Rooster screaming in the coop at night

[NellaBean]

I have one Rooster (of three, bottom of the rooster totem pole) who screams/screeches when I go into the coop at night. This is usually if I close up the coop after everyone is roosting.....but then have to come back in and open the door up a few minutes later (usually to collect eggs or bring in stragglers). He makes this screaming/screeching sound as I go in there. Is it a "watch out for predator" sound? It sounds like a pterodactyl or something. First time it happened it really freaked me out. Now I am used to it, but I know it would scare any "newbies" who tried to enter the coop after dark. My other roosters don't usually do that....they ignore me (and I ignore them).

 

[#1California Chick]

Sorry, no Roosters here!!

 

[Tala]

Mine always makes some kind of noise when I go to the coop at night, but mostly it's just enough to know that he is watching me. Rooster boy doesn't sleep I swear, I feel good knowing he's on guard all the time. ONE time I went to check on them and he was totally quiet --- I went back for a flashlight so I could give em a good looking over see if they looked sick!!!!!
I always talk to them and say "hey birdies, hey rooster boy, it's just me" (doesn't really matter what I say, but they know my voice)

No, he doesn't screech at me though. He does that in the daytime if something startles him though - like the other day I threw a can off the back deck into the recycle collection. Either the noise or the flashy can flying his way scared him and he screeched. It's like a surprise thing, and then he realizes that there's not really a threat so he doesn't go into full-on alarm call. At least that's what I take it to be.

 

[Chook-A-Holic]

That's just his warning call. Perfectly normal for a good protective roo.

 

[Mahonri]

Good roo... he's giving the warning... trying to wake everybody up, just in case.

 

[SC_Hugh]

#1California Chick :

Sorry, no Roosters here!!

Why post a response if you have no roosters and no advice?

My rooster starts clucking up a storm when I enter the coop at night because he knows that I am going to come in and pet each chicken and give my favorite rooster a big hug!

Although he puts up with my affection, Little Ricky would rather hide if he could

If my rooster wigged out loud and crazy that would scare me pretty good the first time that it happened

--Hugh​