Hen noises

[Quails4lif3]

I recall reading it at one point but now cannot find it.. does anyone know howm many yards you can hear hens from approximately?

not roosters! I know hens are about 60-70 decibels but i am not sure how many yards the noise travels spending terrain and so on.

thanks!

 

[Quails4lif3]

Oh i posted in the law section because our ordinance doesnt technically allow chickens persay.......

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Oh i posted in the law section because our ordinance doesnt technically allow chickens persay.......

If it doesn't allow chickens, it doesn't matter how far away you can hear them

 

[Quails4lif3]

If it doesn't allow chickens, it doesn't matter how far away you can hear them

I know. I am just working on some points for my one neighbor.. the coop would be over 50 yards away from her yard and there are trees as well.. we also habe a ton of natural noises from a marsh. So i just am trying to state my case haha

 

[rosemarythyme]

I had just posted this on your intro post, but since you're specifically asking about distance here, I figured I'd re-post just this part:

Their egg song and a few other louder sounds (like a squawk of alarm) will easily carry over 80 feet. I'm on 4 acres and neighbors are on 2 each, and I can hear my birds on the road two houses away.

 

[Quails4lif3]

I had just posted this on your intro post, but since you're specifically asking about distance here, I figured I'd re-post just this part:

Their egg song and a few other louder sounds (like a squawk of alarm) will easily carry over 80 feet. I'm on 4 acres and neighbors are on 2 each, and I can hear my birds on the road two houses away.

Ooh great thank you. I must have read it there haa whoops

 

[Stephanie8806]

I recall reading it at one point but now cannot find it.. does anyone know howm many yards you can hear hens from approximately?

not roosters! I know hens are about 60-70 decibels but i am not sure how many yards the noise travels spending terrain and so on.

thanks!

Our coop is about 250 feet away from our house. We can hear our 9 hens easily(albeit faintly) on summer mornings from our bedroom with the window open. We are downhill from our coop at a pretty substantial grade. From our window on the second story of our house, the ground that the chickens are on is obscured by earth, shrubs, and trees. So definitely not a clear path for sound to travel on.

I will second the other person here, in that if you’re city doesn’t allow them, it won’t allow them. And you can’t always count on the “my neighbor is okay with it” method. Your neighbor could move, or literally anyone else could complain and you would be forced to get rid of your chickens. As hard as it is to hear, the gamble is probably not worth the time and money.

To be honest, it’s a part of why we moved to where we are in the first place. Our last home would have been a huge hassle to keep just a few chickens.

 

[Quails4lif3]

Thank you all! I called the sheriff today to ask for the ramifications of having a coop and he said there are none whatsoever. So we will be moving forward with a small flock and see how it goes.
Thanks again!

 

[CluckerFamily]

I have a farm field between my house and the neighbor’s house. When the farmer grows corn, my neighbors don’t hear the egg song.
The neighbor’s house on the other side of the road with a few lines of trees, can’t hear the egg song.
Song barriers don’t always help but from my experience, they help in some way.