Are chickens really noisy?

[Jessica Thompson]

Well your lucky mine is sooooo loud I can hear her from the other end of our huuuuge barn she sounds like a rooster crow video going on for five hours

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

She sounds like a drama queen.

 

[Krazyquilts]

Well if you have a silkie there reeeeaaally llooouuud well mine is anyway

Omg I just bought two adult Silkie crosses and one of them is soooo loud! I thought maybe she was upset about something and I've been running outside a lot to check on her so it's good to know that it's just a breed tendency.

 

[Jessica Thompson]

She sounds like a drama queen.

Omg I just bought two adult Silkie crosses and one of them is soooo loud! I thought maybe she was upset about something and I've been running outside a lot to check on her so it's good to know that it's just a breed tendency.

I will post a video of her obsessive cackling

 

[ChickenGeek_101]

We have the most adorable 9-day-old chicks chirping away in our living room. Sometimes,however, they decide to have a squawk fest. We live on a small lot and were hoping that the chickens would be fairly quiet once outside, as we're pretty sure chickens are not allowed in our development. Any thoughts? Will the neighbors complain?

They are not very noisy once they get older,and are outside. I have about 10 roosters and they are pretty quiet most of the time

 

[IdyllwildAcres]

Mine are louder than I expected.
1 EE is super quiet & sweet. Barely even sings an egg song.
1 RIR has a loud egg song that goes on for a solid minute or two.

1 Barred Rock that is the whiniest, squawkiest complainer ever. From morning to night, squawk "I'm hungry"
Squawk "I want out of the run"
Squawk "Someone else is in the nestbox"
Squawk "I'm going into the nestbox"
Squawk "The sun's going down"

That sounds like my Blue Amauracana (misspelled I am sure)

Gary

 

[rjohns39]

Hi and welcome to BYC We're so happy you've decided to join us

The good news is they're generally pretty quiet until they start laying and then depending on breed not too bad. Do find out what your laws are and nosy neighbors can often be bribed with eggs. You can search your local threat in the where are you where am I forum and we also have a forum about various laws.

 

[sourland]

Well if you have a silkie there reeeeaaally llooouuud well mine is anyway

And I have never had a noisy silky.

 

[rosemarythyme]

Assuming you have all hens, for the most part, they're not too noisy. However egg songs can get fairly loud, my loudest hen can be heard about 1/4 mile away. But some hens rarely sing it at all (and some sing for everyone including themselves). You can go to youtube and search for "egg song," it's probably the sound that people most associate with chickens.

 

[PupsNHens]

My 7 girls have 3 identical nest boxes lined up in a row. However, they all prefer the first one. Some of my girls can be their loudest complaining that someone else is in the nest box they want to use!