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You might have a noise ordinanace, in which case, if a neighbor complains about the crowing, you'd probably have to re-home. Our cockerel was crowing for about a month (never before 7am, but pretty consistently throughout the day), but I got so incredibly anxious about annoying my neighbors that we re-homed him (he was also getting mean). But I never got any complaints. I just didn't want anyone to get resentful, you know?
Also, on weekends when 7am might've been too early for crowing, we kept Saffron in a crate in our utility room overnight and let him out at a more appropriate hour. It worked out pretty well.
I hope you get to keep him. About a month after re-homing Saffron, he was attacked by a raccoon. He survived the initial attack but the flaky owner didn't keep up on antibiotics and poor Saffron passed away. I still feel incredibly angry and guilty about it.