My romantic Cold morning with Olivia ♡

There are four reasons chickens (hens) make noises in the morning (especially)…
They are awake and confirming who's still there and where.
They are hungry and waiting for feed and water.
They want out of the coop into the run or want out of the run to pasture feed..
They are “singing” their Egg Laying Song: “cluck, cluck, cluck…Puck-AUH!”
You cannot stop this, though some breeds are louder and more persistent than others.
Personal note: My chickens, ducks and guineas ALL make a huge racket when they see my head coming over the hill or hear me on the mule approaching. They get incredibly loud with the ducks and guineas being the very loudest, by far. If they are pasture feeding they will come running from all over a four acre area into one large combined group resembling a stampeding herd of tiny feathered buffalo.
Watching them do this as they come running, hopping, waddling and flying over the hill toward you is still one of the most grin inducing sights I get to enjoy each day.
We live 17 miles from the closest town in the eastern Kentucky foothills of the Appalachian mountains. My neighbors, over a half mile away in three directions can hear the stampede racket on quiet mornings.
They say they definitely notice, but it's far enough off that they don't mind.