Caught this strange conversation amongst my chickens today.

[RobG7aChattTN]

I was filming my roosters because one has the strangest crow (he's young so it might change) and all of a sudden my chickens all started having the strangest behavior. They were all croaking and honking back and forth and it was all sounds that I had never heard before. I haven't had chickens very long so maybe this is fairly common but I've never seen it. Maybe they were confused by hearing their own crows played back while I was watching the footage and they all just had the need to discuss the situation.
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[ceceuu]

Thanks for posting - that is quite a conversation!

 

[Blooie]

It sounds like they are laughing at him! Sorry, but that's the first thing I thought of....like he's a standup comedian and they are loving his routine!

 

[RobG7aChattTN]

They probably ARE laughing at him! The whole reason that I was filming was because I was trying to capture my Buff Orpington rooster's goofy crow. It started out sounding like "Hoody-HOO" and once, I swear, it sounded EXACTLY like "Cock-a-doodle-doo". So, when I played it back I imagine the Buff rooster was saying, "That's a goofy crow. I wonder who that is?" And the entire flock had to gather around and say, "No, really. That's you. We swear!" So, what I did capture is him sounding like a party horn rendition of "Cock-a-doodle" without the "doo". The first crow is the Blue Laced Red Wyandotte but the next three are the Buff Orpington.