting to hurt him, we tightened a little bit at a time. Our experience was much like Holly's, who has posted a review. We did this at night, and he would flop around very dramatically, back into things, and try to get the collar off. We were beginning to think Elvis was a goner. Our last attempt, we got the collar to where I could barely slip a finger under it. Elvis went berserk again, and I stayed in the coop until he calmed down and went to sleep. We didn't want him to back off a roost and get hurt. The next morning, I went outside to check on him. He crowed and I laughed. You would have to be 10 feet near him to hear it. The hens are louder. That was 4 months ago. One of our town's health inspectors live 4 houses from us, and walks her dog by our house every night. No one knows Elvis is here. All you can do in a fair review is to write your experience with the product, and this has been ours. I can't say anyone else is right or wrong, and I can't say this will be your experience. All I can say is that the collar worked after some adjustments, and 7 months later Elvis is still here. He has a great life, plenty of food, plenty of girls, and a nice home. He is a surly bastard, who chases you around the yard and beats his wings against your legs, but he is ours and we love him. If it wasn't for this collar, he wouldn't be here.”
“I bought this collar to try on my 16 week old silkie rooster. I live out on 5 acres, but our HOA doesn't allow chickens. We asked permission to have hens when we moved in, but were not expecting to own any roosters. I ended up with a silkie rooster from my chick selection this spring. My neighbor said he'd be ok with us keeping it, so I thought I'd try all I could to quite down the crowing. It took me about 4 days of adjusting the collar and waiting to hear my rooster crow to get it right. Either it was too loose and his volume was the same, or I pulled it too tight and he clearly couldn't function. Once I got it right, I noticed a difference in the length and volume of the crow...both being shorter and quieter. (One note...you SHOULD expect your rooster to fumble around and back into things for the first couple days once you've put on the collar. Mine did this to try and slip his neck out of the collar and banged into the shed door or into the bushes. It's been on for 5 days now and he has completely stopped doing that. All I'm saying is just don't give up on it too soon.)
My final opinion? It does what it says when you have it adjusted correctly, it reduces the "loudness" of the crow, but I wouldn't expect it to save you in a situation where you lived in the city and wanted to keep your rooster. Crowing is crowing, and he still does it, and I can still hear it...it's just shorter in length and slightly muffled in volume.
One thing that would be helpful from My Pet Chicken (unless I missed it), is a video on the website actually showing someone fit a rooster collar on a live rooster and showing how to do it correctly. The written instructions were clear and great, but a video would also be of benefit too I think.
Now at least we know that in the future, I could order a rooster of a breed I actually want and have him live on our farm without too much disturbance to my neighbors, but it would probably not be the solution for a city-dweller who wants to keep good relations with your neighbors.”
“I found my rooster with spit coming out of his mouth if nobody found him he would have died
If there were negative stars I would rate this 5 bad stars”
“We've lost two roosters to these collars. Even if you follow the instructions and allow the rooster to become gradually adjusted to the collar, they will always be agitated from wearing it. Additionally, if they wear it for a month or more, they usually develop permanent problems with their neck, causing them to back up and run into things. Furthermore, changes in weather or rain may cause the collar to constrict and become too tight. As a rooster grows older, the collar will become less effective in muffling the sound of his crow because the crow will be louder. The only solution is tightening the collar to a dangerous level. Eventually, the rooster will not try to compete for food and will not bend down to eat treats when tossed to the chickens. This is possibly because his movement is hampered from the collar or it could be due to a lack of oxygen to his brain as well. I stopped using these collars because I felt like the suffering the rooster had to endure while wearing it was just too cruel and not worth the minor reduction in the pitch of the crow. I would not recommend these collars to anyone ever. If you live in a neighborhood, its best to keep your rooster indoors at night with the lights off. This will keep him quiet for the most part and your walls should keep the crow sound from traveling to neighbors.”
