keyhole kate Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 After a quiet winter my girls have become real loud or I have just forgotten how noisy they can be they are all out there announcing in unison as I type trouble is they all join in every time one lays with thirteen girls it's not quiet here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 I know just what you mean, mine are being incredibly vocal too. Blooming hooligans need an asbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickabee Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 I swear one of mine haas turned into an egg laying cockerel. The noise she makes is awful. I'm just waiting for one of the neighbours to come round Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Mine too . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beantree Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Ours are rather noisy as well with many going broody. The Wyandottes are definitely the loudest. I have been wondering why they do it and thought it may be to announce to all that they are going to add to their 'clutch' and the others are to stay away, then when they have laid they announce their clutch is 'out of bounds'. Wild guess. Of course they also get noisy because someone else is in their nest and sometimes physically drag them out. The cockerels seem very quiet in comparison. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egg_x Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 When they go through these noisy phases, just how noisy are they? As loud as a dog barking/yapping? We're getting our hens within the next few weeks and this is my biggest worry if they go totally nuts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 I used to worry so much about the noise and what the neighbours would say. I'm much more relaxed now - the squawking can be really loud and piercing but it usually only lasts a few minutes and it's only once a day. In the summer, it can be worse because of the early mornings but they can usually be distracted by a handful of something. In 5 years no-one has complained. One neighbour says she likes it as it feels like the countryside . Others say they're not bothered by it - remember, it's loudest for you cos you're closest! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egg_x Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 I used to worry so much about the noise and what the neighbours would say. I'm much more relaxed now - the squawking can be really loud and piercing but it usually only lasts a few minutes and it's only once a day. In the summer, it can be worse because of the early mornings but they can usually be distracted by a handful of something. In 5 years no-one has complained. One neighbour says she likes it as it feels like the countryside . Others say they're not bothered by it - remember, it's loudest for you cos you're closest! It's making me paranoid I swear, you're quite right that it's us it will sound loudest to! It's also the only element that's making me nervous about getting them. I keep reminding myself that my next door neighbours have a parrot and we can hear that squawking several times a day inside! Also this morning as I was waking up all I could hear was traffic and road noise, so surely some chickens clucking away would be quite nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 I am helped by having a building site right behind our houses - so the neighbours have put up with a lot worse over the past year and a half! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egg_x Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 I am helped by having a building site right behind our houses - so the neighbours have put up with a lot worse over the past year and a half! Yes same here! We live on a new build estate so the diggers get going from early. They're nearly done though so I'll rely on traffic news for cover up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Yep, here we go again. I'd almost forgotten why I said no more orpies until whinge whinge whinge today! I want to lay - no I do - no me first. How about me then - no more room for you too go away minion. Thing is our next door neighbours have gone away and have pet sitters staying. Lovely intro for them it was while they were sitting out there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavclojak Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Funny enough.....my girls have been so noisy this morning, two in the nest box creating merry havoc as they don't do sharing and the diva that is princess layer outside the nest box in the cube remonstrating......all that kerfuffle and not one blasted egg......naughty girls,!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LunaKiw1 Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 It's just pot luck with the noise levels that you may get I think. Our first two girls were really quiet, bar the very occaisional squawk or 'I've laid' announcement. We've had two different sets of chooks since and again it's never been much noise although one or two of them can sometimes make a fuss for a few minutes. I can now generally differentiate between 'I've just laid, aren't I clever!' (which is a nice message) and 'Oi mum, we want to come out and free-range NOW!' (which needs to be ignored or they learn that making a fuss = getting attention, like a toddler's tantrums) and 'OMG, HELP! There's something scary in the garden!' which saved one of ours when it turned out to be a fox with one of our 3 girls in its mouth in mid-afternoon. If we hadn't heard them bokking and reacted so quickly that she was dropped by the fox she'd have been a goner! So, basically you just need to learn to interpret Chicken! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Yep, spring us in the air here, and tis the season for a good shout! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyhole kate Posted April 18, 2014 Author Share Posted April 18, 2014 We have been getting young cat visiting lately and the girls go nuts all in unison it is quite a racket the cats gone in a flash though and they eventually settle but I have pekin that makes a high pitched screeching noise over and over again as though its stuck on repeat it gets on my nerves not a clue what the neighbours make of it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
