Any way to stop the egg song?

[Bryce Thomas]

Nothing will stop the egg song or other sounds a hen makes.

Make sure chickens (in quantity allowed and in coop positioning relative to property lines) are in line with local laws and they will be fine. If you're trying to put chickens where they are not permitted to be kept and neighbors complain, that is a different story.

Keep everything clean, dispose of the manure properly, manage the feed so as not to attract rodents, and most neighbors won't mind chicken noises during the day.

Its perfectly legal and everything where I am, im sure my neighbors will be fine I just don't want to be mean to them by having my silkies in my backyard where they can be noisey

 

[STACEYH]

If you are that concerned you should rethink owning chickens. If you believe there isn't going to be an issue don't over think it.

 

[Deezchix]

Randomly throughout the day, sometimes when and egg is not even layed a silkie hen will make a sound that sounds like "cawk cawk cawk KA KAWK" loud noise. Im going to be moving them into my neighbor hood soon and I dont want yo annoy my neighbors but that loud song. I hear you can train chickens to be quiet by spraying them with a bottle of water when they are loud but that seems really in-humane to me. Any Ideas?

We have Wyandottes that are VERY loud lol. They're loudest when laying, but get pretty loud when hawks fly by, crows fly by, Bluejays stop in, they hear a plane, truck, any loud noise lol. Not to mention when one goes broody and I have to force her out of the coop lol. But as some have mentioned, peace offering of eggs and the understanding that these noises only occur in daylight can help you feel less like you're annoying your neighbors. We also have a hemi truck owning neighbor and bulldog owning neighbor abutting our property, so we make it work.

 

[DickMidnight]

i think you need to reconsider if owning chickens is right for you.

you have a thread about putting a no crow collar on your rooster and now you want to silence your hens, too.

if your birds are legal where you live, then there’s no issue. as a courtesy, and in the interest of being neighborly, you can give your neighbors a heads up that the birds are coming, and offer them eggs for any inconvenience. that could smooth out any rough edges before they even become an issue.

other than that, it sounds like the chickens are going to bother you more than anything. for that reason, you might want to rethink owning them.

 

[DickMidnight]

@Bryce Thomas any updates on this?

 

[Bryce Thomas]

@Bryce Thomas any updates on this?

I told my neighbors and they are fine with it and everything and its all good and sorted out

 

[DickMidnight]

I told my neighbors and they are fine with it and everything and its all good and sorted out

see? all that worry and thread starting for nothing.

 

[STACEYH]

I am glad you and the neighbors worked all out. If you have ANY other things you need help or advice on please make a thread. There are a lot of knowledgeable people here.

 

[Poultrybonkers]

They dont make that sound just for egg laying they do it with ground predators aswell and none of my chickens make this sound they dump the egg out and go about there day unless they see a predator though males are worse with it

 

[Shadrach]

Randomly throughout the day, sometimes when and egg is not even layed a silkie hen will make a sound that sounds like "cawk cawk cawk KA KAWK" loud noise. Im going to be moving them into my neighbor hood soon and I dont want yo annoy my neighbors but that loud song. I hear you can train chickens to be quiet by spraying them with a bottle of water when they are loud but that seems really in-humane to me. Any Ideas?

Yes. Get a rooster.