Chicken Behavior

[Cheri from Topanga]

Hi,
We hatched 2 eggs (well, one of our hens did - not hers - she is a mother of all mothers and loves hatching eggs and raising chickens). Of course, one of them turned out to be a rooster. We don't kill our roosters--we keep them until we can find homes, and every night I carry them into our garage so they don't disturb the neighbors in the morning.

Anyway, the rooster and his sister are only divided by a wire fence, so she can hang out with him during the day, which she often does. But at night, she climbs onto a roost with her (adoptive) mother, and then she proceeds to cluck cluck cluck cluck for a long time. Not loud. She's just talking. But I don't know what she's saying or what would help her calm down. Any thoughts?

 

[Lazy Farmer]

time...

 

[Pork Pie]

I'm not too sure what it means, but I do know that roosting time is a rather boisterous and noisy affair. I would doubt that she is in distress, otherwise she would not be on the roost.

 

[aart]

Hi,
We hatched 2 eggs (well, one of our hens did - not hers - she is a mother of all mothers and loves hatching eggs and raising chickens). Of course, one of them turned out to be a rooster. We don't kill our roosters--we keep them until we can find homes, and every night I carry them into our garage so they don't disturb the neighbors in the morning.

Anyway, the rooster and his sister are only divided by a wire fence, so she can hang out with him during the day, which she often does. But at night, she climbs onto a roost with her (adoptive) mother, and then she proceeds to cluck cluck cluck cluck for a long time. Not loud. She's just talking. But I don't know what she's saying or what would help her calm down. Any thoughts?

Welcome to BYC!
How old is the chick?
Is the mama clucking or the chick?
Either one may just miss her boy/brother and is calling to him.
Chicks for sure and even adult chickens can do a lot of chattering as night falls....bedtime stories.