Rooster Crow - Crowing Roosters and Hand-Feeding Chickens for Project Zomboid

Rooster Crow gives roosters their familiar call and adds worm-based interactions with hens, roosters and chicks.

Calls that follow the day

Roosters crow several times around seasonal sunrise, then occasionally during the day, roughly every one to three hours. Crowing stops at 8 PM.

Outside the hutch, a stationary rooster flaps its wings and raises its head before calling. Walking roosters wait until they stop. Hutch occupants are heard from their enclosure, while roosters transported in trailers remain silent.

Calls can also be heard faintly through building walls.

Optional wake-up calls

Crowing wakes you up is disabled by default.

When enabled, nearby calls can interrupt sleep within 30 tiles outdoors. Walls shorten the range; an outside rooster can wake an indoor sleeper within 15 tiles. Hearing-reducing equipment shortens it further.

The call responsible for waking you is always audible. Multiplayer players configure this option individually.

Attract and feed chickens

Drop a worm to attract chickens within 10 tiles. One chicken eats each worm; unsuccessful competitors wander away.

Alternatively, right-click a worm and select Hold worm in hand. Chickens gather and follow you. Right-click one nearby and choose Feed worm to feed that animal.

Once per day, each chicken can receive a small stress reduction and increased acceptance toward the feeding player. The player gains some Husbandry XP, and chicks receive a small growth benefit.

Turkeys do not react to worms.

Zombies and settings

If Animals Attract Zombies is enabled, crowing can attract zombies from a distance comparable to a cow’s call. That sandbox option is enabled by default in Apocalypse.

Local settings control crow volume and waking behavior. Muting crow volume affects only your own audio.

Compatibility

For Build 42. Safe to add or remove mid-save.

Works with Livestock Panel Plus, which no longer includes crowing from version 1.16 onward. Multiplayer was tested with a co-op host and one client.

Languages: English, Japanese and Italian.
Crow sound: Sound Effect Lab.