Not so horsey question..has anyone here got a cockeral?!

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Hi all, have been offered a cockeral to keep my ladies in order, will keep him at the yard which has a farmer neighbour and a neighbour the otherside but is in a remote country area. Over the road they have cockerals and down the road a bit but I am a bit worried he would make lots of noise and upset people.. How much noise do they make, is it really that bad and could you put them in a shed to sleep at night, then they may not make as much noise?! Thanks!
 
The noise largely depends on the breed and if they can hear another cockerel answering them they will keep on crowing. I have 6 and they crow all day from 4am. Luckily I am fairly immune and don't have close neighbours.
On the plus side a good cockerel looks after his wives really well and its nice to see them following him around while he calles them in for treats he has found.
 
Yes! Noisy b@gger
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We have 1 cockerel that is a keeper - and the others fall over into the freezer once they are big enough (usually after they have started crowing!!)

Our one neighbour does tend to complain if she gets chance - but TBH we have lost patience with trying to keep her happy - as we do live in the middle of the sodding countryside!

She tells us that his crowing keeps her awake - although in the same breath she can't sleep in the same room as a clock ticking... I think someone just needs to buy some earplugs!!

Sorry - rambly - but the cockerel is right outside by bedroom window and he doesn't keep me awake
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if you live in the country u should not be bothered by a cockeral!!! so get him and sod everyone else they arent that bad!!! townies shouldnt move to country and expect silence!!!

ETS i dont mean to call anyone a townie or offend anyone on here! my point is if its goin to be kept in a country environment its a country noise so no probs in my book!
 
Our cockerel crows all day. He's a Silkie is gorgeous but has small man syndrome and will attack certain people. It doesn't hurt but be aware some can be aggressive. I swopped him after our Rhode Island Red Rooster became too much for my girls. He was too amorous and pulled their feathers out across their backs. I tried poultry saddles to no avail. He went to live on a farm which had more girls for him to play with. I only have 3. What kind of Rooster have you been offered. If you don't have many hens I wouldn't get a big breed.
 
The house up the road from our yard has a cockeral, he comes with his lady friends to see our yard every day, we have nicknamed him Clyde
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Very cool, he keeps his lady friend chickens in order, apart from when he lost them last week and ended up getting chased across the field by one of the horses, he didn't know whether to fly or run and ended up doing the chicken equivalent of piaffe
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He doesn't make too much noise, I think his owners put him in a shed as we only see him and his ladies in the morning
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I live in a semi rural area, and had hens and the odd cockeral, and the damn things drove me mad crowing so I didn't replace them once they were out-foxed!

It's all very well saying if you live in the countryside you should put up with the noise, but it's enough to drive you round the bend if you have a neighbour with a noisy cockeral that crows from dawn (or earlier if it pleases him) to mid morning. Death to noisy cockerals, and a long, lingering one at that.
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My yard has just acquired a stunningly handsome Buff Orpington cockerel who has been named Chicken George. Be aware that putting a new bird in with an existing group may not be all sweetness and light. Chicken George is only about 8 months old although he's at least 3 times bigger than the 4 rescued battery hens. For the first few weeks he wouldn't stay in the same place as them as they all beat him up. We moved them all to a "neutral" shed and things have mostly settled down now - it helps I think that Chicken George has grown a bit too. But the lead mare - er, sorry - CHICKEN still broadsides him and sends him scuttling off to try to beat up a sparrow or two! Crowing? Haven't heard him try yet. He's a sweetie and eats Tesco madeira cake out of my hand. If I just bring bread, he comes to find me and stands sort of with his wings on his hips as if to say "...and the cake is WHERE???"
 
We have had a few cockerels, but beware having one in hearing distance of another = very noisy as they compete. So much so that even 4 weeks after they were culled I had a complaint about them crowing before dawn in May via a friend from the estate (2 fields away) and the bloomin woman hadn't noticed they'd been gone a month before!
 
My little girl found two lovely cockerals in one of our fields a few noths ago, and tbh, their crows are pathetic.

The bantam cockerals I had were soooo noisey, so I all think it depends on the individual
 
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