Noise decibel levels of chickens

[jjb1953]

Hi all I posted this yesterday in another forum but realized this is probably the forum to post.

I have read numerous times the decibel level of a hen at her noisiest is between 60 and 70. Does anyone have a link of a chart or official measurement that includes a decibel reading of a hen? I did a search but the only link I found was dead.


Thanks

J

 

[ChickenLegs13]

Like a comparsion to other noises? I got 14,300,000 results from google.
Off the top of the first page. Don't know if that's eactly what you're looking for.

https://ferndalechickens.com/2012/05/18/myth-chickens-are-noisy/

Maybe it'll help.

 

[jjb1953]

Well that is better than what I have found, but hoping for a more formal list that is not from a chicken website. Like this
http://www.industrialnoisecontrol.com/comparative-noise-examples.htm

In a previous post someone linked the CDC which would be a great source, but the link was dead.

Thank.

J

 

[ChickenLegs13]

Or this http://chchearing.org/noise/common-environmental-noise-levels/


CDC seems to be mostly about occupational noise http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/noise/stats.html

 

[jjb1953]

Yes thanks. There ate lots of charts like that. I am looking for one like that but with the decibel level of a hen.. It is town ordinance related. I have seen numerous articles siting the decibel level but have not seen any of the comparison tables that actually include a hen.

 

[jjb1953]

Still have not found a comparison table but found this from New England law article
http://digitalcommons.law.wne.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=writingcomp

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Still have not found a comparison table but found this from New England law article
http://digitalcommons.law.wne.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=writingcomp

Might be worth obtaining a meter long enough to register the noise level. Of course, distance makes a difference. Our local noise ordinance gives a level as measured at the property line. A hen or a rooster in a noise insulated coop near the house would be significantly quieter than one free ranging two feet from the property line.