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Hi All, I am relatively new to chicken keeping.
I have a small flock of six bantam chickens: 1 Light Sussex (Pepper), 1 Ancona (Pokémon), 2 Belgians (Boby and Olivia) and 2 Pekins (Pop-Star and Midnight).
They were very noisy, in particular Olivia and Pepper and all of them very noisy after laying eggs to the point that I started to experiment in ways to make them quiet down by giving them access to other parts of the garden. But since Pepper has become broody and quiet all the other hens have also become relatively less noisy although not broody. Egg production has not slowed down and because Pepper lays her eggs outside the nesting boxes, all the other hens can see her laying down on her favourite spot and it makes me wonder if it's because of Pepper that the rest of the flock noise level has gone from very noisy and annoying to surprisingly pleasant. The flock are now making pleasant chicken sounds just like it's nice to hear all the other birds chirping in the wild.
Has any one had a similar experience before? I know it's not my imagination but I wonder if my conclusions are right.
Thanks in advance
I have a small flock of six bantam chickens: 1 Light Sussex (Pepper), 1 Ancona (Pokémon), 2 Belgians (Boby and Olivia) and 2 Pekins (Pop-Star and Midnight).
They were very noisy, in particular Olivia and Pepper and all of them very noisy after laying eggs to the point that I started to experiment in ways to make them quiet down by giving them access to other parts of the garden. But since Pepper has become broody and quiet all the other hens have also become relatively less noisy although not broody. Egg production has not slowed down and because Pepper lays her eggs outside the nesting boxes, all the other hens can see her laying down on her favourite spot and it makes me wonder if it's because of Pepper that the rest of the flock noise level has gone from very noisy and annoying to surprisingly pleasant. The flock are now making pleasant chicken sounds just like it's nice to hear all the other birds chirping in the wild.
Has any one had a similar experience before? I know it's not my imagination but I wonder if my conclusions are right.
Thanks in advance
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