My darling GL Polish has become quite a noisy chicken. She has always been much more vocal than the other girls, but she could out-squawk a crow and sound more like a Macaw. Loud, very loud! Is this common with this breed?
She is lowest on the pecking order but is not mistreated by the other hens. All my girls are sweet. She just started laying last week. I have learned to take treats to the run before I gather eggs from their nesting boxes in the coop because if she sees me gathering, it sends her into a tizzy. (She must be tattling on me to the other hens) Of course she caws nonstop as she hears or sees me coming and continues until she is happy with her goodies. Much louder than a rooster, I don't want my neighbors aggravated with the noise.
I'm concerned that she may think of the treat as reward for her vocalization, so how do you get them quiet before you treat them with goodies so they learn that behavior does not going to get them what they want?
She is lowest on the pecking order but is not mistreated by the other hens. All my girls are sweet. She just started laying last week. I have learned to take treats to the run before I gather eggs from their nesting boxes in the coop because if she sees me gathering, it sends her into a tizzy. (She must be tattling on me to the other hens) Of course she caws nonstop as she hears or sees me coming and continues until she is happy with her goodies. Much louder than a rooster, I don't want my neighbors aggravated with the noise.
I'm concerned that she may think of the treat as reward for her vocalization, so how do you get them quiet before you treat them with goodies so they learn that behavior does not going to get them what they want?