It depends of the rank of the bird in the flock.
A lower ranked bird will generally try not to attract unwanted attention and stay quiet, where the top chickens tend to be more vocal.
My top hen is an Australorp and she announces EVERY egg the others lay. She comes and stands in front of the boxes and makes this horrendously loud noise, until the egg is laid. The second in command is a production red we call 'Beverly'. She's extremely talkative and will verbally assault you if things are not to her liking (water or food too low... rain.. cold... or you are just not paying enough attention). I have another production red who is much, much quieter, as she is ranked lower.
The rest of the group is much quieter, normal in their noise level. All chickens will do the bawk bawk thing, but it's generally not a terrible sound. And they will have an egg song, duration and noise level of that will depend per bird.. I find my white rocks and partridge rocks to be quiet birds.
My bottom ranked girls are quiet as can be... some even staying by themselves, as not to get in trouble with the top hens.
In the end though, my neighbors often see me and tell me how much they love my chickens. You may be surprised! Just avoid roosters... nobody likes 5am wake up calls in the city.
A lower ranked bird will generally try not to attract unwanted attention and stay quiet, where the top chickens tend to be more vocal.
My top hen is an Australorp and she announces EVERY egg the others lay. She comes and stands in front of the boxes and makes this horrendously loud noise, until the egg is laid. The second in command is a production red we call 'Beverly'. She's extremely talkative and will verbally assault you if things are not to her liking (water or food too low... rain.. cold... or you are just not paying enough attention). I have another production red who is much, much quieter, as she is ranked lower.
The rest of the group is much quieter, normal in their noise level. All chickens will do the bawk bawk thing, but it's generally not a terrible sound. And they will have an egg song, duration and noise level of that will depend per bird.. I find my white rocks and partridge rocks to be quiet birds.
My bottom ranked girls are quiet as can be... some even staying by themselves, as not to get in trouble with the top hens.
In the end though, my neighbors often see me and tell me how much they love my chickens. You may be surprised! Just avoid roosters... nobody likes 5am wake up calls in the city.
