I need a quiet bantam.

[Chickenrandomness]

(sorry for the spelling error there) well, they are the only hachery the sell SEXED bantams.

 

[ThePolishPrincess]

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I agree with it all.

There's no quiet breed.

 

[WalkingWolf]

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In that case see if they have Cornish bantams, my hens are not noisy, and their eggs are larger than my other bantams. Two eggs from a Cornish bantam hen would make a healthy breakfast for one person.

 

[Enchanted Sunrise Farms]

Some silkies are quiet, but i have a few that are really really loud. One comes off the nestbox screaming like her tail feathers are on fire, which gets everybody else going and pretty soon all 50+ chickens are screaming their heads off.

My bantam salmon faverolles are very talky and sometimes just stand there and scream. Also, my d'uccles are pretty loud, both the roo and the hens. My cochin is fairly quiet. My WCB Polish hen will kvetch sometimes, but not very loudly.

i have a couple bantam ameraucanas that are super quiet.

 

[fancbrd4me02]

If you can buy hens that would probably be safest. Then I would say that my D'Uccle hens are the quietist (some of them never make any sounds but a low growl) and then cochins. (They cluck softly)

 

[ktsmom]

i have one very vocal noisy silkie! My silkie hen is quiet, unless the boys are after her...but one of my silkie roos is the loudest bird out there! But he's soooooooo sweet and just LOVES attention! He walks up to us and looks for us to pick him up! My sweetest bird by far! My other silkie roo is fairly quiet, and doesn't mind being handled, IF you can catch him! The hen sort of avoids us, but she's always running from the roos! And one is unidentified as to if it's a he or she! No eggs and no crowing yet, but it's kinda small. (early fall hatchling) My japanese chicks are all pretty quiet, but my jap roo starts crowing around 6...and doesn't stop until around 9, and then has a "crow fest" around 3 in the afternoon as well. (my noisy silkie roo, as well as my delaware roo and the old english roos all start around 4am-or earlier...i don't hear them until around 4 though!)

 

[Foxhound lady]

My oldest Silkie is very demanding and will talk your head off if you hang around long enough. The rest of the silkie gang are pretty quiet even the WCPBantam and she only talks when you scare her.

 

[Chickenrandomness]

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In that case see if they have Cornish bantams, my hens are not noisy, and their eggs are larger than my other bantams. Two eggs from a Cornish bantam hen would make a healthy breakfast for one person.

MPC has standered cornish. (i'm lucky, they just got them for 2010) are they loud? well, if you people could find another hachery that will allow mw to order a small amount of day-old sexed bantams i could find better breeds.

 

[WalkingWolf]

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In that case see if they have Cornish bantams, my hens are not noisy, and their eggs are larger than my other bantams. Two eggs from a Cornish bantam hen would make a healthy breakfast for one person.

MPC has standered cornish. (i'm lucky, they just got them for 2010) are they loud? well, if you people could find another hachery that will allow mw to order a small amount of day-old sexed bantams i could find better breeds.

Personally I don't worry about the sexing, it is not accurate, if you order three you will likely get one roo. You can order a small order from Ideal of bantams as long as it meets their minimum, and then give away the roos. And still probably be within the same ballpark as MPC. I believe the minimum order is $20.00 not including shipping, that is about 8 birds in most cases. Or you can hatch out some shipped eggs yourself, their are many bantam breeds available as hatching eggs for reasonable. Again giving away the roos should be no problem.

I have been able to sell my excess roos from shipments anywhere from $10 to $15 a roo, but then that is to the Hispanics who then butcher them.

I looked up MPC order site and their is a $7.00 additional charge for female bantams. Most cases that would be $10.00 a chick, hardly worth it and then you still have the chance of getting a roo. Order from Ideal or one of the other hatcheries and then give away the roos. There is a reason they charge that much to sex bantams as it is very difficult, which means the accuracy is even lower than standards. It will cost you $20 for two bantam female chicks from MPC, and then chicks should really be shipped with other chics to keep them warm.

 

[amyquilt]

I agree about the sexed birds. What I do is just place my order, then once I know the sex, I sell ( or give away) then ones I don't need.