Just a few questions.

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madison0614

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Hey. My name is Madison ,and I am new to Backyard Chicken. I have a few questions.
1. How loud will a rooster be?
2. How loud will a flock of 20 hens be?
3. Is it okay to have more than one rooster?
4. I am thinking about getting some Easter Eggers (females). If you have any information about those from personal experience or anything, feel free to put it in the comments below.
Thanks in advanced for any information that you can give me about any of my questions.
 
Nice to meet you Madison, Welcome to Backyard chickens. I have no idea how loud a rooster would be. It's very much an individual trait that varies from bird to bird. Just as one person may be very soft spoken, and another loud and fast. Some breeds are quieter than others but, there are always rebels in every group. By the same token it would be difficult to say how loud 20 hens are. Some girls get excited laying eggs and announce it loudly with the egg song. Others are so proud of themselves they may talk about if off and on during the day.

You only need roosters if you plan to sell fertile eggs for hatching, or hatch them yourself. A rooster can handle 10 hens or so, you would need 2 roosters. Hens will be very happy to lay (non fertile)eggs without a rooster . Easter eggers are very popular layers of pastel colored eggs.

You may want to visit the Learning Center above, as a great first step in chicken education.
 
drumstick diva said:
Nice to meet you Madison, Welcome to Backyard chickens.    I have no idea how loud a rooster would be.  It's very much an individual  trait that varies from bird to bird. Just as  one person may be very soft spoken, and another  loud and fast.   Some breeds are quieter than others  but, there are always  rebels in every group.  By the same token it would be difficult to  say how loud 20 hens are.  Some girls get excited laying eggs and  announce it loudly with the egg song.  Others are so proud of themselves they may talk about if off and on during the day.

You only need roosters if you plan to sell fertile eggs for hatching, or hatch them yourself.  A rooster can handle 10 hens or so, you would need 2 roosters. Hens will be very happy to lay (non fertile)eggs without a rooster .  Easter eggers are  very popular layers of  pastel colored eggs.

You may want to visit the Learning Center above, as a great first step in chicken education.
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Thank you so much for all o
drumstick diva said:
Nice to meet you Madison, Welcome to Backyard chickens.    I have no idea how loud a rooster would be.  It's very much an individual  trait that varies from bird to bird. Just as  one person may be very soft spoken, and another  loud and fast.   Some breeds are quieter than others  but, there are always  rebels in every group.  By the same token it would be difficult to  say how loud 20 hens are.  Some girls get excited laying eggs and  announce it loudly with the egg song.  Others are so proud of themselves they may talk about if off and on during the day.

You only need roosters if you plan to sell fertile eggs for hatching, or hatch them yourself.  A rooster can handle 10 hens or so, you would need 2 roosters. Hens will be very happy to lay (non fertile)eggs without a rooster .  Easter eggers are  very popular layers of  pastel colored eggs.

You may want to visit the Learning Center above, as a great first step in chicken education.
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Thank you so much for the information.
 
I have all of the above you stated! We have 22 birds have had multiple roosters at a time and now have one. We have 7 easter Eggers and one is the rooster.

1 - a rooster will crow all day long as long as the sun is out. He uses it to talk to the ladies. So imagine a small to medium dog barking (decibel wise) that's about what you'll have PER rooster

2 - the hens are fairly noisy as well. Every egg they lay they typically squawk a whole bunch (known as the egg song). So you have that happening 15-20 times per day during the summer months. Our coop is probably 150 feet behind our house and I can hear the egg song in the front yard pretty easily

3 - if the roosters grow up together usually you'll be OK. I had 4 in a flock of right at 20 with no issues. But that's too many and I sold them off at right about a year old.

4 - I'm in the process of turning my whole flock into easter Eggers. They are smaller birds in general it seems like. That means more of a medium egg but they also eat less and take up less space which means easier to keep in a smaller space. They seem to follow me around just like all my others birds so no difference there. I've heard they don't go broody as often so to replenish birds you'll have to purchase or hatch your own.

I've went through Rhode island reds, buff orphington, light brahma, leg horn, barred rock, Easter Eggers, and some mixes. If I were to pick a flock of one breed I'd either pick the buff orphington or easter Eggers.

Hope this helps!
 
Hi Madison, welcome to BYC!

We live out in a rural area where several of the neighbors have roosters and we can hear them clearly (so x2 of Perchon Chick's 1/2 mile estimate).

The recommended ratio of roos to hens is 1 roo per 8-10 hens. Any more roos than that (or fewer girls than that ratio) and you risk injury to the hens with overbreeding and stress issues.

We have 1 EE in our mixed flock and she is now about 19 months old. She's one of the quieter birds we have but is very proud of her light blueish egg and sings about it. Other than that she just softly mumbles when you talk to her. She's very curious but cautious...she'll be one of the first to notice something new but won't try anything new until another bird does. She holds 2nd place in the pecking order and keeps the other birds from "her" favorite roosting place and "her" favorite nesting box but she isn't real pushy about getting to the treat bowl. She is one of our prettier birds and seems to know it. She's gone through 1 hard moult and was an absolute grouch about it, she also didn't lay during that time for about 2 months. All in all, we love her, she's our princess of the flock.

Good luck to you with your flock and if you have any questions, feel free to ask.

Here's a photo of our EE, Tracy:
 

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