hils78 Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 ...might be a really silly question but I don't know what to call them! I always whistle to the guinea pigs & they wheek back. But every time I go out to call the chooks I'm stuck for what to say!!! Friends of mine say chook chook chook - but the neighbours would roll around on the floor laughing at this....help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffie Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 Girls...that always works and is a common BHWT name for your 'girls'. BBx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules. Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 I call "chuck, chuck" in a high pitched rapid way. It always gets the girls legging it over to where I am. I don't think I've been sniggered at by the neighbours yet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooks Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 I am a 'chook chook chook' person.. although I have been known to throw a 'coowee' at them, anything really because normally when they hear my voice they come running/waddling anyways. I am sure their bottoms are getting bigger! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*mummy_hen* Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 Same as buffie (maybe it's the ex-batt thing) but i call them the girls and they all come running!! If that failed i'd just have to tap the treat bowl and they would all go crazy!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..lay a little egg for me Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 Call them over? No need, they run up as soon as they see me. But I always say "Hello Girls" when they get there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keanie Bean Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 Mine all come running at the noise of the back door opening or even at the twitch of the curtains so I dont have that dilema. When my mum comes over she always says 'hello girls'. Sarah.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 A sort of tounge clicking noise , but if I go anywhere near the summerhouse where their food is kept they come running. I love to see a running chicken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 I don't have to call....just opening the back door has them standing to attention. I do refer to them as "girls". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ange1 Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 Interesting question. As I don't want to advertise the fact that we will have chickens (neighbours will be out at work when Omlet van arrives)! It hink I will whistle or click my tongue. Chook chook or anything similar kind of gives the game away! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbaraJ Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 i'm not one for silly names lol just doesn't come naturally so i just call come on girls lol i rarely need to call them , if they see me in my conservatory even if i am just picking omething up they leg it down the garden , amber did just that yesterday so fast and fell over Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph101 Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 I do talk to them; I greet them with "Morning, ladies", and during the day I call them "lil' chooks" "lil' women", and "lil' chickens". And I always go and say goodnight to them too. Love the way they all gaze up at me! . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickvic Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 A sort of tongue clicking noise , but if I go anywhere near the summerhouse where their food is kept they come running. I love to see a running chicken I do exactly the same! We have a green storage box in the garden, and if you any where near it you have 3 girls running at you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susanbb Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 Mine tend to see me and run towards me, although I do tell them how beautiful and lovely they are Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hennymom Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 mine can see the kitchen window and door from where they are... so if I open the door they all stand to attention.... i give mine ready brek as a treat sometimes and I'm absolutely sure they ca smell it, they are like piranhas, also i do shout good morning girls and thank them for our little presents!! well actually ome of them are whoppers..lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yolky Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 Interesting question. As I don't want to advertise the fact that we will have chickens (neighbours will be out at work when Omlet van arrives)! It hink I will whistle or click my tongue. Chook chook or anything similar kind of gives the game away! I am thinking the same as you. I am thinking that the clicking tongue sounds good. I am not as lucky as you. I live in a cul de sac and and 80% of the residents are retired, nosey as anything and have a (negative) opinion on everything. The old boy next door (house I am attatched to) prob won't like them much but he won't say anything because he is too nice. I shall have to give him extra eggs to soften him up. Luckily I have quite a large garden and so where I am going to put them will be the place where they are furthest away from all houses all round and there are hedges/fences in between to block any boking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katie Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 I do the click click with my tongue too! They come a' runnin! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owenofj Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 Tongue clicking, that kissing noise you make to make a cat ignore you slightly less. Also sing to them, such hits as 'Chick, Chick, Chick, Chick, Chickeeeeen, lay a little egg for meeee' and 'hey little hen, when when when will you lay me an egg for my teeeeea?' But then I felt like I was putting them under too much pressure and didn't want eggs full of anguish, so now sing 'Umbrella' (ella ella) Then our scary neighbor came over and told me she watches us from her bedroom window .... Husband is now in charge of all garden activities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 Chooky chooky chooky chooky! They've got better recall than my dog! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhapsody Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 I go choooooooook chooooooooook choooooooooooook or bok bok If you want to be discreet why not try rattling some scratch corn in a tub or scoop? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egg Lou Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 I'm a "chook chook chook" person too.. however like many others they just come running whenever they see me if out or stand ready if in run! DD let them out a while ago when we arrived home.. they came running out and jumped straight in through kitchen door to my feet.. cheeky madams! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickaboo Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 I use their names obviously I think your neighbours might hear them at some point though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reikiranf Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 If I want them all to come running I shake the sultana or mealworm pot, but if I want a particular girl then I'll call her name Usually just the one I've called comes but sometimes the others do too to see if she's getting something they aren't Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 I always say 'hello ladies' when i go up the garden If it's time to get them back in the run, I call 'chook, chook' and they know it means it's treat time so they come running. Comes in handy if they are free-ranging and I do a head-count and one is missing, I only have to shout that and they come barrelling out of the undergrowth or wherever they are hiding! (My garden is a bit overgrown at the moment!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hils78 Posted June 19, 2008 Author Share Posted June 19, 2008 I've tried the toungue click thing but it doesn't seem to roll nicely off the toungue! I'm already labelled the guinea pig woman & don't want to be called the chicken woman too! When the pigs are in their winter accomodation (big 6ft runs in the shed) I creep up to the door then say 'little pig little pig let me come in' then you get an ear deafening chorus of wheeks! very very satisfiying! but I have a good look about to see if there are any neighbours front & back before I can do this! I think I'm going to have to work on the toungue click! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
