True!!! I have neighbors with dogs that are just obnoxious, carry on all hours of the day and night since they never leave their kennels. My chickens don't make a fraction of the racket they do.
Ha that's funny.. I wonder if it's because I only have the one. She takes the kids grabbing her and carrying her around without putting up any fuss. I totally agree on the SS holy cow what a noisy bird! They are so shrill when they get going. I love them but I too don't know if I'll get...
I would go with the EE's then, they are my next least cackle-y hens. That will only get you as far as all day long noise though, any breed is going to be loud and annoying when they're laying in the morning. Check out egg song videos on youtube. LOL
I can't answer that definitively, mine isn't laying yet. But everything I have read suggests they are right up there with any of the other standards, good layer of medium to large eggs.
Ok found a few references that said they lay every other day which by the sound of your first post might...
My ee's make a very different sound, almost like a hawk screech. Not loud but different. I would say of all my birds my buff brahma is the most laid back and quiet. She doesn't even put up much of a fuss when you handle her.