Snowy Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 Oh dear, some of them are just really noisy aren't they? My Rosie is like that - she announces her own eggs and eveyone elses. Not normally a problem, but she doesn't bok or cluck, she screeches. It's a horrible sound - like nails on a blackboard. Luckily the neighbours aren't too bothered by her, but she winds me up. Trouble is, she is also the one who most likes a cuddle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duckmomma Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 Lol Thank your lucky stars you have'nt got a goose Ollie My Gander Screams When I let him out first thing in the morning He gets all excited and runs round in circles screaming like a Banshee I have discovered that if I just unlock the shed door and leave him to nudge it open, it takes the edge off his excitment and he is a little less excited when he gets out, but even so he still makes a lot of noise. I am lucky in that my immediate neighbours love him and talk to him over the fence. He never fusses to be let out , and is perfectly quiet all day long, it's just that first taste of frreedom in the morning that sets him off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexgirl73 Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 My sympathies I have one like that. Hermione (or Hermio-ninny) as we have taken to calling her. screeches like a banshee for 5 mins when she has laid an egg. And joy of joys, the last 2 mornings that has been at 6.30 am!!! I'm awaiting a comment or two from my neighbours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janty Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 Buffy, my brahma constantly shouts. We call her permanently pre-menstrual! She sounds more like a goose than a hen. The poor neighbours were showing prospective buyers round this afternoon. I think Buffy might have put them off! Better take some eggs round tomorrow....or just lay low for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HENthusiastic Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 The solution is really quite simple, she is telling you exactly what you need to do. You must give up work and spend your day cuddling, feeding and letting her freerange. Simple! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hen Watch Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 If all 4 of my chooks start up for no reason (ie. not egg announcement or alarm call) and it is an unreasonable time (say Sun am), I have been known to give them a squirt with the hosepipe which shuts them up temporarily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poplars Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 If all 4 of my chooks start up for no reason (ie. not egg announcement or alarm call) and it is an unreasonable time (say Sun am) We have the same problem, they will just randomly start shouting and not shut up! Occasionally if I open the back door it will shut them up for a bit because they think they are being brought food, otherwise it just doesnt work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 noisy chooks here too. If they get too bad and go on and on I gently spray the hosepipe in their direction (not right at the hen itself), as soon as they start bokking again - I squirt again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MedusA Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 My Cuckoo Silkie, Muggle (the one in my avatar) is also very noisy. She announces when she has laid an egg, when she wants to lay an egg but someone else is in the nest box, when one of the others has laid an egg and she wants to make sure I know....... She's a pest. But very adorable. I try not to go out to her straight away when she is noisy, as I believe this will encourage her to be worse. She will shut up (eventually) if I ignore her racket. The best way to discourage unwanted beaviours is to not respond to her "emotional blackmail". Chickens really are little madams, aren't they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkychuck Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 We have the same problem are chucks go mad when they lay a egg or someone else does Falcon is so noisy when it comes to that slight egg & the others egg's aswell they're little monkeys from funkychuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
