Mine are the same. It is not the egg song, which is pleasant. It is a loud and scratchy "scraaaaawwwww scraaaaawwwww" sound at the crack of dawn every morning.
Something tells me it's my fault because when they were younger I used to let them free range everywhere and gave them treats in the morning and basically they were spoiled. But they made such a mess I had to confine them to a smaller space (not small, just smaller then what they had - ie. the 3 chickens had about 400 square meters, and now they have about 150 square meters!).
They have a plenty of trees and sunshine and a safe coop, plus access to lots of fresh water bowls and high quality food.
They plucked out all of the green grass that was in their area and I know they love eating green grass so that's the only thing they don't get readily any more.
I can only boil it down to having spoiled them and they want what they want, which is access to the entire yard and any grass they can find, or they want me to take treats out. I'm trying not to go to them even though they've woken me up. But it's stressful - like trying the cry-it-out method on a baby - I was never good at that and always caved in!
Anyhow I'm hoping the cry-it-out method will work here to retrain them to understanding they won't get treats or anything good in response to their naughtiness.
The biggest problem is me I think, but I tend to blame myself for everything so I may be misguided. I will persevere and post back here if it works
Something tells me it's my fault because when they were younger I used to let them free range everywhere and gave them treats in the morning and basically they were spoiled. But they made such a mess I had to confine them to a smaller space (not small, just smaller then what they had - ie. the 3 chickens had about 400 square meters, and now they have about 150 square meters!).
They have a plenty of trees and sunshine and a safe coop, plus access to lots of fresh water bowls and high quality food.
They plucked out all of the green grass that was in their area and I know they love eating green grass so that's the only thing they don't get readily any more.
I can only boil it down to having spoiled them and they want what they want, which is access to the entire yard and any grass they can find, or they want me to take treats out. I'm trying not to go to them even though they've woken me up. But it's stressful - like trying the cry-it-out method on a baby - I was never good at that and always caved in!
Anyhow I'm hoping the cry-it-out method will work here to retrain them to understanding they won't get treats or anything good in response to their naughtiness.
The biggest problem is me I think, but I tend to blame myself for everything so I may be misguided. I will persevere and post back here if it works
