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Poultry and Pets => Chicken Chat => Topic started by: grinling on May 21, 2013, 22:28

Title: Ben Fogle and cockerel
Post by: grinling on May 21, 2013, 22:28

Watched Ben Fogle visiting a man in Texas, BBC prog. The man kept his cockerel up to 11pm, occasional prod, so the bird would sleep until 6.30am instead of 4.30am.

Title: Re: Ben Fogle and cockerel
Post by: GrannieAnnie on May 21, 2013, 23:54

I watched that too, but don't know if it works!! :) :)

Title: Re: Ben Fogle and cockerel
Post by: compostqueen on May 22, 2013, 09:14

So did I. Poor bird was really tired and he wouldn't let it sleep. It's cruel really.  They do say putting a perch above the crow's head works. As the bird lifts its head to crow it touches the perch and stops it. Apparently ?

Title: Re: Ben Fogle and cockerel
Post by: 8doubles on May 22, 2013, 10:12

They must be desperate for something to do in Texas ! ::)

Title: Re: Ben Fogle and cockerel
Post by: snowdrops on May 22, 2013, 12:10

Only an American! If he doesn't want it to crow at 4.30 why doesn't he keep an owl :lol:

Title: Re: Ben Fogle and cockerel
Post by: pepsi100 on May 22, 2013, 12:21

A cockerel has never learnt to tell the time, never saw the program though

A cock crowing is just one of the prices you have to bear for breeding chickens, you dont need a cockerel too get eggs

I really couldnt see this working though (even keeping a cockerel in a box so it cant raise its head to crow dont work)

Title: Re: Ben Fogle and cockerel
Post by: 8doubles on May 22, 2013, 14:22

They stop if you put them in a casserole dish ! :)

Title: Re: Ben Fogle and cockerel
Post by: pepsi100 on May 22, 2013, 14:43

Quote from: 8doubles on May 22, 2013, 14:22

They stop if you put them in a casserole dish ! :)

 :) I reckon that would work