Pro - Does anyone else's nest boxes get soaked in rain?

[Sentiant]

Hi there I'm probably going to sound like a paranoid chicken keeper here but I have to ask. My bluebell makes an odd cluck, its more of a krawwk (single syllable). Is this normal, should all chickens do the two syllable sound buc-gar that we all know and love?

[keyhole kate]

Don't worry all perfectly normal they all make all sorts of different sounds no two are ever the same they will quite often all do the same egg announcement call or alarm call sound one of my pekins does a really annoying screetching noise I am continuously telling her to shush my Buff Orp girl Belle makes a sound none of my current or previous have ever made she sounds like shes laughing she has always done this just unique to her I guess that's chickens for you

[Sentiant]

Thanks for that, my mind is put at rest. Your a star, I hope I have laughing chickens

[jimnpaula]

My Sussex make a deep 'bloff' sound, Hen Solo goes 'meep' but can also do 'bloff', and the Skyline & the Legbar make a most peculiar moany sound like a cross between 'moo' and 'meow'! The others go ' bok '.

 

Edit: and the Legbar goes' kraawwk' too

[coco]

Your bluebell is perfectly normal, chickens nake all sorts of noises. I have an appenzeller that has a really loud cackle, she goes on fir ages,

[Lavenders_Blue]

This is a funny thread! Do anyone else's hens do the 'dial up modem' sound when they are just pootling around being happy? It's such a cute sound! We also get 'meep' (curious noise), 'bok bok bok' (descending in pitch) when anxious, and 'bok bok bok BOK BOK BOK BWAAAAAAAAAARK' when there is important news to announce!

[jesschicken24]

Mine make a sound like a penguin, cute and hilarious!

[jimnpaula]

Since my last post in this thread Hen Solo has developed a new repertoire of noises to express her displeasure at the new ex-colony birds!

[Sentiant]

Hehehe, can we post sound bites on the forum. It would be excellent to have a library of voices (and their assumed meaning real or fake) to here and compare.

[Pottage]

My Pecky makes the same noise a train horn makes when it is about to enter a tunnel You can hear her coming a mile off!