Is there such a thing as a quiet rooster?

[BallsEleven]

4 of the 8 chicks we got a month ago turned out to be male. I live in a neighborhood with 1/2 acre lots so I don't think my neighbors would appreciate listening to a rooster early in the morning (and neither would I).

My original plan was to let them go as long as possible in the coop then the first time I heard one let one rip at dawn, take them all out (and hopefully be big enough to get some meat off of).

Would it even be worth it to take them out one by one when they started making noise in the hopes one is significantly more quiet than normal?

TIA

 

[Lobo123]

HI. You will eventually need to get of the roosters and at most leave one. There will be to much stress in the flock, it would only end in bloodshed.

Are you planning on removing the first roosters that crow, and leaving that last one to stay in the flock? I don't know how reliable it would be to leave the last crower in hopes that it's quite. I guess you could try.

If you don't want a rooster, save yourself the trouble and remove them. Crowing roosters isn't the only problem you'll likely face.

 

[Acre4Me]

Are you allowed roosters? If so, you might get a more laid back one, but all roosters crow. Another thing, they will crow when they see things out of the ordinary or even when you are too close to their space or his girls.

some crow a lot, just as a rule: leghorns are not known to be quiet And ours wouldn’t shut-up. Our black Jersey Giant doesn’t crow much (or the last one either). The Marans crowed a lot. The gold laced Wysndotte crows, but not excessively, but often enough.

What breeds do you have?

 

[keesmom]

What breeds are they? There won't be a lot of meat but if they are butchered early they should still be tender. Not to mention they'll make great stock.

 

[BallsEleven]

Are you allowed roosters? If so, you might get a more laid back one, but all roosters crow. Another thing, they will crow when they see things out of the ordinary or even when you are too close to their space or his girls.

some crow a lot, just as a rule: leghorns are not known to be quiet And ours wouldn’t shut-up. Our black Jersey Giant doesn’t crow much (or the last one either). The Marans crowed a lot. The gold laced Wysndotte crows, but not excessively, but often enough.

What breeds do you have?

White LeghornxRhode Island Red

I’ve already noticed 1 starting to pick on the other males. I’m allowed to have roosters, just don’t want to disturb the neighbors.

I guess I will go ahead and remove them then.

 

[Heffalump]

White LeghornxRhode Island Red

I’ve already noticed 1 starting to pick on the other males. I’m allowed to have roosters, just don’t want to disturb the neighbors.

I guess I will go ahead and remove them then.

Your neighbours might not mind. We are on an acre and neither of ours have ever complained about our rooster. One of our neighbours has hot tub parties with music and the other has a goat, so they aren't silent themselves.

 

[Acre4Me]

White LeghornxRhode Island Red

I’ve already noticed 1 starting to pick on the other males. I’m allowed to have roosters, just don’t want to disturb the neighbors.

I guess I will go ahead and remove them then.

yes, that sounds like a potentially loud cross.

does anyone else have chickens near you?

 

[BallsEleven]

Haha no goats or hot tub parties around here yet

One guy has chickens abouthalf a mile down the hwy. And the only reason I know that is because you can hear his rooster crow in the morning

 

[Smithyard Farm]

4 of the 8 chicks we got a month ago turned out to be male. I live in a neighborhood with 1/2 acre lots so I don't think my neighbors would appreciate listening to a rooster early in the morning (and neither would I).

My original plan was to let them go as long as possible in the coop then the first time I heard one let one rip at dawn, take them all out (and hopefully be big enough to get some meat off of).

Would it even be worth it to take them out one by one when they started making noise in the hopes one is significantly more quiet than normal?

TIA

I have had loud ones and quiet ones. Mostly loud though. My "quiet" one still was pretty loud at 5am....

 

[Acre4Me]

Haha no goats or hot tub parties around here yet

One guy has chickens abouthalf a mile down the hwy. And the only reason I know that is because you can hear his rooster crow in the morning

your terrain and air flow will affect how noise carries. Where are you in relation to others and how is the terrain and what about general wind direction?

we have neighbors, and they can hear our roosters if their windows are open, but not very loudly -it would not likely wake them up Even if windows opened. But the prevailing winds come out of the west, and there is only a farm field to our East. The chickens are behind our barn, which also helps.