Breda Fowl thread

[maryellen21]

He does the scream sparingly, so I'll try to record it. It's a shrill hawk like screech, scared the crap out of me

 

[boskelli1571]

I was worried for a while when we first got our Cuckoo that she had a split in her tail. "Char" arrived molting her juvenile feathers like crazy! She joined the outdoor flock before Christmas but I am still finding her Cuckoo feathers here and there in the house! She seems to have filled out nicely now with no splits and has a beautiful Cuckoo plumage. She's a finicky eater as Breda seem to be, preferring dry feed over wet foods - all my girls have access to Turkey grow crumbles, Scratch & Peck organic no gmo/no corn layer feed, Scratch & Peck 3-grain scratch, organic layer crumbles, oyster shell, calcium carbonate, all at-will, scattered bird seed as treat, so they pick and choose what nutrients they need -- not all the hens lay at the same time and have their favorite feeds accordingly. "Char" is getting accustomed to cooked meat, and to the organic cooked brown rice very lightly dusted w/ Selenium, Brewer's Yeast, Rooster Booster, and Bee Pollen. She LUVs shell-less raw Sunflower seed treats -- my DH breaks off the sharp pointy ends of the raw seeds so they don't stick in bird crops -- so cute. We get no-shell seeds because they're smaller in size for little Silkie beaks. The Silkies are showing "Char" the good stuff to eat but worms and big crickets are not her thing -- she prefers the itty-bitty tiny little bugs and spiders that crawl across the ground. She chases off the mooching Sparrows from the feed but I'm afraid she'll soon tire of those pests the way "Phaedra" (Blue Breda) eventually did! My new pullets seem to pick up the game of chasing mooching Sparrows out of the yard but realize its futile and then ignore them. We are enjoying her so much -- who knew Breda were such an outstanding breed?

VISITING AT THE KITCHEN DOOR & NOT SO SURE ABOUT GOING BACK OUTSIDE - IT WAS POURING YESTERDAY!


THE PORCH IS DRY SO GUESS IT'S OKAY TO GO OUTSIDE AGAIN!

not.at.all.spoiled.rotten!

 

[jerryse]

Does anyone breda roos make a weird like hawk like scream? .my roo crows, but he also makes a weird hawk like scream. I thought it was a hawk but actually watched him make the noise.

Look in the sky when he does the call . That is probably an alarm call for danger overhead .

 

[maryellen21]

He does it only in the pen area, he did it today when one of the hens flew off the roost to eat the scratch I threw down. Their pen is completely covered. The section he did it in is covered with a roof and tge sides are covered in plastic to keep snow out,so he can't see outside or the sky in the inside pen area.

 

[RFR of CA]

Yes mine do a lot....crazy noise

 

[Sylvester017]

He does the scream sparingly, so I'll try to record it. It's a shrill hawk like screech, scared the crap out of me

He does it only in the pen area, he did it today when one of the hens flew off the roost to eat the scratch I threw down. Their pen is completely covered. The section he did it in is covered with a roof and tge sides are covered in plastic to keep snow out,so he can't see outside or the sky in the inside pen area.

I've been around a lot of different breeds between my friend's and my own flock -- and of all the breeds, I thought I had heard about every sound chickens make -- UNTIL I had Breda's. They have the most unusual voice tones of any breeds I've been around. It's good for us to share these experiences so other owners can be aware and not think they are going crazy

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[jerryse]

He does it only in the pen area, he did it today when one of the hens flew off the roost to eat the scratch I threw down. Their pen is completely covered. The section he did it in is covered with a roof and tge sides are covered in plastic to keep snow out,so he can't see outside or the sky in the inside pen area.

The flying hen triggered the alarm call . I have been to swap meets in a building . If a pigeon gets loose that alarm call goes through the building in a wave .

 

[maryellen21]

My Breeder still has her bredas, she isn't getting out of them she just cut back a little. She still has her cuckoo bredas and her show bredaa. I was mistaken as I thought she was getting out of them. She isnt.

Ah so that triggered his hawk like scream. Thank you. He did it the other times when one of the hens flew off the top pen roost too

 

[boskelli1571]

I've been around a lot of different breeds between my friend's and my own flock -- and of all the breeds, I thought I had heard about every sound chickens make -- UNTIL I had Breda's. They have the most unusual voice tones of any breeds I've been around. It's good for us to share these experiences so other owners can be aware and not think they are going crazy

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Yes, I'm glad you mentioned that! My Ms. Blue was very quiet until she has finally decided I'm ok. Now she chats to me all the time and it doesn't sound like a regular chicken talking. She warbles, occ. deep trills - I'm never quite sure what she's going to say next

 

[Sylvester017]

Yes, I'm glad you mentioned that! My Ms. Blue was very quiet until she has finally decided I'm ok. Now she chats to me all the time and it doesn't sound like a regular chicken talking. She warbles, occ. deep trills - I'm never quite sure what she's going to say next

The deep voice tones coming out of a smaller chicken are what surprised me. They have so many different sounds but the talking voices back and forth w/ you are the cutest!