Hello from Los Angeles

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Welcome to BYC from a fellow SoCal suburbanite!

I am so envious of everyone on here who lives in rural areas on big acreages with roosters, but there are wonderful things about backyard chicken-keeping, too. There are many positives and the only negatives I can think of are: no roosters in most cases and trying to find quieter breeds that don't want to roam all over the neighborhood.

We've had good luck with sexed day-old female chickens (Murray McMurray), but less luck with noisy breeds. Imho, Egyptian Fayoumis, Buff Minorcas, and Black Stars aren't great choices for densely populated areas (although they do great with scorching heat). Our EEs, Phoenixes, OEGB, Crevecoeurs, Sussex, Silkies, and Buff Orpingtons have been on the quieter side. Feather-footed breeds like Faverolles die pretty easily in the heat and Silkies seem more susceptible to Mareks (which we have in our flock).

Would love to hear which breeds you decide to go with!
 

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