brightonbelle Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 My 3 new girls are settling in well and all laying now,at least every other day...the blue eggs are really pretty. However,the little Pekin is really noisy! She has the most raucous voice I have every heard,used when she wants to come out of the small run attached to the house ,or after laying. My previous 3 chickens were all large fowl and she is louder than they ever were....I feel sorry for the other 2 girls being so close to her when she starts...may have to buy them ear muffs! She is also still being a bit of a bully,and if there are treats going she will grab at and hold onto the other girls feathers,only letting go when they squeak and run off.....this has resulted in her name being changed to Peggy after Peggy Mitchell in Eastenders...ie small and cute looking but very bossy indeed I think she has improved a bit in the 9 days she has been here so am I right in assuming she will calm down a bit as time passes and she settles in properly.? She is a real character and puts herself to bed about an hour earlier than the other 2,and is quite happy to challenge my dog through the run if she tries to put her head in to get the goodies. It is amazing how different all their characters are,and anyone who doesnt keep chickens thinks I am mad when I talk about their personalities...they dont know what they are missing do they! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chortle Chook Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 Yes, chickens are real characters I'm sure someone will be along shortly who is much more of a Pekin eggspert than I am, but I do know that Pekins are feisty little beings, often easily holding their own with larger fowl. I had some for a while for a friend and they were very talkative, though not really shrill. However I do think that banties are probably more shrill than standard sized birds. I was recently at a place that had a lot of large fowl cockerels and their voices were so much softer than my little Silkie cockerel's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
