My EEs are very loud! My Dels are quiet, as are the Red and Black sex links.
I think it all depends on the individual bird. I had a flock of Cinnamon Queens that were extraordinarily quiet EXCEPT for the one we dubbed "Screamer." My gawd, you could hear that she had laid five acres away! Hardly the humble bird.....
My AMs are both very shy and quiet, to the point of being super antisocial. They lack personality, but they're easy to keep.
My loudest are my faverolles. They're super submissive, so when another hen is in their nesting box they won't even try to squeeze in. So they just stand there and gripe until it's free... and other hens jump in front of them in line, so they just keep on griping. But they're my oldest, in addition to Original, so I think they would be the first to go if I had to lighten my load. My Del isn't super loud, but she's also my alarm. So if anything isn't quite right (danger, out of food or water, let us out of the coop already) I hear her for sure. My leghorn is normally super quiet, but since she's started laying, she has the most screechy and annoying egg song.
Chickens: faverolles, australorps, Delaware, barred rock, welsummer, silver laced wyandotte, lavender and buff x wheaten ameraucanas, BLRW, blue and splash andalusian, cochin, exchequer leghorn, silkie, brabanter, minorca, turken, RIR, brahma, speckled sussex...Ducks: two welsh harlequins, two blue swedish... Two dogs, a snake, two parents and two kids... and food gardens everywhere else.
Chickens: faverolles, australorps, Delaware, barred rock, welsummer, silver laced wyandotte, lavender and buff x wheaten ameraucanas, BLRW, blue and splash andalusian, cochin, exchequer leghorn, silkie, brabanter, minorca, turken, RIR, brahma, speckled sussex...Ducks: two welsh harlequins, two blue swedish... Two dogs, a snake, two parents and two kids... and food gardens everywhere else.
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My loudest are my cochin and my production red.
How long after thier first egg should be thier second egg???
I have 2 Wheaton Ameraucana pullets(Fluffy and Cleo) and 1 Blue Wheaton Ameraucana pullet (Lily) , 2 Showgirls chicks one Buff Columbian(Ji ji),and one Silver Partridge(???) both pullets, a Production Red pullet(Erica), a SlashLRW pullet(???), a Blue LF cochin pullet(Blueberry), and a Sliver Spangled Hamburg Pullet (Pepper).
I have 2 Wheaton Ameraucana pullets(Fluffy and Cleo) and 1 Blue Wheaton Ameraucana pullet (Lily) , 2 Showgirls chicks one Buff Columbian(Ji ji),and one Silver Partridge(???) both pullets, a Production Red pullet(Erica), a SlashLRW pullet(???), a Blue LF cochin pullet(Blueberry), and a Sliver Spangled Hamburg Pullet (Pepper).
I've had chickens wait a week between the first and second eggs.
Speaking of eggs, we're at 13 now! New record! I don't know if Taco the RIR is laying (saw her in the nesting box, but not in the act), but if not then we have her, the brahma and cochin, the brabanter, and the two andalusians who haven't laid yet. And both ducks and my brachins... but I suspect I have one boy and one girl brachin.
Chickens: faverolles, australorps, Delaware, barred rock, welsummer, silver laced wyandotte, lavender and buff x wheaten ameraucanas, BLRW, blue and splash andalusian, cochin, exchequer leghorn, silkie, brabanter, minorca, turken, RIR, brahma, speckled sussex...Ducks: two welsh harlequins, two blue swedish... Two dogs, a snake, two parents and two kids... and food gardens everywhere else.
Chickens: faverolles, australorps, Delaware, barred rock, welsummer, silver laced wyandotte, lavender and buff x wheaten ameraucanas, BLRW, blue and splash andalusian, cochin, exchequer leghorn, silkie, brabanter, minorca, turken, RIR, brahma, speckled sussex...Ducks: two welsh harlequins, two blue swedish... Two dogs, a snake, two parents and two kids... and food gardens everywhere else.
Thanks all for chiming in. Well, as I suspected there are quite a lot of individual differences.
congrats on 13 eggs, Missy.
seth, I had one of my EEs wait 3 weeks between eggs but most of my other ones have been around a week or a few days.
My EEs, OEs, Wellies and AMs are my loudest of my LF. You can just send that Wellie on down here to me. LOL
Sorry you're having problems with the neighbor. Even when I had no chickens, I loved to hear them. Sure beats the extremely loud music I deal with here.
Take a trip to Reno! I have 3 wellies left of my original 5, one went to aubrey (the really loudest one) and one to missy. One of our neighbors behind and over a few houses plays a drumset. Now that's annoying!
My EE isnt loud and and ive had her for 4 years
I have 4 and some are quiet and some are louder. I wouldn't say they are the loudest of the flock, though.
Elizabeth
3 Black Australorps, 1 Welsummer, 3 EEs, 2 Buff Orpingtons, 1 Barred Rock, 6 Ameraucana (2 Lavender, 1 Blue Wheaten, 1 Buff X Wheaten, and 2 Black/Lav split), 2 Blue Laced Red Wyandottes , and 1 Golden Cuckoo Marans, 3 Norwegian Jaerhon, 3 blue silkies, 1 speckled sussex, 1 blue cochin, 1 dark brahma
Elizabeth
3 Black Australorps, 1 Welsummer, 3 EEs, 2 Buff Orpingtons, 1 Barred Rock, 6 Ameraucana (2 Lavender, 1 Blue Wheaten, 1 Buff X Wheaten, and 2 Black/Lav split), 2 Blue Laced Red Wyandottes , and 1 Golden Cuckoo Marans, 3 Norwegian Jaerhon, 3 blue silkies, 1 speckled sussex, 1 blue cochin, 1 dark brahma
Polish, Showgirls, Sultans, Turkens, Frizzles, Silkies...
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Polish, Showgirls, Sultans, Turkens, Frizzles, Silkies...
...Welcome to the ƒunny ƒarm!
You know, I think it would benefit us to email the city and get the official policy about what neighbors can do about annoying animals. I have a friend whose dog barked, and she got a note on her door from animal control. But she said that, as long as the dog was just annoying and nobody/nothing was abused or neglected, that's all they could do. And since chickens follow the same rules as dogs in this town, it would be the same. It would be really nice to get the official policy in writing.
But something tells me that it would involve a bit of email chase to find the right person. They probably don't publish the "who to ask about complaints" email on an easy-to-find website.
Chickens: faverolles, australorps, Delaware, barred rock, welsummer, silver laced wyandotte, lavender and buff x wheaten ameraucanas, BLRW, blue and splash andalusian, cochin, exchequer leghorn, silkie, brabanter, minorca, turken, RIR, brahma, speckled sussex...Ducks: two welsh harlequins, two blue swedish... Two dogs, a snake, two parents and two kids... and food gardens everywhere else.
Chickens: faverolles, australorps, Delaware, barred rock, welsummer, silver laced wyandotte, lavender and buff x wheaten ameraucanas, BLRW, blue and splash andalusian, cochin, exchequer leghorn, silkie, brabanter, minorca, turken, RIR, brahma, speckled sussex...Ducks: two welsh harlequins, two blue swedish... Two dogs, a snake, two parents and two kids... and food gardens everywhere else.
There are CC&R's in our neighborhood but no HOA to enforce them. The county and city will not get involved in neighbor disputes related to CC&R's.
So I have been doing some online research. Washoe County handles all of Reno Animal Control. There is an ordinance against noisy animals. It is not very specific at all about when. I mean, wouldn't it be reasonable to have some time frames for noise? but it just says "loud and frequent noises causes annoyance."
Washoe County Ordinance 55.125 - Keeping of Noisy Animals.
It is unlawful for any person to keep, harbor or own any animal which by making loud and frequent noises causes annoyance to the neighborhood or to a reasonable person in the vicinity.
While barking dogs are the majority of complaints received, this ordinance is not limited to dogs. Crowing roosters and other animals can cause an annoyance to the neighborhood. Therefore, when reporting a noise complaint, please be specific about the description of the animal causing the nuisance.
1st Complaint
If you are reporting a noise complaint for the first time, that animal owner will be sent a Notice of Complaint, in the form of a letter that explains the law and gives some helpful tips on how they might control the noise.
It is not illegal for an animal to make noise; but chronic noise and/or noise for long periods of time constitute a legal nuisance. We ask that you give the animal owner time to react to the Notice of Complaint (generally a week). If the animal owner fails to correct the problem, you may file another complaint and request that the party be given a Final Notice.
Here's the page with the code and complaint stuff.
http://www.co.washoe.nv.us/animal/noise.html
So I really don't have much of a leg to stand on. My chickens are noisy when they lay and since there are quite a few, it does go on throughout the day but it's rarely very early in the morning and never at night. Much of the day they are mostly puttering around making quiet little noises that you can't hear beyond our yard. I think it's reasonable to reduce the size of my flock but it's not reasonable for him to think my chickens will never make noise. I guess I made a mistake making those big windows on the back of the coop which faces his yard.
I am just feeling sick about it. I don't feel comfortable in my own yard any more in case he's lurking behind the fence. I'm going to try to get the windows covered tomorrow but it wasn't really on the agenda for me. Have to go to soccer, etc. and will probably be all paranoid about my noisy chickens while I'm gone.
He has this big above ground pool and his grandkids come over all summer long to swim in it. Apparently our chickens were a big hindrance to their enjoyment of it (maybe their grandkids' shrieking and splashing were annoying to me! oh wait, i also have young kids 
) if he weren't retired, he wouldn't even be around when they're making noise during the day.
So my relaxing evening after the kids went to bed has been searching byc for quiet breeds (ha, ha there is not much consensus on that as we found on our thread) and city and county ordinances.
well, staying up late isn't going to improve the situation so I should log off.
Elizabeth
3 Black Australorps, 1 Welsummer, 3 EEs, 2 Buff Orpingtons, 1 Barred Rock, 6 Ameraucana (2 Lavender, 1 Blue Wheaten, 1 Buff X Wheaten, and 2 Black/Lav split), 2 Blue Laced Red Wyandottes , and 1 Golden Cuckoo Marans, 3 Norwegian Jaerhon, 3 blue silkies, 1 speckled sussex, 1 blue cochin, 1 dark brahma
Elizabeth
3 Black Australorps, 1 Welsummer, 3 EEs, 2 Buff Orpingtons, 1 Barred Rock, 6 Ameraucana (2 Lavender, 1 Blue Wheaten, 1 Buff X Wheaten, and 2 Black/Lav split), 2 Blue Laced Red Wyandottes , and 1 Golden Cuckoo Marans, 3 Norwegian Jaerhon, 3 blue silkies, 1 speckled sussex, 1 blue cochin, 1 dark brahma
Ok, reading in the Washoe County animal regulations, this is what I found pertaining to chicken ownership within the city:
55.800 Penalties.
Website where I found this: http://www.co.washoe.nv.us/repository/files/44/CHAPTER%2055%20non-certified.pdf
But it would be really nice to find some polite and well-meaning city official that's willing to talk about tolerances and procedures for keeping poultry in Reno. We can't be the first people to be concerned about this.
Chickens: faverolles, australorps, Delaware, barred rock, welsummer, silver laced wyandotte, lavender and buff x wheaten ameraucanas, BLRW, blue and splash andalusian, cochin, exchequer leghorn, silkie, brabanter, minorca, turken, RIR, brahma, speckled sussex...Ducks: two welsh harlequins, two blue swedish... Two dogs, a snake, two parents and two kids... and food gardens everywhere else.
Chickens: faverolles, australorps, Delaware, barred rock, welsummer, silver laced wyandotte, lavender and buff x wheaten ameraucanas, BLRW, blue and splash andalusian, cochin, exchequer leghorn, silkie, brabanter, minorca, turken, RIR, brahma, speckled sussex...Ducks: two welsh harlequins, two blue swedish... Two dogs, a snake, two parents and two kids... and food gardens everywhere else.
It looks like you were reading the same thing as me! But it also looks like, if he wants to make an issue of it past a warning, he has to be willing to testify in court of the problem. Do you think he would do that? Would you want to take it that far? It would be so nice if he worked a standard workday like most people, so he was out of the house during egg time. Mine only lay during 9-5 working hours, and anyone home at that time is usually running a belt sander or circular saw.
I also wonder if Animal Control officers ever come out to assess the situation and determine that the complaining party just needs to take a deep breath and relax.
Chickens: faverolles, australorps, Delaware, barred rock, welsummer, silver laced wyandotte, lavender and buff x wheaten ameraucanas, BLRW, blue and splash andalusian, cochin, exchequer leghorn, silkie, brabanter, minorca, turken, RIR, brahma, speckled sussex...Ducks: two welsh harlequins, two blue swedish... Two dogs, a snake, two parents and two kids... and food gardens everywhere else.
Chickens: faverolles, australorps, Delaware, barred rock, welsummer, silver laced wyandotte, lavender and buff x wheaten ameraucanas, BLRW, blue and splash andalusian, cochin, exchequer leghorn, silkie, brabanter, minorca, turken, RIR, brahma, speckled sussex...Ducks: two welsh harlequins, two blue swedish... Two dogs, a snake, two parents and two kids... and food gardens everywhere else.
