How to get my chooks to shut up!

[Nats Chickens]

I have some very noisy chickens that free range on 3/4 of an acre. All my neighbors chickens are very quiet, but mine scream their little heads off from morning till night! They are soon going to be penned in our old pool area that has been done up, and I wonder, how am I going to get them to shut up? Any suggestions??

 

[sourland]

Do they have feed available ad lib ? Is there any chance that they are hungry ?

 

[aart]

Take off their heads?
No, sorry.

Predators around?
How old are they?
Is this new behavior?

 

[chickens really]

Explain more details about the noise. Are the Roosters crowing?..

 

[Nats Chickens]

I don't have roosters. They all just go off their nut randomly, no reason at all. Pip, one of the hens, crows. And they just make a raket. They have constant access to feed, how do I shut them up?

 

[Nats Chickens]

Contrary to the last. One of them is in the nest and being seriously aggressive!

 

[aart]

Sooooo.....

Predators around?
How old are they?
Is this new behavior?

????

 

[AnimalGeek23]

Not really an expert on noisy chooks, but are they screaming for a particular reason or are they just being plain ol' crazy chooks?

 

[dalasgalas]

Mine make a racket. I check on them and they all pipe down. When I leave they start clucking.

 

[Nats Chickens]

4 are 2 on the 26th of Dec, 4 are 1 on the 9th of May. This is new behavior, and I have never seen any predators ever.