I'm on my first flock of urban hens so I have a small sample group, and my husband hypothesizes that noisiness is a function of a particular bird, (not just its breed), combined with its upbringing and the group dynamic...but here's what I can report on our hand-raised-from chicks ladies:
Black...
Hello all! I'm new here and hail from the Ravenna neighborhood of Seattle.
We have four 5-month old young ladies making their home in a compact backyard run:
Dot, a black-breasted red araucana
Prudence, a golden-laced wyandotte
Tilly, a black australorp (the only one laying as yet)
Veruca, a...