A Persistant Shrieker

[eveliens]

Sounds normal to me.

Thanks!

He has toned it down a bit, and unfortunately, the video is just his normal hanging around scream. His alarmed/upset shrieks are much more shrill. I know the noise itself is normal but was asking about the frequency, since he's the only one that does this.

But! We only had TWO 10 minute screaming fits today (instead of 2 hours of screaming fits) - and his ritualistic bed time wails have just begun but is now maybe 10 minutes instead of 30-45 minutes.

He appears to just be really dumb (there have been a few... incidents) and really vocal with a good set of lungs.

 

[Swbertrand1]

That little chick is as normal as they get. Some just make more noise than others.
When we raise chicks in the spring, they get used to us walking by and learn VERY quickly that if they "talk" they'll get something they like. The chick will most likely grow out of it in the coming weeks or months.

 

[eveliens]

So the bad news is, he is still crying several times a day. The good news, for me and my neighbors at least, is that he's cried himself hoarse and now sounds like a mutilated duck. No more shrill squalling. I don't know if he is a cockerel or a pullet yet, but he's going to have a heck of a time crowing if he's the former! I feel bad for the little guy. Good thing he's pretty.

 

[Vickischics]

Sounds normal to me.

Sounds normal to Me too!
It's just a chatty Cathy with so much to say! Lol

 

[Swbertrand1]

Cute as can be though...

 

[K0k0shka]

I've had two screamers in my experience, though neither as intense as this guy seems to be. The first one was the family's favorite chick, a brooder-raised Red Partridge Orpington cockerel. He was always "extra" in all regards. We called him The Screamer when he was a baby. Screamed and complained for no reason, but was otherwise healthy. He outgrew the screaming at one point - not sure exactly when, but around the time he feathered out and started looking more like a chicken. He remained very vocal, just less annoying. He was certainly all there upstairs though, and more - he was the smartest of the bunch, first to figure out anything new, knew how to get his way and manipulate his humans. Grew up into a beautiful cockerel with a normal crow. Sadly, he died at 7 months old of fatty liver, because he was such a pig and just couldn't control himself around food

My second screamer was a barnyard mix pullet, raised by a broody outside with the flock. Her brothers were quiet and perfectly normal, but she shrieked all the time and for no reason. She'd be under her mama's warm fluffy butt, and STILL shriek! I could hear her across the yard and from inside the house with the windows closed. She was eating, drinking, pooping, and growing, just always complained about everything. And she was a total mama's girl. The other chicks would be dust bathing or whatever, and she'd be glued to her mama's butt refusing to do anything else, followed her everywhere. She got forcibly cured of her screaming when I rehomed her and her brothers at 1 month old. I don't know if it was the shock of the new environment, or if she just outgrew it, but she doesn't scream anymore. She's 3 months old now and looks and acts healthy.

This is just a sample size of 2 though. Doesn't prove anything. But it is very possible that the screaming is just some weird personality trait that doesn't have to mean anything is wrong. It might, or it might not. Give him another few weeks and see how he does. Hopefully he'll outgrow it, too!

 

[eveliens]

Yeah, this guy is not all there - he's running on bare bones instinct software and not much else. I'd love to say oh he's screaming for me how cute, but he barely acknowledges my existence and seems to have only the vaguest understanding of his fellow chicks It is good that I've been home this summer to check on them frequently or he'd be dead at least 6x over - very accident prone & completely unable to think his way out of paper bag. I'm really hoping he'll grow out of all of it - he seems physically healthy and is very sweet (in a spacey way), so I think as long as he doesn't have an accidental death he'll make it to adulthood.

 

[K0k0shka]

Yeah, this guy is not all there - he's running on bare bones instinct software and not much else. I'd love to say oh he's screaming for me how cute, but he barely acknowledges my existence and seems to have only the vaguest understanding of his fellow chicks It is good that I've been home this summer to check on them frequently or he'd be dead at least 6x over - very accident prone & completely unable to think his way out of paper bag. I'm really hoping he'll grow out of all of it - he seems physically healthy and is very sweet (in a spacey way), so I think as long as he doesn't have an accidental death he'll make it to adulthood.

Aww. Life is very confusing to the stupid, maybe that's why he's always complaining Poor sweetie. I hope he makes it.

 

[FloorCandy]

Is he by any chance visually impaired? Not recognizing or acknowledging you or the other chicks, constant screaming, and accidents are common for blind chicks in my experience.

 

[eveliens]

Aww. Life is very confusing to the stupid, maybe that's why he's always complaining Poor sweetie. I hope he makes it.

that's pretty much the conclusion I've reached - perpetually confused and not ready for life's changes