Is there a *mild* breed for a rooster?

Have you asked if they mind a rooster? They can be heard about 1/2 MILE away. 

If you don't need chicks a secure run and coop is a better idea- less chance of being caught.

Or- all roosters crow, some louder some more annoyingly and some more often then others, it depends on the individual.

I have a little silkie who crowed all the time, my marans hardly crows at all but is loud. the light Brahma crow is pleasant sounding, one crows all the time the other hardly ever.

they protect the flock by giving a warning then either hiding or fighting. what do your chickens need protection from?

I second that - all roosters crow. Mine start around 4am & go till bed time when the sun goes down.

I actually keep them locked up until around 7am so the neighbors dont try to shoot me.

If you dont need a rooster dont get one.

Well the daytime is the only -on- shift for a rooster to give hawk protection put up lots of stuff for the hens to hind under- roosters are better at watching then hens but can give the same call.

All roosters crow, but I would still reccomend a salmon faverolle. They're suppost to be the most docile roosters, and are generally pretty quiet, although it's not a gaurantee. I've heard they are the most mild and least likely to attack, and they're GOURGEOUS!

Having been in your position, the bottom line is that it's a crap shoot.  You won't know how a roo will be until you have him, and by then it may be too late.  One piece of advice that really helped us was to make the decision to find a full grown male rather than getting a chick.  That way, we could at least get an idea of their disposition and crowing patterns before making a committment; besides, there are tons of roosters out there that needs homes.

Another thing that we did was talk to our neighbors and ask them how they felt about it.  We were plain and laid out that we wouldn't know what we had until we got him and that he could potentially crow 24/7.  We were lucky, they were all fine with it (it helps that our houses aren't really THAT close together, after all).  So then we went a-hunting, and asked a lot of questions of current owners/shelters who had any that interested us.

We ended up with a New Hampshire cockerel (about 6 months old) and so far, he's a real gem (and gentleman).  He crows all day, but at roughly 60 minute intervals (starting @ 0630), and only in approximately 6-24 crow bursts.  It looks like we got lucky, and we're thrilled to death...mostly because we were planning for the worst.