ashjc Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 I have just had a couple of new additions and one of them is making some really perculiar noises. I have had a black rock and a fenton blue... its the fenton blue that I am concerned about She doesnt cluck or bock like a normal chicken... she makes a noise similar to a duck... not all the time but just when I am out and around the run...she makes some right funny noises. Can different breeds of chickens make different calling noises or do you think she has something wrong with her throat... she seems happy enough and eating / drinking plenty. She has a tuft of feathers on the top of her head too... is this indicative of the breed? Any insight greatly received thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken shack Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 Sounds like the noise my boy makes. You may have a cockerel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfer_chicken Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 My cuckoo maran doesn't make normal chicken noises (except her very loud egg song!). She wonders around making Marge Simpson-like disapproving sounds She's definitely a she and I really like her noises Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashjc Posted October 24, 2011 Author Share Posted October 24, 2011 I have bought her at point of lay.... I am assuming the woman has sexed it right at that age... shes been a breeder for years.... might sound really stupid now but how would I sex her?.. do they have dangly bits? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chortle Chook Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 Perhaps you could start a Rock and roll and Blues band Being serious however, I don't know much about Fenton Blues but I do think that different hens, not just different breeds, make different noises. When I first got the urge to get chickens I had in mind the sort of noise that my grand mother's chickens used to make. I think they were legbars. I started out with some Pekins and they sounded totally different to me, more like guinea pigs. Now I've got Silkies, Frizzles and Polands and they all sound different again with one of my Frizzles making little squeaky noises and one of my Polands making a sort of sing song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashjc Posted October 24, 2011 Author Share Posted October 24, 2011 I am not so concerned now.... because the other 3 make the same noise it was just strange to hear her making such a strange noise. I swear she thinks shes a duck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splodge88 Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 One of ours sounds like Noddy's car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hopingforchickens Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 one of mine makes a very rasping squarking noise, don't know how else to describe it, but she's definitely a girl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MedusA Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 One of my Silkies quacks like a duck and the other makes a horrible strangled whining noise. I wouldn't worry too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackian Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 My Clover every so often gives out a cock - a - doodle ..she lays an egg every day. Can you get Bi-sexual chicks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 I used to have 4 Fenton Blues. One of them honked like a goose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
