mum-2-olly Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 well after a year of wanting, trying to sort and planning i will be getting my chickens (and immediately posting pics on here ofcourse!!) in just over a week, hoping to go to raw green cottages and was going to get 3 ladies! would love a lohmanns, bluebelle and amber links too. question is.....do you think they r a good mix and is it possible to have a quiet breed as i am inner city, or is it just down to the temperament of the chook itself?? thanks ladies and gents and cant wait to update you on my chooky status! with no girlies yet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patricia W Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 One of the laws of nature is - there is no such thing as a quiet chicken. At least in my experience! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teacake Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 we've had our girls 3 weeks, they are getting noisier, (if they see us, hear the door open, a dog barking etc etc etc) but most of the time they are quiet and just potter about being chickeny! our bluebelle is probably the loudest, she shouts, but she's lovely! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Out of my 4, 2 are noisy 2 are quiet. The quiet one is the amber and a blacktail. I think it is just down to luck though, some are and some aren't! Good luck can't wait to see pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 There is such a thing as a quiet chicken, the trouble is they arent a certain breed just a certain type of personality You get what you get! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chortle Chook Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 I agree. I have various silkies and frizzles and most are quiet as mice, but I have a shouter of both kinds. There seems to be no rhyme or reason either. One is a dominant girly but the other isn't. They make up for it though by being very pretty girls so they won't be packing their little chicken suitcases from here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorax Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Mine are almost silent, I only hear them really occasionally. I have a bluebelle, a speckeldy, a golden ranger and a columbine. They have, on occasion, got clucky, if one of them is broody and we take her out of the nest. But 99% of the time you'd never know they were there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammiboo Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 my amberlinks are very vocal. they are the most chatty of the lot! i have 2 lohman browns, 2 amberlinks 2 hylines and 2 ex batts (no sure of breed) they are not quiet in least! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mum-2-olly Posted May 16, 2011 Author Share Posted May 16, 2011 haha ive read that amber links are quiet and docile aswell!! do you think they r a good mix or do most chooks get on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammiboo Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 the breeder i got my lohman and amberlinks from had light sussex, lohman, amberlinks and bluebelles in the same enclosure. They got on fine. mine get on fine - few disagreements but they are fairly good girls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 I have 4 ex batts who are quiet as mice 99.999% of the time. However, I have been looking after 3 warrens for a friend (same hybrid as ex batts) who whinged constantly and loudly all day long pretty much the whole time they were here. I can't say I have missed that since they went So it's definitely a chook thing rather than a breed thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henergy Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 I have a Columbian Blactail & a Bovans Nera - both are really quiet, which is a shame as I was looking forward to lots of chickeny clucks ! Hoping my next two additions will be noisier ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chortle Chook Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 Seems that cockerels are fairly idosyncratic too. My little Silkie fellow is loud and always sounds half strangled. By contrast, when at a chicken farm recently with all different breeds, I heard some really nice, mellow crows. OH said couldn't we swap him but I'm fond of the little chap, loud or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henhathnofury Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 Noise depends on the circumstances. There is eggy clucking, predator squawking and 'panic help mum' screaming. But it is not all the time and some breeds are quieter. After some initial racket, our croad langshan are now true to their breed. They make a lovely low sound like a train. But the best sounds are the purring...usually when they are dustbathing. So no - chickens are not quiet all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henslaved Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 There is such a thing as a quiet chicken, the trouble is they arent a certain breed just a certain type of personality You get what you get! Exactly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henhathnofury Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 Chickens do not read the guidebooks. It's a problem... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mum-2-olly Posted May 17, 2011 Author Share Posted May 17, 2011 Chickens do not read the guidebooks. It's a problem... haha love this!! i think i will just have to see for myself which are quiet ladies when i pick them up from raw green cottages! really cant wait for my girls now after a year of waiting!! just really got to think of some names asap!!! i would like either quirky or girly names!!! thanks for all your help!!! x x with no girlies yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chortle Chook Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 After some initial racket, our croad langshan are now true to their breed. They make a lovely low sound like a train. But the best sounds are the purring...usually when they are dustbathing. I've been told that the Croad Langshan has the best cockerel crow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
