Come night time bring the domesticated rooster inside.

Set up a projector behind the rooster which is set to start up via a time switch.

At your desired time,the projector will project a short animated movie of a sunrise upon the wall.

The rooster will go off in all its glory. If you want to have a lie in set the projector to a later time.

Open curtains put rooster back outside.
-- skinflaps, Nov 24 2002

Actually... http://www.earthsky...r/life.html#rooster
It's unclear that projecting an image of sunrise would do the trick, but it's possible playing a recording of another rooster crowing would work. Either that or a carefully metered melatonin drip. [egnor, Oct 05 2004]

How does the snooze feature work?, and would you increase the number of roosters for the hard of hearing?
-- Micky Dread, Nov 24 2002


One of the common "talking time" chips has a "rooster crowing" alarm clock. I don't know if Radio Shack still sells the same clock, but if you want to wake up to an annoying electronic rooster you might go there and see.
-- supercat, Nov 25 2002


I've used a rooster sound file in my clock radio CD, but haven't tried a real rooster. Yet.
If the rooster isn't awake, the projector would do the trick. As [egnor] said with the [link], they work more on a biological clock. I stayed on a farm one summer, and those blasted roosters didn't seem to sleep much at all. You get used to it after a while, which isn't good if that's your alarm clock (alarm cock?).
On the other hand, I would almost certainly wake up if there were a rooster crowing in the bedroom.
-- Amos Kito, Nov 25 2002


Yet another example of nature being replaced by technology, give me the rooster anytime.
-- Micky Dread, Nov 25 2002


Add a hen for a breakfast egg.
-- FarmerJohn, Nov 25 2002


<Homer>mmmmmmmm, Melatonin Dip</Homer>
-- thumbwax, Nov 25 2002


How about the rooster pouncing upon your face as you sleep, digging it's sharp talons into your flesh.
-- ImBack, Dec 23 2002


What would you smash on the rooster to make it quiet for five minutes?
-- colaaddict, Dec 23 2002


We went to a farm for our summer hol's and the roosters were always awake and crowing way before sun up
-- slarti, Oct 20 2004



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