noisey cockerel

Hi everyone! i need some advise please,my beautiful, friendly silkie boy is driving us (and the neighbours.only a matter of time before they complain ) mad with his CONSTANT crowing! he has 3 girls to keep him entertained,has the run of our very large garden ,is fed well so why does he do it so much?and what can i do about it,any suggestions appreciated,

Mine will crow from about 5 am through to about 8 pm at the moment for no reason whatsoever, it's what they do and they do it very well  . They have half an acre plus the farmers field and a bridleway, food available all day and between the 3 boys they have 20 girls (plus a load of young chicks).

thank you all for your advise,is as expected.
like you  found Alec,my cockerel has started to attack for no apparent reason, My Husband !and its him who feeds him and lets him out each day!! so i will have to think about a suitable new home for him,thanks again,   

Thats what cockerels do. My friend shut his in a cupboard over night to appease his neighbours.

Every sympathy! I gave up and rehomed my cock in the end. He's very happy on an allotment - breeding!!! Not too far from here and I swear I can still hear him!! I tried everything - but to no avail!! Good luck!! He was even sat in the living room watching tv and a laptop to entertain him at 5 am so that all the neighbours could sleep!!! However the one neighbour I was worried about (who works nights) didn't even flipping hear him!!!! 

Thanks for the advise,il buy a cupboard,lol,
why will vets no longer remove the vocal cords of noisel cockerels? is it considered cruel?
i realy dont want to rehome him,he is such fun,

Hi, i have an accidental cockerel....i bought him as a hen Anyway, it hasnt been an easy ride with him, i live in the middle of a housing estate  cockerels crow...its what they do. mine started running at me also- again, its what they do! He is trying to protect his ladies thats his job .My boy is  really noisy in the day, but ive spoken to the enviromental health about him, and as long as its between 7am-10pm, we dont seem to be breaking any more laws than the neighbours who play loud music, rev engins have parties and fight. Lots of people get rid of cockerels cos they think their neighbours will complain, that always confuses me cos surely you should wait and see if they complain? one of my problems i have with him is that he's erm, well...very 'active' so now most of my girls wear saddles. He sleeps in a cat basket inside the coop at night, it dosent stop him crowing but it muffles it , and i threaten to put him in te pot all the time but anyone who knows me knows i wouldnt cos i love him so much. It does baffle me a bit that people get cockerels have issues with the things tey do that make them cockerels....hope you find a soloution and its a happy ending