Neighborhood roo is making me mad.

[MomMommyMamma]

I know, I know, it was silly to think that we could get through the winter w/o our roo who is now 5+ mo. old crowing a whole lot (so we can get some chicks in the spring). It was all going fairly quietly for a while. He would just crow in the AM. Now, we're hearing another rooster somewhere crowing. Sounds like quite a ways away - we can barely hear him. However, my rooster is hearing him loud & clear and hollerin' back at him. Frequently. Oy. Now I'm even more worried about our neighbors complaining.
We're in an unzoned area so we're legal, but I don't want to have angry neighbors. So far no one has said anything negative. He's not crowing until around 7 AM as far as we know. I've heard of them crowing at 4 AM though. Do they all crow that early? When does that start?

 

[A.T. Hagan]

Roosters crow at all hours of the day or night. It's what roosters do. Even when mine are not disturbed by anything they will routinely crow an hour and a half before dawn most every day.

 

[PaulaJoAnne]

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Ours start at 4:30 am, so consider yourself fortunate!
Every roo is different as to when it crows.

The thing with being unzoned in our state, is if a neighbor complains more then once, then its a $75 fine, and you have to get rid of the noise, or face more fines.

 

[MomMommyMamma]

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Hmmm - I have not heard of that but I suppose I better check it out! Who do I call?

I was just thinking that I wonder how the other rooster owner feels. I'd love to find out who they are but I'm not sure how I could track them down. We just know it's coming from "that direction" lol.