are any hens quiet???

[LindsayB]

Are there any breeds that are especially docile and quiet? We had to rehome our sex links b/c they were so loud. they would yell ALL day even if they weren't laying an egg... now all we have is an easter egger and a wyandotte (that is 9 months and still hasn't laid an egg...) any ideas on breeds? or is it just the hens personality?

 

[JennsPeeps]

LOL... my sex-link is my quietest girl!

None of my girls is particularly noisy. They don't do the "egg song" and are pretty quiet over all.

BR - a "honker". After she lays an egg I can hear her out in the coop going "honk HOOOONK honnnnk hhhhonnnnnkk". I cracks me up. She goes "brrrak" every once in a while but not so much that it's annoying.

RIR - she's my cackler: brrrrrraaaaakkkk.... bbbrrrrraaaaaakkk

My banty cochin only make noise if she's disturbed (loud car driving past) or if she can't find the others. She's the quietest by FAR.

 

[columbiacritter]

Between my ducks non stop yacking and the roos snide comments my hens rarely get a word in edgewise.

 

[ebonykawai]

Wow, my chickens are quiet, I never even hear them!

 

[dixiechick]

my cochin bantams are VERY quiet...even as chicks, they are very quiet. I have 4 right beside me..and I can hear the bats outside over them.

 

[Preservation Acres]

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What breed(s) do you have?

 

[Sierra pachie bars]

They are quiet. Unless you scare them. The most vocal is my unknown breed. In my area all I ever hear is neighbors dogs barking all night. I much rather hear my chickens, which is rarely. Unless they look over my fence , I doubt they would even know I had chickens.

 

[gritsar]

My buff brahmas are extremely quiet. They only time I hear a peep out of them is when they sing at night on their roosts. Their light brahma sisters on the other hand always have to be saying something. If I leave the coop area without leaving a treat behind they'll follow me and complain loudly.

 

[lurky]

I have 2 mille fleur d'uccles and they are the quietest of all my chickens. Very mellow too.