1 of my hens clucks very early in the morning even when she isn't laying?

[Sire12]

One of my 9 hens clucks alot of the time but especially in the morning I think she is a daisybell, I don't mind when it's the egg song after they lay but this one in particular clucks at the other hens while they are in their nest boxes laying, they just look at her like what are you doing I haven't even laid yet lol at first I thought she wanted to use the nest box that she was clucking at so I lifted the other hens out to let her in but that didn't stop it, when I feed them she keeps clucking, the rest of the hens are fairly quiet except for this one and now that they're getting up earlier in the morning I'm starting to worry that the neighbours might get annoyed with me is there anything I can try to occupy her? I've already made extra nest boxes but it doesn't make any difference

 

[Frazzemrat1]

Chickens will pick a favorite box and get very upset if somebody is in that box when they want to use it. Even if you gave them a box for each bird (which is completely unnecessary), she will still want THAT Box.

So, all that noise could be that she's upset about nest box occupation, or it could be she's the type to greet the day with a lot of noise. The 'all the time' clucking could be that she's the lookout. If something looks suspicious she could be giving an alarm call to the rest of the flock. I know my BJG is usually the one to spot a cat from across our back acre and start carrying on.

 

[aart]

How old is she?
Is she laying?
Chickens make noise.
They are having conversation that you are not privy to, haha!.
I wouldn't try to control it, because you really can't.

 

[Sire12]

How old is she?
Is she laying?
Chickens make noise.
They are having conversation that you are not privy to, haha!.
I wouldn't try to control it, because you really can't.

I was given her in January 2017 but I don't know her age, if I had to guess I'd say she's still young all my other girls are around 2, I think she is laying they all use the same box and sometimes she nests on the clutch of eggs so I haven't actually seen if she is laying, I don't mind the egg song through the day I'm more concerned about upsetting the neighbours when she does it very early in the morning, I've read that some people try and cover up the coop so that no daylight can get in then they might not get up as early so I might give that a try

 

[Sire12]

Chickens will pick a favorite box and get very upset if somebody is in that box when they want to use it. Even if you gave them a box for each bird (which is completely unnecessary), she will still want THAT Box.

So, all that noise could be that she's upset about nest box occupation, or it could be she's the type to greet the day with a lot of noise. The 'all the time' clucking could be that she's the lookout. If something looks suspicious she could be giving an alarm call to the rest of the flock. I know my BJG is usually the one to spot a cat from across our back acre and start carrying on.

Ok thanks, I've tried removing the other hens from the box and even lifted her and placed her in the spot but she gets out and starts clucking again, I've replaced their laying box with a larger one but it's weird they still only allow 2 in at a time despite there being room for more, I could try removing the nest box and put down bedding in the entire corner and see if they will share it

Any time a crow lands in the yard she seems to be the first to chase it away so possibly she could be the lookout yeah, shes also the biggest explorer of the flock

If she is just the type that clucks early in the morning then I might try blocking out the daylight to make them wake up later

 

[Frazzemrat1]

Ok thanks, I've tried removing the other hens from the box and even lifted her and placed her in the spot but she gets out and starts clucking again, I've replaced their laying box with a larger one but it's weird they still only allow 2 in at a time despite there being room for more, I could try removing the nest box and put down bedding in the entire corner and see if they will share it

Any time a crow lands in the yard she seems to be the first to chase it away so possibly she could be the lookout yeah, shes also the biggest explorer of the flock

If she is just the type that clucks early in the morning then I might try blocking out the daylight to make them wake up later

if it is the nest box, then just leave things how they are. They'll get used to it. Think about living in a full house and somebody is in the shower when you want to go to the toilet... She's just complaining.
Otherwise, there are all those other factors for her noise.