Blue-DiamondChick07 Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 I was just wondering if different types of clucking means different things? Do they express mood through their clucks? May sound silly, but my girls make allsorts of different noises Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emchook Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 Mine make all sorts of different noises .. from contented FR to excited GIVE ME A GRAPE ! I'm sure it all means something ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gelbel Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 I understans what my girls are saying. Well interpret the noises they make. So can the DH tosome extent. My Mum thinks we are absolutely bonkers. But she has yet to meet them and has only met my brother's 3 who are not classed as pets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patricia W Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 They have a language. My Phillip has a special call when he sees the cat ( not a very nice word I think), an excited noise when he finds food and wants to tell his wives about it. He crows of course, then he crooons or purrs when he is happy. Easy really! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beulah59 Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 Charity swore at me this morning when I disturbed her in the nest box ... I don't know what she said, but I could tell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucky1 Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 Facinating subject. I can tell when they're annoyed. I can tell when they're running along and excited for a treat because they do that thing that children do of whining when the run. We are both amused when they join us in the garden or the barn and they make a noise a bit like a jazz group tuning up, I sometimes join in with a BaBaDeBupBupBa, and this continues until I obviously get the tune wrong. The other thing I find amusing is if they do something I prefer they didn't, like poo on the step or go and rake out the duck's bedding after I've just made it - I say "Look at that!" and they go "D'ohhhhhhhhh". Someone should write a book on chicken speak - I'd buy it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coco Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 They definately make different noises for different things. It ranges from the impatient open the door and lets us out in the mornings to the excited squeaks I get when the mealyworms come out with a huge range in between. I can always tell when the cats about by the noises the chooks make. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CluckyBucks Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 They definately cluck for different things they are so clever xx xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henhathnofury Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 They also purr. My Light Sussex really purrs to herself when she finds a worm...they can chirrup too.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Chick Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 In addition, they all have different voices too. I can tell who is talking before I see them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tutti Frutti Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 I swear mine can also sing, honest! Just before Xmas, we were both fiddling in the WIR with the girls milling around our feet. At one point, DH looked at me and I looked at him and we both squawked, "Did you hear that?!!!!" Ursula had definitely just sung the opening line to Jingle Bells Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henhathnofury Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 ...methinks we love 'em. Non chicken people just can't understand. I love seeing my chickens asleep, in the same way I used to love seeing my little girl asleep. They even make noises then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Chick Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 Oh yes, the sleepy noises are the cutest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucky1 Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 Ursula had definitely just sung the opening line to Jingle Bells Brilliant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gelbel Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 Oh yes, the sleepy noises are the cutest The DH will often go out for a listen late in the evening as he does not get to see them in the week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue-DiamondChick07 Posted January 30, 2010 Author Share Posted January 30, 2010 I certainley knew when a cat jumped in the garden earlier! all hell broke loose.. They can be very loud when they need to be Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucky1 Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 I obviously have too much time on my hands because I did just try and google "speaking to chickens". This was the sole promisingly link http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/HowTo:Speak_Chicken I wouldn't all rush to look though, its rather childishly thought out and not especially well written. If you are chicken sensitive its also rather insulting, as the following paragraph illustrates: Lesson One: Cast Aside Your Presumptions Do just as the title says, stupid. Cast aside your presumptions about grammar, spelling, your little syntax formatting and sentence structure; throw all that out the window. Chickens do not use grammar. Is it because they're barbarians, or i's it becuzz theyir stuppid and cantt speell? That's right, it's both. They're inferior lifeforms! I don't go a lot on the "inferior lifeforms" view, nor do I think they are stupid. They have limited goals in life and set about achieving them with inginuity and cunning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patricia W Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 Those goals in life may be limited to us, but to a chicken - they are a giant peck forward to chicken kind! Tricia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 Oh yes there are many different chicken noises. My favourites are: (As I come out of the back door) "She's coming, she's coming! Has she got mealworms? Has she got cabbage?" (And if I have no treats) A disappointed "ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" (If something spooks them) BOKBOKBOKBOKBOKBWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARK! A gentle "Tra-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la" (The egg laying song) (If I am cleaning the coop and suddenly an egg needs to be laid) "TRA-LA-LA-TRA-LA-LA Hurry up, hurry up HURRY UP!" There is usually a whole range of general chuntering throughout the day as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue-DiamondChick07 Posted January 31, 2010 Author Share Posted January 31, 2010 I obviously have too much time on my hands because I did just try and google "speaking to chickens". This was the sole promisingly link http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/HowTo:Speak_Chicken I don't go a lot on the "inferior lifeforms" view, nor do I think they are stupid. They have limited goals in life and set about achieving them with inginuity and cunning. I was surprised how clever Chickens are actually! So whoever wrote that article is the stupid one They learn much quicker than all my other pets in the past - even my Dogs! Thanks for the link I know when my girls are happy/excited now by the clucks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucky1 Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 They have a language. My Phillip has a special call when he sees the cat ( not a very nice word I think), an excited noise when he finds food and wants to tell his wives about it. He crows of course, then he crooons or purrs when he is happy. Easy really! I puzzled over what you meant here. It wasn't until coming across this on You Tube that I understood. Be warned have all the children, elderly relatives, visiting vicars out of earshot before loading. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzh-a-A5D84 I found it hilarious but as DW points out I am easily amused and have a slightly oddball SOH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue-DiamondChick07 Posted January 31, 2010 Author Share Posted January 31, 2010 They have a language. My Phillip has a special call when he sees the cat ( not a very nice word I think), an excited noise when he finds food and wants to tell his wives about it. He crows of course, then he crooons or purrs when he is happy. Easy really! I puzzled over what you meant here. It wasn't until coming across this on You Tube that I understood. Be warned have all the children, elderly relatives, visiting vicars out of earshot before loading. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzh-a-A5D84 I found it hilarious but as DW points out I am easily amused and have a slightly oddball SOH. love it! *saved* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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batcatz Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 Be warned have all the children, elderly relatives, visiting vicars out of earshot before loading. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzh-a-A5D84 I found it hilarious but as DW points out I am easily amused and have a slightly oddball SOH. Brilliant! Love it. I'm a bit gutted though as I thought my chooks said, "What, what, what?" to me. Sigh... and I thought I had posh chooks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenNutter Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 They have a language. My Phillip has a special call when he sees the cat ( not a very nice word I think), an excited noise when he finds food and wants to tell his wives about it. He crows of course, then he crooons or purrs when he is happy. Easy really! My Philip has a special call too when he sees the chickens entering the kitchen, or treads in poo in the garden, it begins with "You horrible little *@$£!!!*@, you are going to be nuggets when I catch up with you!" and then deteriorates. Sadly I am married to this Philip. Still, not only did he bring the eggs in yesterday for the first time, I found out he had been demonstrating Ruby's new trick of opening the catflap and sticking her head through for corn, to our DS. (I new they would get to him eventually) Hee Hee Hee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
