Gah! Frustrating weekend! On Friday we got our first egg from our 3 faverolles mutts. On Sunday the chickens were making such constant and shrill bawking noises(for many hours) that my husband finally put his foot down(it was loud enough that we could hear them with the windows closed, AC on, and watching TV). He was concerned about having loud hens and becoming "that neighbor" with the noisy pets before we got them. I gave them away to a neighbor a few miles away to join her flock. Turns out that the worst offender was a cockerel that had not yet started crowing (at 4.5-5 months?!). I was devastated, but also totally understand his concern. After some time went by, he agreed to ONE MORE trial with chickens that have been specifically vetted as "quiet". Another neighbor has a flock that they are downsizing, so we are going to try one more time for quiet girls before reluctantly giving up on chickensuntil we move to a larger lot and won't have to worry about neighbor proximity. If you guys have any input or suggestions, I would love to take them. I really want this to work but it is not worth constant tension in my marriage and neighborhood.
Dang, I thought I was loosing my brains for a while there, and boy would I LOVE to see her Mahoganies !!!I stand corrected. I just found one of Eliz's posts and looked at the footer..........
******* LF Salmon/Blue Salmon * Mahogany * Black/Blue Faverolles *******
Right there in black and white. I thought she told me she's moved away from the Salmon variety.
My hens can make far more noise than the cocks do...in fact, one will begin to lay & they will all go off, cocks, cockerels, pullets & hens...all singing cuz 1 hen is laying an egg.Gah! Frustrating weekend! On Friday we got our first egg from our 3 faverolles mutts. On Sunday the chickens were making such constant and shrill bawking noises(for many hours) that my husband finally put his foot down(it was loud enough that we could hear them with the windows closed, AC on, and watching TV). He was concerned about having loud hens and becoming "that neighbor" with the noisy pets before we got them. I gave them away to a neighbor a few miles away to join her flock. Turns out that the worst offender was a cockerel that had not yet started crowing (at 4.5-5 months?!). I was devastated, but also totally understand his concern. After some time went by, he agreed to ONE MORE trial with chickens that have been specifically vetted as "quiet". Another neighbor has a flock that they are downsizing, so we are going to try one more time for quiet girls before reluctantly giving up on chickensuntil we move to a larger lot and won't have to worry about neighbor proximity. If you guys have any input or suggestions, I would love to take them. I really want this to work but it is not worth constant tension in my marriage and neighborhood.
