I have uploaded a recording of a sound that drives me nuts - is this what you mean by whining?
They do it whenever I move around in my house, or they spot me through the window, or I flush the toilet or fire up the boiler. Anything but sit deathly still in a chair. AArrrgh!!! One leads, and the...
I started fermenting mash for them after reading this thread. I add a little ACV and start it with boiling or boiled water. The girls love it. I wasted about half a sack of layers mash in my first few weeks with them, because they just chucked it around the place and didn't ever peck it up off...