I currently only have experience with bantams, but we've talked about adding a roo to our standard egg layers (barred rocks) so that we can hatch out replacement hens each year and put the roos in the freezer without having to buy more chicks every spring. I keep only 1-2 banty roos and they're fairly quiet so my neighbors don't hear them with the coop location - we can't even hear them inside the house. Would a standard rooster be much louder? My neighbors don't mind provided they don't hear the chickens or smell them.