Need quiet chicken breeds

[ibarbidahl]

My Light Brahma hardly makes a sound. Well, I take that back. She does growl a lot. But, it's not an agressive type thing. LOL. And it is hard to hear if you aren't paying attention. Certainly no one on the other side of my fence hears her.

BR is the most talkative and my RIR is loudest as far as decibels... But as a PP stated it's a crap shot. Maybe how much they peep as a chick would be indicative. I think we need a study done!

 

[Choco Maran]

I have a variety of hens and all seem to be quite right now; however they are all about 20 weeks chech signature line for types.

 

[CinnamonQueen]

My Light Brahma hardly makes a sound. Well, I take that back. She does growl a lot. But, it's not an agressive type thing. LOL. And it is hard to hear if you aren't paying attention. Certainly no one on the other side of my fence hears her.

BR is the most talkative and my RIR is loudest as far as decibels... But as a PP stated it's a crap shot. Maybe how much they peep as a chick would be indicative. I think we need a study done!

I know! If one person says its quiet, another says its loud! At least one of my two RIR's sings a loud egg song. I'm not sure which.
Thanks gg706 for the clarification.

 

[shadow rabbit10]

What about Silkies? Mine doesn't even sing an egg song.

 

[Hishigata]

I have an Easter Egger and a Lakenvelder. The Easter Egger is very quiet other than the occasional soft cluck and whirring sound, almost like a little bearded robot, she is silent. The Lakenvelder is a hot mess of noise. She actually crows some mornings around 6:30 - 7:00am and has a two hour "egg song" of constant clucks and high pitched yelps until she finally lays. I also think the individual hen as much as the breed determines sound level. I posted a similar thread a little while ago and got a mix of answers.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...t-breeds-for-a-quiet-urban-flock#post_9899146

 

[CinnamonQueen]

The thing is, Shadow Rabbit, is that although Silkies seem like awesome birds, we don't want a hen that doesn't lay eggs 90% of the time because of broodiness.

 

[CinnamonQueen]

Okay. We are officially rehoming both of our RIR's that have to let everyone know they are laying eggs. Here are the breeds I'm considering:
Brahma (if we can find one!)
Australorp
Easter egger ( I would also like info on how flighty they are, they could fly next door to dogs!)
and possibly Barred Rock.
Any opinions? The sooner the better!

 

[shadow rabbit10]

From what've heard, EEs can be very flighty. I have two bantams and they can easily fly across my yard, and fly up at least 5 feet. One if my EE bantams flew up onto the roof of my one-story house. Mine are sweet, but have not started laying. If you get them and you are worried about dogs, clip their wings because they can and will easily scale your fence. And it's not just the bantams, I have heard the same thing about the standards.

 

[CinnamonQueen]

Thanks! Is it every month that you have to clip the wings?

 

[shadow rabbit10]

I don't know, I don't like to clip wings, and I am going to show my birds in 4-H, even my EEs, so I can't clip wings. I'm sure there are a lot of threads and articles on wing clippings though. If you want to clip wings, then they are chickens worth getting!