BackYard Chickens - Learn How to Raise Chickens

I have 4 hens...and they are so sweet and make special noises. But they are LOUD when laying it seems, which brings predators close (1 of my hens somehow got taken away). I have the 4 d'uccle hens with 4 Ameraucana's , a splash silkie rooster and 2 polish hens and they all get along fine..