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Yeah, we decided that we will not get anymore SF's because of Sally. She is a sweet chicken, just complains and has that terrible cry when she needs to lay an egg, not a normal egg song like the others. I'd understand more if she laid a huge egg, but so far the biggest is 1.6 ounces. I love the color of the egg though. It is the prettiest shiny cream color. She is a riot to watch too! We call her "Crazy" all the time instead of Sally. When you mentioned noisy hens and getting a SF, I figured I better warn you.
Like @autumnhearth said too, my Cuckoo marans can be pretty noisy too when laying an egg. If we had more land I'd have a few SF's too. I don't have a problem with her being picked on though, she really does her own thing and is friends with some of the other lower level chickens.
We've been making our plans for next year and looking at our flock for the ones most like a chicken, friendly, not too noisy, not flighty, etc. So far out of our flock, we would buy any of the orpington, wyandotte, EE, polish, leghorn, RIR, BA and Golden Buff again. There may be others that would fit what we want too, not sure.
Our EE's, leghorns and polish can all be a little noisy at times, I guess they all can but it is short lived and once the egg is laid they're done. The original flock used to be noisier too but I think once they reach that year mark they get quieter too? Maybe?
Not sure about noise level on the Welsummers, but I want some of those too. I really "need" one of each of the types of wyandottes and orpingtons as well. One of each color would be good!
We will not purchase anymore andulasions or campines since they fly out too easy, we want more heavy duty chickens that are too big to fly too high.
I'll be watching your choices to help me decide too. I am living through you guys with all these chickens, it helps a lot to make my plans. It's so hard to wait though. I want more now! Once winter hits, I'll be okay because I do not want chicks in the winter. That'll be when I narrow down my plans for the Spring. Those chicken lists really grow bigger and bigger fast, decisions, decisions!
We've been going back and forth about bantams too. Maybe once we have grand kids, a few EE bantams would fit in here.
I almost ordered an Excheleur (spelling?) Leghorn this year but got the EE instead... Now I wish I woulda just gotten both! guess theres always next year.....
e 5 acres to call home now! The girls love their new home. I need to do a little work out there but it will have to wait. I saw a fox run across our back pasture (behind the chicken coop) this morning around 9. Definitely no free ranging for the girls unless I'm standing there with my gun! Luckily they have a large fully enclosed run. Apricot is doing great. She just has a piece of skull showing but it should heal soon. Here are the girls checking out their run. The view is the back half of our property, the property line is by that dark swath in front of that building down there. 
These, and a breeding set of Legbars, Isbars, Silver and project Blue Silver Ameraucanas, project Silkied Ameraucanas of any color, maybe Jaerhons, Chocolate and Silver Laced Wyandotte bantams, Fawn Silver Duckwing Old English Game bantams, Silver and maybe Gold Sebright bantams, TRUE Silver Spangled Appenzeller Spitzhaubens (and maybe Cream Brabanters as well!), Hedemoras, Olansk Dwarves, and about a billion other things I can't think of off the top of my head. 
Yeah, my barn is full before it's even been built. Or planned. Or funded. 
ETA: Okay, well, I guess it has been planned over and over and over again when I'm bored, but not professionally, so I don't know how well my plans would work practically... 
