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I have 13 three month old hens from chicks. Urban setting. Very pleasant and VERY quiet. Will they stay as quiet as they get older?

My quiet Australorps I have thirteen black australorps. They are three months old (hens) and I selected them for many reasons but importantly because they were supost to be quiet. (Urban hens) I live in a city on a 3/4 acre lot. At three months they are quieter than the blue jays and...

Thank you for the response. My run and coop are, I believe preditor proof. The girls are safe in the run. I live in So. Fl. So the weather is not a factor. I will just wait them out I guess.

I have an automatic door that closes off the coop from the run at dark. Girls. Go into the run but I can not get them in the coop before it closes. They are seven weeks old. I have a small light inside but no luck. Black Australorps, great birds, just do not go into the coop. Are they too...

I have an enclosed run and coop. It is new and I am hopeful I have made it critter, bird and rodent proof. Very small hole hardware cloth. It is my first coop and young pullets. I have :Dincorporated automatic door, feeders and five gallon water bucket with water nipples. I believe my pulleys...