Ever since Saturday, our hens have been waking me up at 4am every day to get food. I know it isn't because of a predator because the motion light on their coop isn't on when I get up to go out there and plus their yard is shut. Another thing, our dogs would be alerting us to predators if there were any. They're great at alerting us to predators. Yesterday during the afternoon, they thought a squirrel was a problem and alerted us to it. All it was doing was sitting on the fence possibly cleaning itself? Not sure.
Anyway, I go out there to see why they're making noise and feed them as well. I know I probably shouldn't do that but it's the only way to shut them up. I let them out into their fenced yard while I stand out there for a half hour despite it being cold and raining. I then put them back up into their coop and head back to sleep after drying myself off.
At least with our drake and duck, they just keep quiet up until I pour the feed and then they waddle over and quietly make noise towards each other.
Our cockerel is the only one who stays quiet and stays in the coop until he hears me pour their feed. Then he jumps out clucking quietly.
Is this a problem that I need to fix or should I just let them be?
Is this normal?
Anyway, I go out there to see why they're making noise and feed them as well. I know I probably shouldn't do that but it's the only way to shut them up. I let them out into their fenced yard while I stand out there for a half hour despite it being cold and raining. I then put them back up into their coop and head back to sleep after drying myself off.
At least with our drake and duck, they just keep quiet up until I pour the feed and then they waddle over and quietly make noise towards each other.
Our cockerel is the only one who stays quiet and stays in the coop until he hears me pour their feed. Then he jumps out clucking quietly.
Is this a problem that I need to fix or should I just let them be?
Is this normal?
