[bramford]

Hi Folks
I have got the chance to get a bantam pekin cockerel for free but my question is how noisy are they, we already have four ISA hens who can make a little bit of noise but nothing to bad.
We live in a residental street so dont have open fields  but I don't want to upset the neighbours either.
Thoughts please

[arugula]

Its likely to be pretty noisy, but probably in a more high-pitched annoying way than a larger bird. 

[bramford]

  that's not going to help convince the good lady

[Anndee]

I've recently had to rehome our lovely lemon cuckoo Pekin bantam boy due to the noise he made, and not just in the morning. he would crow about 4 times a day lasting about 10 minutes each session 
I didn't want to rehome him as I'd had him since he was 5 weeks old but it got so you couldn't stand the noise, and that was us not the neighbours!!
Nearly everybody will give the males away for free.

[BigPaddy]

Our boy doesn't make too much noise. Our garden is a reasonable length and everyone nearby is double-glazed which will make him less annoying. None of our neighbors have ever said anything bad, in fact they seem to like a crow from time to time.

BIG-Paddy

[bramford]

well we have spend half an hour trying to catch him but he is having non of it 

[bantam novice]

You may have to wait until he perches for the night. 

[bramford]

we are going to try again in the morning 

[Casey76]

I find the crow of a smaller bird much more piercing than that of a larger bird.

Just be aware that cockerels crow, not only on a morning and at dusk, but throughout the day.

One of my boys used to start crowing, and continued for up to half an hour at a time.  Which might cause a problem for you at any time of the day (especially if any of your neighbours work a night shift!