Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Poultry and Pets => The Hen House => Topic started by: nottage on June 15, 2008, 16:52
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We are considering keeping chickens at home. We live in a typical suburban new built house with a 40 foot garden. Our garden is sided by other houses. Our only concern is the chickens annoying our neighbours with noise. We have no intention of keeping a cockerel, only hens. Advice and opinions please.
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Hi there, they make very little noise.
A few happy clucks when you let them out in the morning, even happier clucks when you give them a treat and if something scares them then they will make a louder cluck. The happy clucks are quiet and nice to listen to.
They make less noise than my neighbour's dog, stereo and teenagers playing guitar!
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Ours make a sort of quiet chucking noise...but when the lay they are quite vocal....especially the little bantam! Certainly no worse than any other noise you might have from a neighbours garden and many people comment on what a nice noise it is....
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I'd mostly agree with the above. Mostly ours make a lovely sound and our neighbours have commented on what a lovely sound it is.
But every now and then they make a huge racket. It's usually because a cat has come in the garden or because the sky is falling! :shock: .
We've been away for the weekend and it's like having kids because it's payback time today. I'm having to go out there every 5 minutes to tell them to be quiet. Either it's cos one is missing (it's gone in to lay) or because there's a pigeon on the lawn. They're driving me bonkers! :roll:
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I'd mostly agree with the above. Mostly ours make a lovely sound and our neighbours have commented on what a lovely sound it is.
But every now and then they make a huge racket. It's usually because a cat has come in the garden or because the sky is falling! :shock: .
We've been away for the weekend and it's like having kids because it's payback time today. I'm having to go out there every 5 minutes to tell them to be quiet. Either it's cos one is missing (it's gone in to lay) or because there's a pigeon on the lawn. They're driving me bonkers! :roll:
mine are really loud some days and quiet the next but i've noticed they do not like it if the kitchen window is open :roll: They can hear me chatting and get all excited that a treat or a few greens are on the way! :roll:
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mine are quiet but one hen was cross with me the other day as I started cleaning them out and I quite forgot that she'd not laid. She soon reminded me, the racket (right in my ear'ole was ear splitting). I threw everything back together and hightailed it out of there
She was as quiet as a mouse after that. It was my own fault for upsetting her routine and I shan't do it again :D Bless em
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Hiya, we live in a similar area, weve got chickens and they do make some noise but its far nicer than barking dogs and boy racers reving their engines so go for it.
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Hi there, I have 3 hens on the garden, they don't make an aweful lot of noise, only if spooked by something. So long as you don't get a cockerel!
Neighbours probably won't notice them anyway, they are a lot quieter than a dog. I love the quiet noises they make, really soothing I think.
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I live on an estate. I have neighbours very close.
My chooks are fairly vocal in the morning when they want to be let out of their house. I used to worry about it, but I figured they don't make as much noise in the morning as the local wood pidgeon. And they definately never make as much noise as the neighbours children :D And do you know what?... the neighbours children haven't laid an egg yet!! :D