Ohhhhh!!! Hee hee. I have the SAME situation. I also want to keep my rooster "Qtip". .... Qtip was so sweet up until he morphed into almost full adult rooster 🐓.
Today he decided to peck my feeding hand then looked straight into my face like, "Yeah.... I just PECKED your hand...
Im on same boat. I, myself , don't mind my rooster crowing but I think I'm going to have to ask each neighbor if they are ok with him. I want to keep him.
I'm just wondering of this is a rooster. This is my 3 month old Buff Orpington. He/she DOES Flap it's wings sometimes out of nowhere. The back wings extend longer than its body it seems.... what do you think?