Rooster crowing around 4am non stop.

[Hermit]

That is the problem with multiple roosters. Once one starts it becomes competitive, especially in the dark as the submissive rooster is safe from any repercussions that the dominant rooster would normally dish out for crowing in his presence.
I don't know what your lay out is like but could it be a car's head lamps sweeping across the coop at that time, as it comes along the road, perhaps someone heading out to do an early shift on a regular basis.

I had wondered about that, especially as we live right next to the delivery door for the town’s post office. Then, we had to bring in the younger/smaller cockerel and his crate-mate the other night, after doing a night check on everyone and finding the pair of them thoroughly soaked and his comb’s tips blue.
We’d been having heavy rains all day, and the winds had slanted the rain sideways, spraying it into his side of the structure.
They spent the night inside a windowless area around the corner from my bedroom, and I can now inform everyone there’s NOTHING quite like having a fully fledged crow happen in the middle of your dead sleep, in a small area, where there’s bare walls and a cement floor.
I nearly punted my poor dog into the ceiling when I bolted awake shouting god-knows-what. LOL

So unless it’s something that becomes a set pattern once they’ve had a “false sunrise” instilled… I don’t know if it could be that.
But it does still make sense, considering the lighting & placement!
I’m going to see what we can do to alter the roost layout so the post’s lighting and movement aren’t so troubling for them.

 

[Hermit]

A 17 week old cockerel is just a growing boy.
Your cockerel is only coming into his own and like most roosters he is warning the completion out there to keep their distance from HIS coop and from HIS lady friends.

Crowing to a rooster is like trash talking is to a teenage boy.

I’m torn between sending one away (they’re both LOVELY and will make gorgeous babies, and they work hard, but they bloody themselves trying to get at each other) or continuing the way we’re going now.
As it stands, the boys have to be let out in shifts, and the dominant one has been a steady alarm at around 530-600am. They were rescued, so I can’t send either to sleep away camp.

 

[Trish1974]

Am I the only one that LOVES hearing all that crowing?? My cockerels have STOPPED crowing and I'm disappointed by it! Seriously though, good luck with your situation @Hermit I hope you can find a peaceful resolution.

 

[Hermit]

Am I the only one that LOVES hearing all that crowing?? My cockerels have STOPPED crowing and I'm disappointed by it! Seriously though, good luck with your situation @Hermit I hope you can find a peaceful resolution.

I love the crowing, but I worry that the not-quite-morning ones might get me in trouble with the neighbors, in spite of living in a tiny town.
Plus, I hate it when they get into a crowing competition when I’m in the middle of cleaning out their areas.

 

[Shamo Hybrid]

Hmmm...... let's see. My neighbor's rooster crows at 12 AM, 1:45 AM, 2:30 AM, 3:15 AM and shuts his mouth when the sun comes out. Makes me think how well behaved my rooster is compared to the neighbors, and how lucky I am. Although, the good thing about that is that the OTHER neighbors can't complain about my rooster because the neighbor with the annoying crowing rooster will take most of the brunt!