Hi guys and fellow chicken lovers, I'm here because of my noisy hens, one in particular.
I'm not new to having hens. When I was young, I used to buy small chicks for fun. My mom used to love them too.
Some would become prey to cats; we have a lot of stray cats. Sometimes we would eat them, sometimes they'd die. But I never remember such noisy hens all my life.
Right now I have 2 egg-laying hens, one of them started only three weeks ago and makes such ominous cries ALL DAY LONG for no reason AT ALL.
Another hen I lost a few days back. I don't know what happened to her. She was so beautiful; we named her Snow White. And, the last hen is tiny... she's a dwarf and I'm not sure she'll ever lay eggs but she's too cute.
We have one rooster and 5 chicks, all male.
I don't know their breeds, at least, in English. I love rooster crows and I can tolerate the egg songs, but the ominous cry of this one hen is getting on my nerves.
My problem is not my neighbors. Even my family wants the hen out, and secretly, I do too
but I LOVE all my hens
. Especially the one that's clucking all day long is so dominating. I don't have the heart to lose her.
I love keeping hens, seeing them running around, scratching, eating is like therapy and they eat all my vegetable and fruit scraps so I feel less guilty making edible waste.
Other than that, I'm a content writer and editor. A single mom of a beautiful young preteen. Both of us are ADHD so it's quite chaotic in our home all the time.
I found BYC looking for reasons why my hen might be making such a ruckus and if I could do anything about it except roasting her or making her into a soup.
I'm not new to having hens. When I was young, I used to buy small chicks for fun. My mom used to love them too.
Some would become prey to cats; we have a lot of stray cats. Sometimes we would eat them, sometimes they'd die. But I never remember such noisy hens all my life.
Right now I have 2 egg-laying hens, one of them started only three weeks ago and makes such ominous cries ALL DAY LONG for no reason AT ALL.
Another hen I lost a few days back. I don't know what happened to her. She was so beautiful; we named her Snow White. And, the last hen is tiny... she's a dwarf and I'm not sure she'll ever lay eggs but she's too cute.
We have one rooster and 5 chicks, all male.
I don't know their breeds, at least, in English. I love rooster crows and I can tolerate the egg songs, but the ominous cry of this one hen is getting on my nerves.
My problem is not my neighbors. Even my family wants the hen out, and secretly, I do too
but I LOVE all my hens. Especially the one that's clucking all day long is so dominating. I don't have the heart to lose her. I love keeping hens, seeing them running around, scratching, eating is like therapy and they eat all my vegetable and fruit scraps so I feel less guilty making edible waste.
Other than that, I'm a content writer and editor. A single mom of a beautiful young preteen. Both of us are ADHD so it's quite chaotic in our home all the time.
I found BYC looking for reasons why my hen might be making such a ruckus and if I could do anything about it except roasting her or making her into a soup.
Welcome to BYC!
we love her anyways though...
