I hear chickens. I am happy.
By The Horse
@TheHorse (239676)
Walnut Creek, California
June 18, 2026 12:23pm CST
Over the past two weeks or so I have heard chickens making their chicken noises across the bike path from where I live. I like it. Chickens make me happy.
Some neighbor must have scored some chickens.
But I bet it won't take long for some other neighbor to complain. I have no idea what the regulations are out here (California suburbia), But I rarely hear chickens.
I have NOT heard a rooster crowing the coming dawn. That was a part of my experience when I lived in Isla Vista while attending UCSB.
Are there chickens where you live?
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@teamfreak16 (45160)
• Denver, Colorado
19 Jun
I heard some chickens today on a bike path I was riding! 

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@TheHorse (239676)
• Walnut Creek, California
20 Jun
@teamfreak16 Chickens can do that to a fella.
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@wolfgirl569 (138428)
• Marion, Ohio
18 Jun
Chickens including a rooster, ducks and a very noisy guinea
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@TheHorse (239676)
• Walnut Creek, California
19 Jun
@wolfgirl569 I should give a visit to my chicken friends at Borges Ranch soon.
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@rsa101 (41555)
• Philippines
19 Jun
Now that I’m living in the city, I rarely hear them anymore. Do I miss that sound? Not really, since I used to hear them all the time back where I grew up, and they became just part of the background—something I neither appreciated nor disliked. They were simply natural, and I paid them no mind on a daily basis.
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@AmbiePam (124090)
• United States
18 Jun
Chickens wouldn’t bother me at all. I’d just thank the Lord I didn’t have to deal with some rooster, like you mentioned. We had friends who lived in the suburbs with my parents about four miles away, and they had two chickens. I don’t think anyone ever complained. I love chickens.
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@celticeagle (191963)
• Boise, Idaho
18 Jun
Yes, there's always one person who can't be happy and has to make waves.
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@celticeagle (191963)
• Boise, Idaho
21 Jun
@TheHorse .......Hopefully all will be okay, and you can enjoy some chickens.

@LindaOHio (223900)
• United States
21 Jun
No chickens that I know of; but someone down the street has horses.
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@Ineeddentures (41173)
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19 Jun
Oh yes
Many chickens
One guy down the road keeps them and his roosters are a couple of noisy sods
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@BarBaraPrz (52063)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
19 Jun
No chickens but lots of other birds, such as cardinals and robins and I think I saw a bluejay yesterday. There are others that I can't recognise... wrens and swallows maybe. There's a mourning dove visiting this week.
@DaddyEvil (176555)
• United States
19 Jun
My SIL has a flock of chickens but the city made her get rid of the roosters. Chickens can cluck but if one crows, that one has to go somewhere outside the city limits. When she first started raising chickens, all her neighbors started complaining so the city instituted a ban on roosters within the city limits. My SIL tried to fight it in court but the judge told her Aurora already had a noise ban in existence between the hours of 8 am to 6 pm so she was breaking the noise ordinance. She butchered her roosters and just has hens for the eggs now.
@RasmaSandra (99580)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
18 Jun
I would not know but I don't think so, Then I checked on the Internet and you'll have to consider moving here if you love chickens.Maybe you could teach Kitty to herd them,
Yes, many people are keeping chickens in Daytona Beach. Backyard chicken keeping is popular in the area, supported by Florida's favorable climate. Residents can find resources and guides to help them start, including local ordinances and tips for beginner
@garymarsh6 (24295)
• United Kingdom
18 Jun
Yes our neighbour has chickens & ducks. I don't mind them so much l quite like to hear them clucking & the ducks the occasional quack. It's one their dogs that has been an absolute nightmare but since my word with them last week twice a day is bearable. In fact the silence is phenominal!
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