Which is louder?

[cluckmecoop7]

How about a laughing crower like an Ayem Ketawa? Would you like one of those?

I'm sorry, I LOVE roosters crowing. Normal, standard, bantam, Longcrower, and laughing crower. I love them all!! Well, not all... I don't especially care for a Barred Rock's crow...

@cluckmecoop7, if you're worried about your rooster being too loud or annoying, I think it's a good idea to talk with your neighbors about it. Or, you can check your city's/town's ordinances. Check your Association if you live in one. If your city's/town's ordinances approve, then you should be good. But if your Association doesn't, then you could have a problem.

As far as getting a rooster goes.... The bantams are higher pitched. Thinking at the distances I listen to my neighbors' roosters, I'd say they might be about the same in volume, but to me, the bantams sound louder due to pitch. And these roosters I'm hearing, quieted by a barn and woods, I can hear them at my place which is about three acres away, and others I'm hearing, further than that. On my own rooster, a standard, I can still hear him on a walk of 5 to 7 minutes away. (That's with about 2-3 minutes walk of field in between.)

Or, if all else fails, but you most likely won't have any luck, but finding a decrowed rooster might be nice. I had a Blue Wheaton Ameruacana rooster named Simon that never crowed, clucked, or made any other rooster sound. I wouldn't want to decrow a rooster ever, but getting one that was really wasn't that bad. Just again, finding one that was probably would be hard to do.

Thank you for the input Lacy!

 

[U_Stormcrow]

4:30 AM for me. We are "remote". One of the darkest skies in the state of Florida. Even darker, according to some sources, than the ostensibly darkest place in Florida. (Kissimmee Prairie Preserves State Park).

Yet the roosters start crowing abotu 4:30 AM right now. Not the moon either, which should be set before then.

 

[NatJ]

In general, high pitched sounds do not travel as far as low pitched sounds.
But the high pitched sounds are often more annoying to people who are close enough to hear them.

A bantam rooster will tend to have a higher pitched crow, but less volume, and the sound will probably not carry as far.

A large rooster will tend to have a lower pitched crow, more volume, and the sound will probably carry far.

People further away or inside a house are more likely to hear the large rooster, where they might not hear the bantam rooster at all. But people who do hear the bantam rooster might find him the more irritating of the two.

I don't know what size rooster would be better for your situation.