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I'll just chime in with my two cents... go tell them you're getting chickens. I think it will be easier for them knowing this is the noise they hear than wondering what it is and what you're up to.
That being said, my girls are INCREDIBLY loud in the early morning when laying. My neighbors on both sides claim to not be able to hear them unless they're outside. True to form, I can't hear them if my windows are closed. I also just put 6 roosters to freezer camp - I couldn't hear them either through closed windows, but they drove me nuts with the windows open. I'd rather hear that though than any urban noise.
Also interestingly, my speckled sussex is the loudest of the bunch (and my favorite, so full of personality) - she will scream at the top of her lungs if she's in the run and I'm outside in her line of vision. If I let her out of the run she will follow me around loudly chatting to me until I go inside. She's also tried to follow me into the house on more than one occasion.
Oh, absolutely you tell the neighbors in advance! You can even mention that you may have a few extra eggs now and then. Surprises are never as welcomed as a courteous neighbor who gives a heads up. AND, chances are they'll give full blessings having no clue how loud your future chickens might be. Later on, how can they complain when they said it was fine?!
Personally, I'd love it if our neighbor would call me and say he bought a new night scope and would be firing off a couple hundred rounds at a target with a semi-automatic weapon an hour after dark rather than just doing it so I have to call them and ask if anyone has been brutally murdered at their house. See what I mean? It's not the noise, it's the unknown.
I'll just chime in with my two cents... go tell them you're getting chickens. I think it will be easier for them knowing this is the noise they hear than wondering what it is and what you're up to.
That being said, my girls are INCREDIBLY loud in the early morning when laying. My neighbors on both sides claim to not be able to hear them unless they're outside. True to form, I can't hear them if my windows are closed. I also just put 6 roosters to freezer camp - I couldn't hear them either through closed windows, but they drove me nuts with the windows open. I'd rather hear that though than any urban noise.
Also interestingly, my speckled sussex is the loudest of the bunch (and my favorite, so full of personality) - she will scream at the top of her lungs if she's in the run and I'm outside in her line of vision. If I let her out of the run she will follow me around loudly chatting to me until I go inside. She's also tried to follow me into the house on more than one occasion.
Oh, absolutely you tell the neighbors in advance! You can even mention that you may have a few extra eggs now and then. Surprises are never as welcomed as a courteous neighbor who gives a heads up. AND, chances are they'll give full blessings having no clue how loud your future chickens might be. Later on, how can they complain when they said it was fine?!
Personally, I'd love it if our neighbor would call me and say he bought a new night scope and would be firing off a couple hundred rounds at a target with a semi-automatic weapon an hour after dark rather than just doing it so I have to call them and ask if anyone has been brutally murdered at their house. See what I mean? It's not the noise, it's the unknown.
