Interesting. We are in Maine, USA. I always thought that roosters were noisy and chickens were mostly quiet. They are no more louder than the other wild birds, and certainly not as loud as the neighbors dog. Here is our coop 3 weeks ago still covered with winter snow.
Alecia - Have you noticed more clucking, calling etc. with the warmer weather? My only other thought is that they got spooked recently by a fox and are on 'alert'...
We have 4 Aravcanas Easter Eggers and 2 Rhode Island reds that are 10 months old. They roam the fenced backyard on weekends when we are around and stay in a coop with an enclosed run on the weekdays. They all lay well and daily. Lately they are cackling ALOT. Is this normal?