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When I played the sounds from the website for my gals, they looked interested, but like they did not know what I was talking about. I think it might be flock specific. Several articles out there reference the idea of chicken "talk" being partly learned (not just instinctive). Some is...

When I listened to the recordings of the "Ground predator alarm call" - it also sounded to me a lot like the egg song. We humans must be missing something, including, potentially, the lower frequencies. It does sound different, but I'd need to pay extra close attention to know exactly how.

I found some online versions of the chicken alarm calls. They are not what I thought. Check 'em out - via the links off this page: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1534177/So-who-are-you-calling-bird-brain-Chatter-of-chickens-proves-they-are-brighter-than-we-thought.html I am...

Just now, I was outside with the girls for supervised outdoor time (in light of hawk spotted yesterday) and a hawk being badgered by a crow flew over only about 50-70 feet up, based on the height of the houses. YIKES. It was big, and I was scared it was going to dive. (Fortunately, the crow...

I am wondering if, in the absence of a real roo, I could learn how to make that signal myself, or put it into a recorder to be able to push a button and have it broadcast? Even if I am out in the yard with the chickens, they seem totally oblivious to possible dangers. (I can't have a real roo...

What is the sound a roo makes to alert the gals? I don't have a roo, so I don't know what the alert sound is. Does anyone have it on youtube? I searched, but didn't find it. According to this article from the Animal Science dept at the University of Alberta: "Roosters guard their flocks...