- May 12, 2013
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Have 5 chickens that are a year and a half old. One is a speckled sussex, which no doubt, is the smartest of all of them.
Sometime in her first year, she developed a loud growling noise (think some people refer to it as the dinosaur noise), and makes this noise when she she wants something. So, if we don't let her out of the run when they want to come out, or if they're not let out of their private free-ranging area into the larger yard, she'll let you know. They always have access to food.
The issue is that we're on a city lot, and this is quite loud. Her routine typically starts by 6-6:30am, and wakes up immediately. There is already an automatic pop door between the coop and run.... but she wants out of the run, and then once out of the run and in their fenced chicken area, then will regularly start the loud growling to get out into the yard. If we don't intervene, this can go on for an hour or more. If we intervene, soaking her with the hose and telling her 'no', it might stop for a few minutes or the day.... but recurs the next day. This is pretty stressful and frustrating.
The chickens have essentially become pets to us, so we aren't interested in culling her, and would prefer to keep her.
I've read a lot of forum postings about loud chickens, and it seems the only humane thing to do is to find a good no-kill home in the country. I've read about the rooster collars... does anyone know if this would help with a hen?
Other ideas? What other options do we have?
Thanks in advance!
Ross
Sometime in her first year, she developed a loud growling noise (think some people refer to it as the dinosaur noise), and makes this noise when she she wants something. So, if we don't let her out of the run when they want to come out, or if they're not let out of their private free-ranging area into the larger yard, she'll let you know. They always have access to food.
The issue is that we're on a city lot, and this is quite loud. Her routine typically starts by 6-6:30am, and wakes up immediately. There is already an automatic pop door between the coop and run.... but she wants out of the run, and then once out of the run and in their fenced chicken area, then will regularly start the loud growling to get out into the yard. If we don't intervene, this can go on for an hour or more. If we intervene, soaking her with the hose and telling her 'no', it might stop for a few minutes or the day.... but recurs the next day. This is pretty stressful and frustrating.
The chickens have essentially become pets to us, so we aren't interested in culling her, and would prefer to keep her.
I've read a lot of forum postings about loud chickens, and it seems the only humane thing to do is to find a good no-kill home in the country. I've read about the rooster collars... does anyone know if this would help with a hen?
Other ideas? What other options do we have?
Thanks in advance!
Ross